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

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

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

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

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

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