Catalans vote to decide the fate of separatist campaign

The people of Catalonia are voting in a snap election that’s expected to be a close contest between the parties in favor of and against the region’s secession from Spain.

Polls suggest that Catalonia is poised for a hung parliament, a result unlikely to ease the political standoff sparked by the region’s unilateral declaration of independence and the Spanish regime’s heavy-handed response to it, notes The Guardian.

A report in the Spanish daily El Pais claimed that one million undecided voters could swing the results on either way, writes the BBC.