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Spain holds a general election on November 29, 2026. Four party leaders lead the parties that are polling highest. Here is where each one stands on liberty, from their own words and actions.

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Seats as the latest poll projects them, before the vote · seats as projected by the ElectoPanel poll for Electomanía, 1,860 responses, fieldwork 1 to 6 November, published 8 November

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350 seats. A government needs 176. Tap parties to add them, and see who can get there.

350seats in the Congress of Deputies

176

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PP and VoxPP alone, Vox outsideSánchez and his 2023 partners

What the betting markets sayprices of Nov 9Betting odds

Who becomes prime minister

1. Feijóo92%
2. Sánchez7%
3. Abascal1%

• PP and Vox win 176 seats together, a majority94%
• Sánchez out as prime minister by December 3116%

Prices on Polymarket, where $3.2M has been bet on who becomes prime minister: what people with money on it expect, not a poll and not my view.

The partiesIn governmentOutside

• People's PartyCentre-right131 seatsOutside

  Led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo B PM odds 92%

• PSOECentre-left108 seatsOutside

  Led by Pedro Sánchez F PM odds 7%

• VoxFar-right66 seatsOutside

  Led by Santiago Abascal B PM odds 1%

• Frente AmplioLeft12 seatsOutside

  Led by Ada Colau F

• GRERCRegionalist8 seatsOutside

  Led by Gabriel Rufián

• OMEH BilduRegionalist8 seatsOutside

  Led by Oskar Matute

• MVPNVRegionalist4 seatsOutside

  Led by Maribel Vaquero

• MNJuntsRegionalist5 seatsOutside

  Led by Míriam Nogueras

• NRBNGRegionalist2 seatsOutside

  Led by Néstor Rego

• ÀMCompromísRegionalist3 seatsOutside

  Led by Àgueda Micó

• LSAdelante AndalucíaRegionalist2 seatsOutside

  Led by Luis María de los Santos

• IMPodemosLeft1 seatsOutside

  Led by Irene Montero

Every government that can reach 176, likeliest first

Ranked by what the leaders have said on the record. Tap one to try it.

Who will govern with whomWhat each leader has said, with the source. If the government you build breaks one of these, it shows above.

• People's Party
  • Open to Feijóo says that if he needs more seats for a majority, his first choice is Vox. Source, October 26, 2026
  • Said Feijóo says his aim is to govern alone, with no partner in the cabinet. Source, October 26, 2026
  • Red line Feijóo ruled out becoming prime minister on a PSOE abstention, saying Sánchez should play no part, not even in opposition. Source, October 27, 2026
• PSOE
  • Said Sánchez says a Feijóo and Abascal government would not be a normal change of power but a step backwards. Source, October 24, 2026
• Vox
  • Said Abascal says he is running to be prime minister, not Feijóo's deputy, but will accept what the voters decide. Source, October 24, 2026
• Frente Amplio
  • Said Colau says a strong PSOE result alone will not produce a left government; the Broad Front has to do well too. Source, October 23, 2026
• ERC
  • Said Rufián warned Sánchez that PP and Vox could pass 200 seats together and urged him to act to stop them. Source, September 9, 2026
• EH Bildu
  • Red line Bildu leader Arnaldo Otegi says his party will block a Feijóo and Vox government if it can. Source, October 19, 2026
• PNV
  • Red line PNV leader Aitor Esteban says his party will not back any PP government that includes or relies on Vox. Source, October 22, 2026
  • Said The PNV's candidate Maribel Vaquero says the party will ask much more of Sánchez before backing him again. Source, October 22, 2026
• Junts
  • Red line Nogueras says Junts will not let a PP and Vox government take office with its votes. Source, October 6, 2026
  • Said Junts leader Jordi Turull says Junts will not vote Sánchez in again. Source, October 7, 2026
  • Said Nogueras is open to backing a PSOE government if Sánchez steps aside and Catalonia gets more, such as its own tax deal. Source, October 27, 2026
• Podemos
  • Said Irene Montero said Podemos could govern with the PSOE again only as an equal partner and if the PSOE repairs the damage it did to Podemos. Source, January 13, 2025

What happens next

1. Nov 13The campaign opens; it closes at midnight on 27 November. Source
2. Nov 29Spain votes. Source
3. Dec 23The new Congress and Senate meet for the first time, at 10am. Source
4. ThenThe King meets every party and proposes a candidate. The first vote needs 176; if it fails, a second vote 48 hours later needs only more yes than no votes. Source
5. ThenIf no candidate wins within two months of the first vote, the King dissolves the Cortes and a new election is called. Source

Seats: Electomanía, ElectoPanel (8 nov): el bipartidismo cede terreno, checked Nov 9, 07:47 UTC. Blocs as counted by Electomanía. "Outside" means a party votes to keep the government alive without joining it, as Ra'am did in 2021 before it joined. A red line shows only when the party said it, with the source.

