General election · 29 November
The dates set by electoral law and the decree calling the election, from the call to the day the new Cortes first sit. Dates already gone are greyed out.
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The BOE publishes the decree dissolving the Congress and the Senate and calling a general election for Sunday 29 November.
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Apply at any Correos post office, in person with your ID, or online with a digital certificate. Once you apply you can no longer vote at the polling station.
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The BOE publishes the lists each party has presented in each constituency. Errors can still be fixed before they are proclaimed.
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Each town hall draws from its register who will staff the polling stations on election day. Those drawn are notified.
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The final lists, the ones on the ballot papers, are published in the BOE.
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Correos delivers the ballots, envelopes and certificate to those who applied. If you are out, they leave a note to collect them at the post office.
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Fifteen days in which parties may ask for votes: rallies, advertising and free slots on public radio and television.
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Those on the register of voters resident abroad (CERA) can cast their vote in person at the embassy or consulate where they are registered.
If you live abroad and vote by post, send it to your consulate by this day at the latest, registered mail where possible.
In the five days before the vote, no media outlet may publish or spread election polls.
Hand the envelope in at any Correos post office, as registered mail, with no stamp needed.
The campaign is over: on Saturday no one may campaign or ask for votes.
Polling stations are open from 9:00 to 20:00. Bring your original ID card, passport or driving licence. The count starts afterwards.
At 10:00 the Congress and the Senate hold their opening sitting and elect their governing boards. The investiture vote comes after.
Dates come from Royal Decree 806/2026 and the Electoral Law (LOREG). If the Central Electoral Board or Correos announce a change, theirs is the one that counts.