MADRID: Just days after a shock Brexit, Spaniards voted in repeat elections Sunday to decide if they too want a radical shift as promised by a far-left coalition led by Podemos.

Polls opened at 0700 GMT under generally blue skies in a vote pitting those hungry for change in a country with high unemployment against those who fear it would torpedo Spain's slow economic recovery.

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