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According to the most recent polls ahead of Spain's June 26 general elections, the Popular Party would walk away victorious with close to 30 percent of the vote, while the leftist United We Can party, Podemos, would emerge as the second political force of the country with 24.4 percent of the votes, leaving behind the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, who would garner about 20 percent,
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The poll by Advice Strategic was published May 28 by the Actual news website.
Other recent polls reveal that the new Podemos-United Left coalition is now the second most preferred option among Spaniards, outpacing the Socialist Party but still behind the right-wing People's Party.
A poll published Sunday by El Pais showed the coalition between anti-austerity party Podemos and the United Left, now known as Unidos Podemos or Together We Can, would garner 23.2 percent of the vote, the poll showed, beating the Socialists on 20.2 percent.
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The percentage vote of the two leftist parties combined is less than each won individually in the December election but due to the way the vote is counted would likely mean more seats in parliament than if they campaigned on separate tickets, the paper said.
The People's Party, known as the PP and led by acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, topped the survey published in El Pais with 29.9 percent.
A second poll published Monday by La Razon revealed similar results, with the PP in first place, followed by Unidos Podemos and the Socialists in third place.
Despite polling in first place, if the election were held today it is unlikely that Rajoy would be able to form a government.
The results from the poll by La Razon would give the PP between 125 and 130 seats, an insufficient amount to mount a majority in the 350 seat Congress of Deputies, even if they were able to reach a deal with the center-right Ciudadanos Party, which would get approximately 38 seats.
Although the election is still a month away, given these figures, no party would receive a clear mandate to form the next government.
The left-leaning parties, Unidos Podemos and the Socialists, would together also fall short of a majority government.
Spaniards will vote again on June 26 after an inconclusive December election failed to deliver a mandate to govern to any one party, and politicians were unable to agree on a coalition administration.
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