The leader of the Catalan separatists, Carles Puigdemont, who is wanted by Spanish justice for his involvement in holding a referendum on independence in 2017, won the election. According to the press, his party "Coalition of the Catalan People" (Junts) received the highest number of votes in the elections.
Puigdemont, currently in Belgium, has attempted several times to return to Spain to participate in the elections. However, he faced the threat of arrest and extradition to the Spanish authorities.
--- "Our proposed program for the new implementing government considers not only the vote of the voters, but also the obligations before the Catalans," said Puigdemont after the announcement of the election results.
The victory of the Junts party gives Puigdemont the opportunity to return to the political arena of Catalonia as an influential figure at the local level.
