Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Spain election 2023: Voter turnout outpaces 2019 election” – below is their description.
Spain’s interior ministry said by 2pm local time (12:00 GMT), voter turnout stood at around 40.5 percent, up from 37.9 percent recorded at the same time during the 2019 elections.
Polls opened at 9am local time (07:00 GMT) in a potentially close-run general elections marked by ideological differences and the prospect of the first far-right party in government since Francisco Franco’s dictatorship ended in the 1970s.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez from the Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) will go head-to-head with the right-wing People’s Party leader, Alberto Nunez Feijoo.
As Spain battles a sweltering heatwave, its postal service reported on Friday that postal votes had already passed a record 2.4 million.
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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