<span style="color: #222222;">Catalonia voted today in an election overshadowed by the pandemic and which Madrid hopes will unseat the region's ruling separatists more than three years after a failed bid to break away from Spain.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The vote in the wealthy northeastern region could see a high level of abstentions as Spain battles a third wave of coronavirus infections.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Polls suggest turnout could be around just 60 percent, compared to roughly 80 percent during the last regional election in December 2017. Some 5.5 million people are eligible to vote.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Results are expected at around midnight.</span>