Updated / Sunday, 14 Feb 2021
22:28
The Socialists were set to win 33 seats, up from 17 in the last election when it finished fourth
Separatist parties boosted their majority in Catalonia s regional parliament in an election today, more than three years after a failed bid to break away from Spain, partial results showed.
With roughly 75% of votes counted, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez s Socialists captured the most votes but the three separatist parties were set to get 74 seats in the 135-seat assembly which would allow them to continue to govern the wealthy north-eastern region.
That is up from 70 seats won in the last election in December 2017, just months after Catalonia s failed secession bid which led to the jailing of several separatist leaders.