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Monday, 10 March 2008, 00:38 GMT

In pictures: Spanish election win

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Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's ruling Socialist Party has won Spain's general elections.

Socialist party supporters waving flags

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Supporters flocked to the Socialist party headquarters to celebrate the victory.

Popular Party supporters watching results

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It was a much more subdued scene at the headquarters of the conservative Popular Party.

Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy and woman

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The Popular Party's leader Mariano Rajoy has admitted defeat.

Voters at Spanish polling station

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There had been a high turnout before polling stations closed at 2000 (1900 GMT).

A nun prepares to cast her ballot in Madrid on Sunday

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The election comes as a long economic boom stutters, and unemployment and inflation are on the rise.

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