Spanish European Elections 2009 

Spanish opposition leader for Partido Popular (Popular Party) Mariano Rajoy (in the middle) congratulates Jaime Mayor Oreja (on the right), PP winning candidate of the European Elections in Madrid on June 7, 2009. They are accompanied by María Dolores de Cospedal, the General Secretary of Popular Party. PP got 42.2 percent of votes, beating the ruling Socialist Party (PSOE), which won 38.5 percent of votes. ALAMY\Ervin Sarkisov