The Buzz | Polls: New Spain election wouldn’t resolve stalemate

Polls suggest that if Spain were to hold new elections no party would obtain a majority and negotiations for a coalition government would continue as now except anti-austerity Podemos party would lose support to business-oriented Ciudadanos.
Elections held Dec. 20 produced a fragmented parliament with no party winning a majority in the 350-seat chamber. Lawmakers have been locked in negotiations since, but if they fail to form a government within the next two months another general election will be held June 26.
A survey by pollster Metroscopia published yesterday by El Pais newspaper said the conservative Popular Party has the support of 26 percent of voters against 23.1 percent for the Socialist Party, 19.5 percent for centrist Ciudadanos and 16.8 for far-left Podemos.