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Partido Popular leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo. Manu Fernandez / AP 

The election in Spain  

Success for the Spanish right - can get a majority  

When the polling stations in Spain closed at 8:00 p.m., polling station surveys were also released which show that the right is making strong progress, several media outlets write.  

In the survey from the media company RTVE, the conservative Partido Popular (PP) gets 150 seats and the radical right Vox gets 31 seats. This means that the parties together get a majority in the parliament, which has 350 seats. 

According to the survey, the left-wing coalition, which is led by the incumbent Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, looks set to get 149 seats in the survey.  

Another polling station survey shows that the right-wing parties have the upper hand in the election, but does not guarantee that the parties will get a majority.  

 

Pedro Sánchez during the speech to his voters on election night. Emilio Morenatti / AP  

 

The election in Spain  

Deadlock after the Spanish election - both the right and the left claim success  

 

With almost all votes counted in the Spanish election, there is a stalemate as neither the socialist coalition nor the right-wing parties can form their own majority government, several media outlets write.  

 

Despite the conservative Partido popular and right-wing nationalist Vox with their 169 seats getting 16 more seats than the socialist PSOE and the left-wing alliance Sumar, the result is still seen as a defeat for the right, writes Bloomberg.  

 

The left bloc has several parties that are seen as potential cooperation partners, which opens the door for Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) to stay in power. Just before midnight, Sánchez spoke about the result. 

 

- The right has failed. There are many more of us who want to see Spain develop, he says.  

 

But Partido popular leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo had the opposite message in his speech.  

 

- Partido popular has won the election, he says.

 

Prime Minister Hun Sen and wife Bun Rany. Heng Sinith / AP  

Political situation in Cambodia  

Cambodia's regime takes expected "landslide victory"  

Cambodia's ruling party, the Cambodian People's Party, has declared a "landslide victory" in Sunday's election, writes Reuters.  

The election has been generally condemned by the outside world. The opposition has been crushed and the ruling party is expected to consolidate its power ahead of a planned transfer of power to Prime Minister Hun Sen's son.  

Hun Sen announced on Thursday that his son Hun Manet may become prime minister next month. 

Hun Sen has a background in the Khmer Rouge and, with his 38 years in power, is one of the longest-serving leaders in Asia.