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  Alberto Núñez Feijóo

  PP president and opposition leader; candidate for prime minister · People's Party

  B

  Liberty Score B

  83 out of 100 across 8 measures, from what Feijóo has said and done.

  The PP led with 29.7% in the Sondaxe poll for La Voz de Galicia published on 8 November 2026 (interviews 2 to 4 November 2026).

  Every line on Feijóo, with its source
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  Pedro Sánchez

  Prime minister since 2018; PSOE candidate for another term · Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

  F

  Liberty Score F

  47 out of 100 across 8 measures, from what Sánchez has said and done.

  The PSOE was second with 27.3% in the Sondaxe poll for La Voz de Galicia published on 8 November 2026 (interviews 2 to 4 November 2026).

  Every line on Sánchez, with its source
• 

  Santiago Abascal

  Vox president; candidate for prime minister · Vox

  B

  Liberty Score B

  86 out of 100 across 8 measures, from what Abascal has said and done.

  Vox was third with 18.6% in the Sondaxe poll for La Voz de Galicia published on 8 November 2026 (interviews 2 to 4 November 2026).

  Every line on Abascal, with its source
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  Ada Colau

  Former mayor of Barcelona; Frente Amplio candidate for prime minister · Broad Front (Sumar, IU, Más Madrid, Comuns)

  F

  Liberty Score F

  23 out of 100 across 4 measures, from what Colau has said and done.

  Frente Amplio, the coalition she leads, was fourth with 7.1% in the Sondaxe poll for La Voz de Galicia published on 8 November 2026 (interviews 2 to 4 November 2026).

  Every line on Colau, with its source

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• AEvery letter on this page is an outline. It is a grade from what a politician has said and done, with a source for every line, on the same scale as the rest of the site.

Read the lines before you compare two letters. Someone who has governed has a long record, and more of it cuts both ways. Someone who has not is graded on what they say they will do, and a promise is easier than a decision.

Not graded here: Podemos (2.6% in the same poll), which runs apart from Frente Amplio after their talks broke down, Se Acabó La Fiesta, and regional parties such as Adelante Andalucía (1.3%), ERC and Junts, which run only in their own regions.

Side by side

One line for each principle. With liberty every time is an A, against every time is an F, and a record that goes both ways gets the letter of its balance, with acts counting more than words. A question mark means the record does not settle it. Tap a name to read the sources.

What Spain votes on next

• Nov 292026

  General election (Congress of Deputies and Senate)

  Called early: the royal decree dissolving parliament was published in the official gazette on 6 October 2026. Without it the vote was due by August 2027.

  All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies, which then votes in the prime minister, and 209 elected seats in the Senate.

  Voters choose a party list in one of 52 constituencies, the 50 provinces plus Ceuta and Melilla. Seats in each constituency are shared out in proportion by the D'Hondt method among lists with at least 3% of the vote there. The new Congress meets on 23 December 2026 and votes on a prime minister: a candidate needs an absolute majority of 176 on the first vote, or more votes for than against on a second.

  Source: Público / EFE, El BOE publica el decreto que disuelve las Cortes y convoca las elecciones del 29NSource: Público / EFE, El BOE publica el decreto que disuelve las Cortes y convoca las elecciones del 29N
• May 232027

  Municipal elections, with regional elections in ten regions

  The electoral law fixes the day as the fourth Sunday of May; the formal decree calling the vote has not been issued yet.

  Every town council in Spain and, on the same day, the regional parliaments of ten of the seventeen regions and the assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla.

  All town councils are renewed on the same day across the country. Voters in Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, the Valencian Community, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and La Rioja also elect their regional parliament. Andalusia, Catalonia, Galicia, the Basque Country and Castile and León vote on their own calendars.

  Source: Diari de Tarragona, Calendario electoral: Pedro Sánchez y la incógnita de un posible adelanto

Who is on this page: The candidate for prime minister of every party with 5% or more of the national vote in the Sondaxe poll for La Voz de Galicia published on 8 November 2026, interviews 2 to 4 November 2026 (PP 29.7%, PSOE 27.3%, Vox 18.6%, Frente Amplio 7.1%), strongest first. Frente Amplio is Sumar, Izquierda Unida, Más Madrid and Comuns running together with Ada Colau as their candidate, so four people are graded. Demócrata, General election survey after Urda: the PP rises to 29.7%, the PSOE also to 27.3%, and Vox falls to 18.6%, according to Sondaxe. Read on November 8, 2026. See something that is wrong or missing? Say so in the discussion.