Se Acabó La Fiesta (SALF) has cleared the support threshold required to stand in the province of La Rioja . On 25 October 2026, the party said it had collected 491 Avale (support signatures) in four days, comfortably exceeding the legal minimum of 238 signatures . SALF announced that it would submit a full list for the elections to the Congreso de los Diputados . The election date is 29 November 2026.
The figures come from the party. In its statement, the national organising secretary Yeray Iglesias gave the number of signatures collected and the next step towards submission. SALF’s representative in La Rioja, Juan Aparici Jerez, attributed the response in part to collection points at party headquarters, in cooperating shops and on the street. No independently verified official figures for the signatures collected are available; according to regional media, the party plans to submit the documents to the local Junta Electoral by the deadline.
Spanish electoral law requires parties without parliamentary representation in the Congreso or Senado to collect, in each province, supporting signatures amounting to 0.1 per cent of that province’s electoral register. According to SALF, this means 238 signatures in La Rioja. The candidacy is not legally final until the electoral authority has checked the documents and the approved lists have been published.
The statement concerns La Rioja only. SALF says it is collecting signatures in other provinces at the same time. The effect of the party’s now possible formal presence in La Rioja on the election campaign remains unclear. Meeting the formal threshold alone does not change the balance of power, but it does give the party visibility on ballot papers and in local debates.
Facts, attributions and forecasts: The figures of 491 and 238 signatures, and the period of four days, come from party statements on 25 October 2026, reported by regional media. Submission of the list and its approval are matters for the Junta Electoral. Any claims about possible seats on 29 November 2026 would be speculation.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).