Andalusia Election May Hint at Shape of Spain’s 2016 Coalition
This article is for subscribers only.
The regional ballot in Andalusia on Sunday will be a testing ground for insurgent parties shaking up the political order in Spain and offer a guide to the alliances that may emerge after the general election at year end.
While the Socialists who’ve governed Spain’s biggest region for the past 34 years will probably win the most votes, they are set to fall short of an outright majority, polls show. With support for its junior ally till January, the United Left, plunging, Socialist Leader Susana Diaz may have to align with Podemos, the anti-austerity party leading in national polls, or Ciudadanos, the pro-market group growing by luring traditional voters from Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s People’s Party.