Socialists win but separatists expand majority in Catalonia election

In Catalonia saw the pro-Madrid Socialist Party claim a narrow victory ahead of the secessionist Republican Left, although both parties are set to command an equal number of seats in the region’s 135-seat parliament.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021

Catalonia is an autonomous community in the north-eastern corner of Spain.

Catalonia consists of four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona.

It is bordered by France (Occitanie) and Andorra to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the east, and the Spanish autonomous communities of Aragon to the west and Valencia to the south.

Since the 2010s there has been growing support for Catalan independence. On 27 October 2017, the Catalan Parliament declared unilaterally independence following a disputed referendum.