The president of the Generalitat de Catalunya and ERC candidate for reelection, Pere Aragonès (r), and the president of ERC, Oriol Junqueras (l), after the counting of votes during the monitoring of the Catalan autonomic election day, at the Pavelló Estació del Nord, on May 12, 2024, in 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 David Zorrakino / Europa Press 05/13/2024 (Europa Press via AP)