How to vote in Spain's general election on 29 November
At your polling station on Sunday 29/11, by post if you will be away, or from abroad if you live outside Spain. What you need and the deadlines, with the official source for each one.
At your polling station, on Sunday 29 November
- From 9:00 to 20:00. These are the voting hours (Electoral Law, art. 84.1).
- With your DNI (Spanish ID card), passport or driving licence showing your photo (Electoral Law, art. 85.1).
- Only at your polling station. Each voter votes in their own section and polling station. You can use the booth, and the vote is secret (Electoral Law, art. 86).
- If you applied for a postal vote, you can no longer vote at the polling station (Electoral Law, art. 73.1; Electoral Census Office (INE)).
Where you vote
- On your polling card. The Electoral Census Office sends it between 2 and 10 November, showing your polling station and its address (Electoral Census Office (INE)).
- On the INE website. Polling station look-up (in Spanish), no certificate needed: it asks for your province, municipality and the initial of your first surname. If it is not open yet, try again later.
- By phone, on 900 343 232, the Electoral Census Office's helpline (in Spanish).
- On 29N, in Your station, you can see how your polling station voted in 2023 and how it would vote now. The polling station where you vote is the one on your polling card.
By post, if you live in Spain
- Apply by Thursday 19 November. In person, at any post office (Correos), with your DNI (Electoral Law, art. 72), or online on the Correos website, with a digital certificate (Electoral Census Office (INE)).
- From 9 to 22 November you will be sent the ballot papers, the envelopes and your certificate of registration on the electoral roll, by registered post (Electoral Law, art. 73.2; Electoral Census Office (INE)). You must sign for it in person.
- Send your vote no later than Wednesday 25 November, by registered post. The envelope needs no stamp (Electoral Law, art. 73.3; Electoral Census Office (INE)).
From abroad
- If you live abroad and are registered on the roll of residents abroad (CERA), you do not need to apply: the Electoral Census Office sends the documents to your home, first between 24 and 30 October (Electoral Law, art. 75.3; Electoral Census Office (INE)).
- By post: you send your vote to your consulate between 4 and 24 November (Electoral Law, art. 75.7; Electoral Census Office (INE)).
- In person: at your embassy or consulate, from 21 to 26 November inclusive (Electoral Law, art. 75.4).
- If you live in Spain and are away for a few days, you can also vote by post: there is a separate procedure (Electoral Law, art. 74). The deadlines are published by the Electoral Census Office.