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Polls suggest new election won't resolve Spain's stalemate

Associated Press
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    Spain's Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez, left, talks to Podemos Party leader Pablo Iglesias before their meeting at the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Wednesday, March 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) (The Associated Press)

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    Spain's Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez, right, and Podemos Party leader Pablo Iglesias arrive for their meeting at the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Wednesday, March 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) (The Associated Press)

MADRID – Pressure is growing on Spain's political parties to reach a coalition government deal after polls suggest a new election will not resolve the current deadlock.

A poll published Sunday by Spain's leading newspaper El Pais and another by online rival El Espanol both suggest no party would obtain a majority and negotiations would simply have to begin again.

Politicians have been locked in negotiations about trying to form a government since the Dec. 20 election.

El Pais used pollster Metroscopia, which questioned 1,200 adults by phone on March 28-30 with a 2.9 percentage-point margin of error. El Espanol published its own poll interpreting data supplied by online survey company Netquest, which surveyed 1,002 adults online on March 23-30 and says its margin of error is 3.1 percentage points.