No single party has majority to form govt, ruling Socialists lead poll: Survey

Support for Spain's new far-right party Vox showed signs of waning slightly, according to a poll of polls published on Thursday by the newspaper El Pais, while the ruling Socialists continued to lead but without the necessary majority. Spain is due to hold a parliamentary election on April 28. No single party has the majority needed to gain control of the 350-seat parliament, according to recent polls.

Support for Vox slipped to 11 per cent from 12.1 per cent recorded in the paper's last poll of polls released March 13. Backing for the traditional conservative People's Party rose slightly from previous surveys, with 20.2 per cent of the vote, while market-friendly Ciudadanos slipped to 15.8 per cent and the far-left Unidos Podemos held at 13.5 per cent, the poll showed. The data represents an average of dozens of surveys carried out by different sources and weighted based on the size of the poll, the author of the poll and date, El Pais said.

(With inputs from agencies.)