For the parliamentary election on 29 November 2026 eligible voters in Spain are currently receiving the tarjeta censal by post. The Oficina del Censo Electoral is sending out the notices from 2 to 10 November. The card gives the section, polling station (local electoral) and assigned Mesa. At the same time, the Instituto Nacional de Estadística is making the details available online: using the Sede Electrónica of the INE you can use your personal details to find your designated polling station.
If you do not receive or have misplaced your tarjeta censal, you can check the information online at any time via the Sede Electrónica or contact a Delegación provincial de la OCE The Ministerio del Interior also points to the option of obtaining information in person at the relevant local council. A valid official identity document is sufficient to vote on election day; you do not need to present the tarjeta censal.
The OCE and the INE emphasise that allocation is based solely on the Censo The decisive factor is the residential and registration information held on the electoral register. If your day-to-day address differs from the one on the register, this does not change your voting allocation; the address recorded in the register is the one that counts. Voters should therefore check the information held on the register in good time through official channels.
In addition to voting in person, it is possible to vote by post. Application and submission deadlines are published on the websites of the INE and the Ministerio del Interior. Important legal notice: anyone who applies for postal voting materials and submits them to the postal service cannot also vote at the Mesa in their polling station on 29 November 2026. Postal voting status is binding and rules out voting twice.
The online check via the INE’s Sede Electrónica and information from the Delegación provincial de la OCE are expressly intended to verify the details relevant on election day. The authorities have issued no forecasts for how long individual letters will take to arrive or how busy polling stations will be. The official notices of the Oficina del Censo Electoral and the Instituto Nacional de Estadística remain authoritative; they set out the arrangements for the election on the scheduled date of 29 November 2026.
Editor: Phillipe Schmidt-Araguin (Article created with AI assistance).