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Tue 05 May 2004Spanish PM calls for high turnoutCountry profile: Spain Just two months ago Spain's general elections produced a surprise defeat for the conservative Popular Party (PP), which had governed for eight years, and saw the return to power of the Socialist Party (PSOE).The elections were held on March 14th, only three days after the terrorist attack that killed 192 people and injured more than 1,500. Spaniards had been overwhelmingly opposed to sending their troops into Iraq, and it is widely believed that the Spanish capital was the target as a reprisal for Spain's role with the US-British coalition.