The elections in Spain pass normally and without incident

The general election held today in Spain pass with absolute normalcy and without significant incidents throughout the country, as reported by the Secretary of State for communication, Félix Monteira.

Monteira and Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior of Spain, Pilar Gallego, appeared at a press conference to provide data on the development of election day since the opening of polling stations at 9: 00 local time (8: 00 GMT).

During the first hour and a half of voting normality is "absolute", they claimed both.

They matizaron that there have been incidences of appointments electoral, with several local vote with broken lock that has been solved immediately; the delay in the arrival of some members to their tables; and some banners in the vicinity of an election, establishment which have already been removed.

Gallego explained that almost all of the 59.876 tables are to be u000aOpen normally, and from 09: 00 local time, the Spanish citizens are voting with "absolute normality".

Undersecretary of Interior indicated that, before the alert orange in certain areas of the country by rains, there has been a special follow-up by the emergency room of the General direction of Civil protection to detect any incidence.

A total of 35.779.208 Spanish, 707.000 more than in the general election of 2008, are today called to the polls to choose 350 members and 208 senators who make up the general courts of the tenth legislature.

35.7 Million Spaniards who may exercise the right to vote, 34,29 correspond to residents of Spain and 1.48 Spaniards living in foreign countries.

Official data on the day, both the advances of participation, as well as the results can follow on the website "generales2011.mir.es".

In the press centre have been accredited a u000atotal of 552 journalists from 113, 68 of them foreign.

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