2026 Spanish General Election
Election for the Congress of Deputies and the Senate
Spain's 2026 General Election will take place on Sunday, November 29, to elect members of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate. The election was called by Royal Decree 806/2026, which also establishes the distribution of seats by constituency and sets December 23, 2026 as the date for the constitutive sessions of the new chambers.
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About the Event
The 2026 election will renew both chambers of Spain's Cortes Generales: the Congress of Deputies and the Senate. Royal Decree 806/2026 dissolves the chambers elected in 2023 and sets November 29 as election day, with a 15-day campaign running from November 13 to November 27.
Election date and call
The election will be held on Sunday, November 29, 2026. The official call was published in Spain's Official State Gazette on October 6, 2026, through Royal Decree 806/2026.
What is being elected
Voters will elect representatives to both chambers of the Cortes Generales: the Congress of Deputies and the Senate. The decree sets the distribution of the 350 Congress seats among the electoral constituencies and the rules for electing senators.
Electoral campaign
The campaign will begin at 00:00 on Friday, November 13 and end at 24:00 on Friday, November 27. Saturday, November 28 will be the reflection day.
Election day
Voting will take place on November 29 at polling stations across the country's electoral constituencies. General polling hours are 09:00 to 20:00 local time under Spanish electoral rules.
When it starts
Highlights
Election day is Sunday, November 29, 2026, according to the official election decree.
Both chambers of Spain's Cortes Generales will be renewed: the Congress of Deputies and the Senate.
The Congress of Deputies has 350 seats distributed among Spain's electoral constituencies.
The electoral campaign will run from November 13 through November 27, 2026.
November 28 will be the reflection day before voting.
The new chambers are scheduled to hold their constitutive sessions on December 23, 2026 at 10:00.