The proclaimed lists were published on 3 November: 534 for Congress and 361 for the Senate, with the new Frente Amplio and the pacts for the upper house. Who is standing, which deadlines remain and when the campaign starts.
On Tuesday 3 November 2026 the Official State Gazette (BOE) published the 895 proclaimed candidacies for the general election of 29 November: 534 for the Congress of Deputies and 361 for the Senate. Publication came after the provincial electoral boards checked the legal requirements and the 48-hour period to correct irregularities expired.
The BOE also lists the 32 candidacies that were not proclaimed: 21 for Congress and 11 for the Senate. They include lists from small parties in several provinces, such as those of PACMA in Barcelona, A Coruña, Ourense, Salamanca, Murcia, Zaragoza and the Balearic Islands.
What is new in these lists
The main new feature is Frente Amplio, led by Ada Colau, which brings together Movimiento Sumar, Izquierda Unida, Más Madrid and Comuns, among other organisations. For the Senate, PSOE and Frente Amplio are standing across much of Spain on a joint ticket, Senado de Progreso, which is not running in Catalonia: there the PSC stands alone.
PP and Vox responded with an agreement for the upper house, closed on 26 October, when the deadline for forming coalitions had passed. The PP is not standing for the Senate in Girona, Tarragona and Gipuzkoa. Vox has given up standing in Valencia, Castelló, the Balearic Islands, Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Cádiz, and is fielding a single candidate in fourteen other provinces. In Congress, the two parties are competing as normal.
In Catalonia, Aliança Catalana is not standing in this election, and ERC and EH Bildu are repeating the Senate coalition they formed in 2023.
Which deadlines remain
Parties can lodge appeals against the proclamation on 4 and 5 November. They are resolved within the following 48 hours and, against that decision, an appeal for constitutional protection can be lodged with the Constitutional Court until the 9th.
The election campaign starts at 00:00 on Friday 13 November and ends at 23:59 on Friday 27 November. Saturday 28 is a day of reflection. On Sunday 29 polling stations are open from 9:00 to 20:00, an hour earlier in the Canary Islands. The first head-to-head debate between Pedro Sánchez and Alberto Núñez Feijóo is scheduled for Monday 16 November.
What is worth reviewing
Anyone who will be away that weekend must apply for a postal vote within the period set by the Electoral Census Office; the official election website, 29neleccionesgenerales.es, sets out the dates. Companies should bear in mind that Sunday 29 is polling day: anyone working that day is entitled to up to four hours of paid leave, depending on their working hours, in order to vote.
The candidacies can no longer be changed, even if the circumstances of those on them change, as has happened with Óscar Puente in Valladolid: his name will stay on the ballot papers despite his withdrawal, and the seat would pass to the next person on the list.
The lists are closed; now comes what the voters decide.
This article is general information. It is not legal, tax or investment advice, and it does not take anyone’s particular circumstances into account.
