Separatists in Catalonia won control of their regional parliament Sunday in an election that they vowed would set them on the road to independence from Spain, near-complete official results showed.

With 97 percent of the votes counted, the main pro-independence alliance held 62 seats and the left-wing separatist group CUP had 10, giving them together an absolute majority in the 135-deputy assembly, according to figures published by the regional government.