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According to projections from votes counted, the separatist parties have lost their parliamentary majority in the parliamentary elections in the Spanish region of Catalonia. After counting around 90% of the votes, the parties only won 62 of parliament’s 135 seats, according to the projections. The big winner of Sunday’s election was the Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSC), the regional offshoot of the national Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), which gained nine seats and was by far the strongest force in parliament. Forecasts based on exit polls, which were published immediately after th…

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