The People's Party (People's Party) retained the absolute majority in its stronghold of Galicia (40 of the 75 seats in the Regional Assembly), in the north-west of Spain. A boost for the leader of the Popular Party (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo, before the European elections in June.
The vote confirms polls which gave a large victory to the main party of the Spanish right, at the head of this region for 36 of the 42 years since Galicia has enjoyed autonomous status.