The
survey, carried out between June 16 and 23, showed the PP would
get 140 seats in the 350-member lower house, down from 141 a
week earlier. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Spanish Socialist
Workers' Party (PSOE) would get 102 seats and Sumar, the
far-left grouping replacing Podemos, would get 35 seats up from
30 a week earlier, pollster Sigma-Dos said.
The poll, commissioned by El Mundo newspaper, showed far-right
party Vox, the PP's likeliest post-election ally, would get 35
seats, down from 36 a week earlier, Sigma-Dos said.
A likely coalition between Vox and PP would be one seat short of
the 176 outright majority. Prior polls gave the two parties an
outright majority.
The remaining seats would go to small regionalist parties.
Sanchez on May 29 called a surprise snap election after his
party and its junior coalition partner Podemos were routed in
regional and municipal ballots. Sanchez said he would lead his
party and seek to remain prime minister.
With the prospect that neither of the two main parties will
secure an outright majority, the election is shaping up to be an
idealogical tussle between those opposed to a government that
would include the far-right Vox and those who oppose the current
minority coalition that includes the far-left Podemos.
Following the May municipal and regional elections, local
negotiations between PP and Vox resulted in bickering in some
cases.
After those elections, Podemos allied with other far-left groups
into a new party called Sumar led by Labour Minister Yolanda
Diaz earlier this month.
(Reporting by Inti Landauro; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
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