PSC leader and party candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, speaks after exercising his right to vote at Centre Cívic La Roca, on May 12, 2024, in La Roca del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Nearly six million Catalans have been called to the polls today, May 12, to elect their new autonomous president for the next four years. There are 135 seats at stake, in what will be the XIV legislature of Catalonia, so the candidates of the different parties must reach an absolute majority of 68 seats to win the Presidency. 12 MAY 2024 Kike Rincón / Europa Press 05/12/2024 (Europa Press via AP)