Royal Decree 806/2026 dissolves the Congress and the Senate and calls Spain's general election for 29 November
23 October 2026
Spain's elections to the Cortes Generales have been called under Real Decreto 806/2026, de 5 de octubre, which dissolves the Congress of Deputies and the Senate and calls the general election. The decree was published in the Boletin Oficial del Estado on 6 October. Polling is set for 29 November 2026, and the electoral period runs from 6 October to 29 November 2026. The election is administered under Ley Organica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Regimen Electoral General, known as LOREG, which is the law that defines the functions of the Electoral Census Office. The Electoral Census Office sits within Spain's National Statistics Institute, which also issues ballot material for voters living abroad.
In plain words
LOREG Ley Organica del Regimen Electoral General — Spain's general electoral law, which governs how elections are called and run.
Cortes Generales Cortes Generales — Spain's two-chamber parliament, made up of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate.