Fragmented Spanish vote heralds weeks of coalition talks

Spain entered uncharted political territory after Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy lost his majority in an inconclusive election that saw voters shift allegiance to new groups at the expense of the two main parties.

Rajoy’s People’s Party lost a third of its lawmakers even as it beat out the Socialists to take the most votes and earn the first shot at forging a government. With Spanish voters rewarding newcomers from anti-austerity Podemos and the ...