Spain’s Political Future May Be Hazy for Months, Experts Say

Spain's Prime Minister and Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez gestures to supporters outside the party headquarters following the general election in Madrid, Spain, on April 28, 2019. Bernat Armangue/AP Photo

MADRID—Spain’s political future is no clearer after a third election since 2015, with experts saying Monday that it won’t be anytime soon before the muddle is resolved.

The incumbent prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, celebrated after his Socialist party won the most votes in Sunday’s ballot. But Spanish politicians were doing the math on how Sánchez might survive the next four years without a parliamentary majority.