Spanish election: Sánchez set to fall short of majority – live updates

All the news, reaction and comment from Spain’s fourth general election in as many years 7.46pm GMT Teneo analyst Antonio Barroso pointing out the obvious, assuming the pre-election polls now being released prove anything like correct. With neither the right bloc nor the left approaching a majority in parliament, Spain is headed for more deadlock and more uncertainty:In any case, government formation is going to take time (again), and Spain might go into the Xmas break without a government