6October
Election call published in the BOE
Tuesday, October 6
The royal decree dissolving the Cortes and calling the election takes effect. Every deadline counts from this day.
2026 general election
Electoral calendar
The dates set by the electoral law, from the calling of the election to the night of the count. We calculate them from the LOREG; the Central Electoral Board publishes the official calendar.
13
milestones to go
Today is Monday, October 5.
- 16October
Deadline to register coalitions
Friday, October 16
Parties running together must notify the relevant electoral board within ten days of the election call.
Date calculated from the LOREG, pending confirmation in the BOE.
- 21 / 26October
Candidate lists submitted
October 21 – 26
Between the fifteenth and twentieth day after the call, parties submit their lists to the provincial electoral boards.
Date calculated from the LOREG, pending confirmation in the BOE.
- 28October
Candidate lists published
Wednesday, October 28
The submitted lists are published in the BOE and the official gazette of each province so they can be corrected or challenged.
Date calculated from the LOREG, pending confirmation in the BOE.
- 2November
Candidates proclaimed
Monday, November 2
The provincial electoral boards proclaim the final lists. From here on the lists do not change.
Date calculated from the LOREG, pending confirmation in the BOE.
- 13November
The campaign begins
Friday, November 13 · 00:00
Fifteen days of campaigning, opening with the traditional midnight poster-hanging.
- 19November
Deadline to request a postal vote
Thursday, November 19
Requests are made at any post office or online with digital ID, up to the tenth day before the vote.
Date calculated from the LOREG, pending confirmation in the BOE.
- 23November
Last day polls may be published
Monday, November 23
From the next day the poll blackout set by the LOREG applies. On Su Momento, the average and the projection freeze on this date.
- 25November
Deadline to send a postal vote
Wednesday, November 25
The envelope with the vote must be handed in at the post office no later than the fourth day before the vote.
Date calculated from the LOREG, pending confirmation in the BOE.
- 27November
The campaign ends
Friday, November 27 · 24:00
The campaign ends at midnight at the start of the day before the vote. No canvassing is allowed from then on.
- 28November
Reflection day
Saturday, November 28
No campaign events or electoral propaganda. Polling stations are set up for the next day.
- 29November
Election day
Sunday, November 29 · 09:00
Polling stations open from 9:00 to 20:00. The Canary Islands close at 20:00 local time, 21:00 on the mainland. No exit polls are published before then.
- 29November
First results
Sunday, November 29 · 21:00
The Interior Ministry starts publishing the provisional count from 21:00 mainland time. You will see it live here.
Legal note
The LOREG bans the publication or dissemination of electoral polls during the five days before the vote (article 69.7). For this election, from 24 November at 00:00 to 29 November at 20:00 mainland time. Exit polls may only be published once the polling stations have closed.