A small far-right party, Vox, made Sunday a strong entry into the Andalusian parliament, winning 12 seats in the regional elections and giving the majority to right-wing parties in this region of southern Spain ruled for 36 years by the Socialist Party, after counting 93% of the ballots.

The extreme right-wing Spanish party Vox entered Sunday in the Andalusia regional parliament with 12 elected representatives, according to the near-final results. This is the first time that the far right has been elected in Spain since the return of democracy forty years ago.

The Socialist Party (PSOE), in power in Madrid and led locally by Susana Diaz, wins the most votes but remains far from the absolute majority in seats with only 33 elected out of 109, according to the results published after analysis of the quasi -total ballot papers.

The Conservatives of the People's Party won 26 elected representatives, Ciudadanos Centrists 21 elected and the left party Podemos 17 elected. In the Parliament of Seville, an alliance with Podemos will therefore not be enough for the PSOE to continue to govern the region.

Series of polls

The possibility of a coalition between the Popular Party and Ciudadanos, with the parliamentary support of Vox, is not excluded, which would constitute a political shock in Andalusia and in all Spain in anticipation of the next elections of 2019, marked by a series of local, regional and European elections in May.

On Twitter, Marine Le Pen sent "warm and heartfelt congratulations to @vox_es friends who, tonight in Spain, make a very significant score for a young and dynamic movement" .

My warm and warm congratulations to our friends @vox_es who, tonight in Spain, make a very significant score for a young and dynamic movement. MLP #Andalusia Cc @Santi_ABASCAL

- Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) December 2, 2018

Vox was created five years ago. The next parliamentary elections in Spain are scheduled to take place in 2020, but the head of government, Pedro Sanchez, could call an early poll to boost the number of his elected representatives.

Currently, the PSOE has 85 seats out of 350 at the Congress of Deputies in Madrid. To maintain itself, and in particular to adopt the 2019 budget, the Socialists need the support of Podemos and the small Basque and Catalan parties, in front of the People's Party and Ciudadanos.