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The showers and storms, which are expected this 28-M, will also star in a very close election day that could bring political change in up to seven regions and that is seen as the prelude to the next general elections in December, where it will most likely be the duel between Pedro Sánchez and Albero Núñez Feijóo.
About 35.5 million citizens are called to the polls to vote in these regional elections and municipal elections to their representatives in some 8,100 municipalities in Spain and in 12 regional governments, in addition to the assemblies of the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, island councils and other territorial entities.
The eyes will be especially on the results of the Valencian Community, Aragon, Castilla La Mancha, La Rioja, Melilla, Cantabria or the Canary Islands while the cities of Barcelona, Seville and Valencia could change political sign this election Sunday, the 28-M.
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09.42
Villarroya, in La Rioja, votes in 29 seconds and beats its 2019 record
The Riojan municipality of Villarroya has completed the voting in the regional and local elections this Sunday in just over 29 seconds, which has exceeded its 3 record by 2019, reports Efe.
This small municipality, with seven registered voters, stopped the chronometer of the 2019 general elections in 32 seconds and 25 hundredths, time that has reduced on this occasion.
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09.32
Sánchez votes, accompanied by his wife, in a school in Madrid in the Moncloa area
The President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, exercised his right to vote on Sunday at 9.25 am, reports Servimedia.
Sánchez went early in the morning to vote, for the first time, at the Buen Consejo school in Madrid, due to his registration at the Moncloa Palace.
The socialist leader voted in an environment full of PSOE proxies and accompanied by his wife, Begoña Gómez.
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09.30
The lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, was an early bird
Urkullu makes statements to the media after exercising his right to vote. LUIS TEJIDO - España | The Lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, exercises his right to vote. LUIS TEJIDO - España | EFE
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09.23
See where to vote if you lost your census card
The thousands of Spaniards, who are called to the polls to vote on Sunday, May 28, 2023 in the municipal and regional elections, can easily consult their polling station.
If you have lost the census letter to be able to cast your vote this election Sunday, you can through the website of the National Institute of Statistics (INE), consult in which polling station to vote. Consultation of the polling station by DNI: How to know my polling station and in which table I have to vote
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09.16
A total of 60,575 tables enabled this 28-M
The ballots for the vote in the elections 28-M 2023 in the electoral college of Leganés, Madrid.JAVI MARTÍNEZ | THE WORLD
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09.00
Polling stations open less in the Canary Islands than they do a peninsular hour later
Citizens called to participate in the elections in just over 8,000 municipalities and twelve autonomous communities have begun to vote at 9:00 am in the ballot boxes installed in 22,901 polling stations distributed throughout Spain, with the exception of the Canary Islands, where they open an hour later.
The ballots have begun to be deposited in the 60,575 tables enabled, with some 215,000 ballot boxes, which will be open until 20:00 hours – an hour later in the Canary archipelago – on a day marked by rain in much of the country.
The elections are called in the 8,131 municipalities in Spain, although in 44 no candidacy has been proclaimed, so in these nuclei they will be held within six months, reports Efe.
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08.55
The Government will provide participation data at 14:00 p.m. and 18:00 p.m.
The Government will offer the first data of participation in the municipal elections of this Sunday, May 28 at 14:00 p.m. and 18:00 p.m., while it will not be until 22:30 p.m. when it appears to account for the provisional results, which can be followed in real time from 21:00 p.m. through a web page and a mobile application.
During the election day there will be up to four appearances of the Government to detail the participation figures and the provisional results of the votes, reports Europa Press.
The Secretary of State for Communication, Francesc Vallès, and the Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior, Isabel Goicoechea, will appear for the first time at 10.30 am with the start of the day and the constitution of the tables, to which a total of 35.5 million citizens are called.
At 14.30 p.m. they will appear again at the Data Center to offer the first participation figures. In the afternoon, at 18.30 p.m., there will be a new appearance to inform of the participation until 18.00 p.m.
Around 22.30 hours, the appearance of the Minister of Territorial Policy and Government Spokesman, Isabel Rodrígue z, and the Minister ofthe Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, is expected to offer the provisional results.
The progress of participation and the provisional count can be consulted in real time through the website, as well as in the application for mobile devices 28M Local Elections 2023, downloadable in the markets of the Android and iOS platforms.
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08.51
Alberto Garzón votes at 10.30; Abascal, at 12.00 and Yolanda Díaz and Ione Belarra voted by mail
The federal coordinator of IU and also Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzón, will vote at 10.30 am in the town of Rivas Vaciamadrid at the Colegio La Escuela (Avda. de Miguel Hernández), accompanied by the federal spokesperson of IU, Sira Rego, and the mayor of the town and candidate for mayor, Aída Castillejo, reports Europa Press.
At 12.00 hours, the president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, will vote at the Pinar del Rey Public School (Avenida de San Luis, 23).
At 10.45 am, the leader of Citizens and candidate for the Balearic Government, Patricia Guasp, will do so at the Centre d'Adults La Balanguera, located on Carrer de Ramiro de Maeztu.
For her part, the leader of Podemos and Minister of Social Rights and Agenda 2030, Ione Belarra, has already cast her vote for these elections by mail in the community of Navarra which is where she is registered, as well as the second vice president, Yolanda Díaz, who has exercised her right to vote by mail, given that she participated this Saturday in the Social Forum of Porto (Portugal).
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08.47
Madrid: more than 5.2 million Madrilenians called to the polls
A total of 5,211,682 Madrilenians are called to the polls this Sunday, May 28, to elect 135 deputies of the XIII Legislature of the Assembly of Madrid, one deputy less than the previous elections held in 2021 because the number of seats has been adjusted to the data of the population of the Community of Madrid provided by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) dated 1 January 2022.
