Early results of the Catalonia election are in:

  • Convergencia (party of current Catalan President, Artur Mas) won 50 (down from 62) of the 135 seats
  • Catalan Republican Left (the separatists) had a big gain, with 21 seats (previously had 10)
  • Two other smaller parties that also support having an independence ‘referendum’ took 16 seats
  • People’s Party 19 seats (from 18)
  • Socialists 20 (from 28)