Today's legislative election

[ursus arctos]

That is quite intriguing.as they seem to have attracted a large volume of people who voted for the traditional right wing People's Party last time out

[Discordant Resonance]

A mere 88% of the vote for Vladimir Vladimirovitch - more defenestrations must be in order!

[anton pulisov]

It's like playing Championship Manager in cheat mode back in the day. Each season I'd get more greedy, buy more of the best players and win the league by even more points.

Putin is Pep is what I'm essentially saying.

[Discordant Resonance]

Yet to be officially confirmed, but the opposition PASTEF alliance appears to have won the Senegalese presidential election, while the pro-European diplomat Ivan Korcok leads the crypto-socialist Peter Pellegrini in the Slovak first round.

[Sporting]

Elections in País Vasco take place on 21 April.

A recent opinion poll:

https://www.lasexta.com/elecciones/a...0013f14db.html

2 parties dominate.

[Discordant Resonance]

It's intriguing, in that even if Bildu win most seats, they'll probably find it virtually impossible to find a coalition partner of any size, due to their predecessor's historical links to ETA.

[ad hoc]

Pleasing to see Vox completely insignificant

[Lang Spoon]

It's intriguing, in that even if Bildu win most seats, they'll probably find it virtually impossible to find a coalition partner of any size, due to their predecessor's historical links to ETA.

Like the Shinners in 2020.

[Sporting]

Pleasing to see Vox completely insignificant

As in Galicia last month.

[Discordant Resonance]

It looks as though the HDZ will retain power in Croatia, as while the various left groupings have made minor gains, the right as a whole won 86 out of 151 seats in the Sabor.

[Discordant Resonance]

The first turnout updates from the Basque Country indicate participation is weakest in Araba/Álava, where the Partido Popular has traditionally fared best, and highest in Gipuzkoa, which has been a stronghold of both nationalist parties, and the Basque language itself.

[Discordant Resonance]

Early exit polls project a dead heat in Euskadi:

[Discordant Resonance]

And with 96% counted, so it continues:

PNV 27 (-4)
Bildu 27 (+6)
PSOE 12 (+2)
PP 7 (+1)
Vox 1 (-)
Sumar 1 (+1)
Podemos 0 (-6)

[Discordant Resonance]

And so it finished, which means the current PNV-PSOE coalition remains in office.

[Lang Spoon]

Im surprised the PP went up, and PSOE really.

[Discordant Resonance]

The usual Sumar/Podemos split doubtless helped the PSOE to gain extra seats, and the biggest PP gain, unsurprisingly, occurred in Alava:

https://www.euskadielecciones.eus/re...I6IjAwMDAwIn0=

https://www.euskadielecciones.eus/re...I6IjAxMDAwIn0=