The Latest: Catalonia: 90 percent vote for independence

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on Catalonia's referendum Sunday on breaking away from Spain (all times local):

12:40 a.m.

A Catalan official says preliminary results show 90 percent in favor of independence in the vote opposed by Spain.

Catalan regional government spokesman Jordi Turull told reporters early Monday that 90 percent of the 2.26 million Catalans who voted Sunday chose the 'Yes' side in favor of independence. He said nearly 8 percent of voters rejected independence and the rest of the ballots were blank or void. He said 15,000 votes were still being counted.

Turull said the number of ballots didn't include those confiscated by Spanish police during violent raids Sunday that aimed to stop the vote. At least 844 people and 33 police were injured in the police raids.

The region has 5.3 million voters.

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12:10 a.m. Monday

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has condemned the police violence in Spain that marred Sunday's disputed referendum on independence for Catalonia.

Maduro says on his weekly television program that Spanish police carried out "a brutal repression" of would-be voters. He says Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy "must answer to the world about what has happened in Catalonia."

Spanish riot police smashed their way into polling stations across Catalonia to try and stop the referendum on independence. At least 844 people and 33 police were injured.

Maduro's government has been accused by the opposition and the U.S. and other governments of brutally attacking its own people during protests. Rajoy's government has pushed for further EU sanctions on Venezuelan officials.

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11:30 p.m.

One of Spain's two main two labor unions has called for a general strike in Catalonia on Tuesday to protest the police violence that marred Sunday's disputed referendum on secession for the region.

The CCOO union says it has called the strike "to condemn the violence employed by security forces of the state to stop the referendum." The union has also called for protests Monday at noon in front of town halls across Catalonia.

Jordi Cuixart, leader of separatist group Omnium, also urged a general strike in Catalonia on Tuesday.

At least 844 people and 33 police were injured as Spanish police tried to halt the vote that was suspended by Spain's Constitutional Court.