Spanish general election to be held on Sunday

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Spanish general election to be held on Sunday

STORY: Spanish general election to be held on Sunday DATELINE: July 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of people voting in polling stations in Spain (file) 2. Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez announcing new general elections in Spain last month 3. various of Feijoo's electoral meeting 4. various of the far-right wing party Vox's electoral meeting STORYLINE: Spaniards will go to the polls on Sunday in an atypical general election that determines the country's political future for the next four years. The snap election on July 23 was called by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez after his ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) suffered unexpectedly poor results in regional and local elections on May 28. That means Spain will vote at the height of the summer holiday season, a special circumstance which has forced around 2.6 million Spaniards to cast postal votes, and which could have a detrimental effect on voter turnout if Sunday turns out to be an exceptional

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