Of the total number of voters, 4,839,234 reside in the Community of Madrid and the rest, 372,448, reside abroad (CERA), reports Efe.
The countries with the largest number of voters are the United States (47,149), Mexico (37,037), the United Kingdom (32,089), France (25,507), Argentina (22,583) and Germany (21,662).
These figures do not coincide with those of the municipal elections, to which 4,902,421 voters are called, because in them they can vote, in addition to the Spaniards present in the census (CER), foreigners from the European Union resident in Spain (CERE), as well as from other countries with reciprocity agreements in force.
Por el contrario, los ciudadanos que residen de forma permanente en el extranjero (CERA), que sí pueden votar en las elecciones autonómicas no pueden hacerlo en las elecciones municipales. Por eso, ambos cuerpos electorales no coinciden en su dimensión cuantitativa.
Para esta cita electoral, la Comunidad de Madrid cuenta con 98.869 electores que se incorporan al censo tras cumplir la mayoría de edad.
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08.17
Cataluña: empiezan a constituirse las 8.946 mesas para las elecciones municipales
Un total de 8.946 mesas, un 7% más que en los comicios de 2019, han empezado a constituirse a partir de las 08:00 horas en los 2.730 colegios habilitados para las elecciones municipales de este domingo en Cataluña, en las que podrán participar más de 5,4 millones de electores.
El aumento de mesas en estos comicios respecto a las anteriores elecciones municipales facilitará el proceso electoral, según la Delegación del Gobierno en Cataluña, informa Efe.
Por provincias, la distribución es de 6.472 mesas electorales en Barcelona; 1.039 mesas en Tarragona; 860 mesas en Girona, y 575 mesas en Lleida.
En estos comicios se eligen los futuros 9.139 concejales y concejalas de los 947 municipios catalanes.
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07.57
Almost 100,000 agents of the State Security Forces and Bodies will monitor this 28-M
Almost 100,000 agents of the State Security Forces and Bodies will monitor the development of this day that ends an electoral campaign that has been marked by the controversial list of candidates of Bildu and by the complaints of buying votes by mail.
The Executive has guaranteed the "total transparency, neutrality and normality" of the regional and municipal elections this Sunday. This was stated this Saturday by Francesc Vallès, Secretary of State for Communication, in the usual appearance before the media of the day of reflection from the National Center for Data Dissemination. The Government assures "total transparency and maximum guarantee" in the 28-M after the controversy for buying votes.
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07.55
Six key communities of the 12 regional governments that are renewed
At the moment the panorama shows that the PSOE governs in 10 communities of the 12 in contention (alone or in coalition): Asturias, Castilla La Mancha, Extremadura, Aragon, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Valencian Community, Navarra, La Rioja and Cantabria, in addition to the autonomous city of Melilla, while the PP does it in Madrid, Region of Murcia and in the autonomous city of Ceuta.
The key places in this electoral map are the Valencian Community, Aragon, Castilla La Mancha, La Rioja, Melilla, Cantabria or the Canary Islands, reports Efe.
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07.52
More than 200 million cost
With a cost of 204 million euros, elections are held that could turn the political board of municipalities such as Valencia, led by Joan Ribó de Compromís, or that of Barcelona of Ada Colau (Barcelona en Comú). The results will depend on a handful of votes and pacts will be key.
In Barcelona, the PSC candidate Jaume Collboni could snatch the key to the consistory to Colau in a dispute in which ERC could be decisive to tip the balance, while in Seville the PSOE-Con Andalucía and PP-Vox union also offers a very similar result, according to the latest CIS polls, and in Valladolid the sum of the popular with the party of Santiago Abascal could take the mayor's office from the PSOE, Efe reports.
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07.50
The first time of 1.8 million young people between 18 and 23 years old
In these elections, the twelfth municipal, almost 1.8 million young people between 18 and 23 years old will cast their vote for the first time, 5% of the total census and 200,000 more than in the last general elections held in 2019.
In addition, the number of foreigners residing in Spain who can go to the polls today is about 415,000.
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07.48
Eleven hours to go to the polls
The 23,000 polling stations through which 215,000 ballot boxes have been distributed will be open from 09.00 hours to 20.00, and as soon as they close, the televisions that make up the Federation of Autonomous Radio and Television Organizations (FORTA) will broadcast a poll carried out at the foot of the ballot box, reports Efe.
At 10.30 in the morning, the Secretary of State for Communication, Francès Vallès, and the Undersecretary of the Interior, Isabel Goicoechea, will offer the first press conference from the National Data Center of IFEMA-Madrid to report on the process of opening the polling stations, the constitution of the tables and possible incidents.
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07.46
Waiting for the photos of Sánchez and Feijóo introducing their ballots in the polls
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, will finally vote in the College of Our Lady of Good Council in Madrid very early in the morning, while the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, will also vote in the capital – almost at noon – in the Ramiro de Maeztu School, reports Efe.
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07.30
28-M: Prelude to the next general elections in December
A hotly contested election, which could be the prelude to the next general elections in December and in which political change is at stake in up to seven regions.
The key places in this electoral map are the Valencian Community, Aragon, Castilla La Mancha, La Rioja, Melilla, Cantabria or the Canary Islands, while the cities of Barcelona, Seville and Valencia are also at risk of change, reports Efe.
The latest polls open the door to the PP in the Valencian Generalitat with the support of Vox, although sources of the Executive see clear the re-election of Ximo Puig. In some autonomies the Socialists will also depend on how their current coalition partners fare well, such as in Aragon, La Rioja, the Balearic Islands or the Canary Islands, where they govern with the left. Lucía Méndez analyzes in El 28-M measures the wear of Sánchez and the strength of Feijóo the high voltage that has been evidenced in this campaign that anticipates the possibility of a change of Government.
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