The President of the Generalitat de Catalunya and ERC candidate for re-election, Pere Aragonès (c), speaks after exercising his right to vote at the Institut Joan Coromines, on May 12, 2024, in Pineda de Mar, 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 Alberto Paredes / Europa Press 05/12/2024 (Europa Press via AP)