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It's felt like a victory rally
For a coalition of catalan pro-indepence parties
It succeeded in turning this election
into a vote on wether this region
should break away from Spain
And as the results came in, they claim
they had won a mandate
to set apart towards independence
the pro independentist movement here in Catalonia
painting this as a complete victory
but it is not the win they wanted
It looks like they've got a majority
of seats in the catalan parliament
but not the majority of votes
the liven have to team up with a small
anti-capitalist separatist party
to have a majority of seats
but Catalonia's president painted an ambiguous result
as a clear success
we have won the plebiscite, this is the important thing
will you go for independence now?
We have a clear absolute majority
in the catalan parliament
to go ahead
the Spanish government will say
he and his movement failed
but in the absence of a real referendum
his supporters believe they can push ahead
we don't get a majority in votes
we should question again
the population of Catalonia
will the Spanish government let you have a referendum?
Yeah, that's the problem
so, what happens after tonight?
A new government
and the beginning of the process of independence
even if you don't have 50% of the votes in these elections?
Yes, because I think it's not fair counting votes
if it's not the real referendum
the ultimate threat is to declare independence
without the consense of the Spanish state
it's the tactics of the pro-independence movement,
to try pressure Madrid
into allowing a proper referendum
Sam barrage BBC news in Barcelona