The Spanish Socialists Workers Party (PSOE) was defeated handily in local Elections in Spain. The Rightwing Popular Party (PP) has won by more than 10%. They even won in some Socialist strongholds like Castilla La Mancha. This sets the stage for a massive Rightwing victory in Spain’s general election in 2012.

Spain’s governing Socialist party has suffered heavy losses in local and regional elections, early results show.

With 91% of municipal votes counted, the centre-right Popular Party (PP) had almost a 10-percentage point lead, the interior ministry said.

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Jubilant PP supporters celebrated outside their party headquarters in Madrid as the final votes were counted.

The party was also heading to victory in virtually all of the 13 regional government up for grabs.

The Socialists are bye bye in Spain!