Spain's electoral roll for the general election stands at 38,728,356 voters
23 October 2026
Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE) published the electoral roll for the general election of 29 November 2026. The roll carries 38,728,356 voters in all. Of these, 35,958,711 live in Spain and 2,769,645 are registered abroad in the CERA roll of Spaniards resident overseas. A total of 1,615,127 people in Spain are first-time voters, having turned 18 since the previous general election of 23 July 2023. Madrid is the largest constituency with 5,536,913 voters, followed by Barcelona with 4,398,757. Among the overseas rolls, Argentina is the largest with 524,852 voters, ahead of France with 267,387 and the United States with 213,007.
In plain words
CERA Censo Electoral de Residentes Ausentes — Spain's separate electoral roll of citizens who live outside the country.
INE Instituto Nacional de Estadistica — Spain's National Statistics Institute, which compiles the electoral roll.