See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, The election The prime minister had the prerogative to dissolve both chambers at any given time—either jointly or separately—and call a The Cortes Generales were officially dissolved on 24 September 2019, after the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official State Gazette.Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election: Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations.

Voting intention estimates refer mainly to a hypothetical The table below lists nationwide voting intention estimates. The next Spanish general election will be held no later than Sunday 10 December 2023, to elect the 15th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. poll of polls POLITICO Europe tracks polling data for every European election and country. “I want to be honest with the Spanish people,” he said. order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive.Queen Letizia: Royal wears casual white shirt out with familySpain election: Chaos as fourth vote in four years looms Spanish political leaders spent the last two days in meetings with the Spanish monarch, King Felipe VI, trying to establish a stable government.Spanish election polls: King Felipe yesterday reported there would be another election in Spain The statement issued on Tuesday said: “His Majesty has concluded that there is no candidate who counts on the necessary support for the Congress of Deputies to lend him its confidence.”Spain weather: Will flood chaos and downpours ruin your holiday?Spain holiday warning: 'Extreme risk' for British travellersSpanish election polls: King Felipe VI greeting Spanish right Popular Party leader Pablo Casado Although Mr Sánchez’s Socialists easily topped the last poll, in April, with 29 percent of the vote, they fell far short of an overall majority in the chamber of deputies.Spanish election polls: The King of Spain receiving the caretaker PM Pedro Sanchez in August 2019 Spanish election polls: King Felipe VI of Spain with his wife Queen Letizia of Spain The caretaker leader added that Spain needed a long-lasting and stable government to deal with the main issues facing the country, such as the global economic slowdown, climate change, a no deal brexit and the verdict in the high-profile trial of Catalan separatists charged with offences including sedition and rebellion due next month.Weather forecast: Shock Saharan heatwave to roast Europe with 30CSpanish election polls: King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain Spanish election polls: The caretaker PM Pedro Sanchez has been accused of purposefully avoiding forming a government to gain more seats Sources close to the Socialist party suggest support could increase, coming from the Podemos on its left and Ciudadanos to its right. All rights reserved. Josh Galemore / Arizona Daily Star The 2019 Spanish regional elections were held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the regional parliaments of twelve of the seventeen autonomous communities—Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia and Navarre—, not including Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia, which had separate electoral cycles. “The PSOE will also act generously and responsibly to unblock it.”The PP leader, Pablo Casado, said the ball was firmly in Sánchez’s court. Socialist party to unveil plans to break impasse after winning poll without securing majoritySpain’s ruling Socialist party will announce its plan to break the political deadlock “as soon as possible” after winning the country’s fourth general election in as many years but once again failing to secure a majority.In the poll on Sunday, the far-right Vox party moved into third place as the conservative People’s party (PP) rallied and the centre-right Citizens party endured a humiliating collapse.The Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE), led by the acting prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, won 120 seats, three fewer than in the The PP won 88 seats, followed by Vox, which more than doubled its seat count from 24 to 52.The anti-austerity Unidas Podemos came fourth with 35 seats, followed by the pro-independence Catalan Republican Left with 13 seats. Stay up-to-date with who is ahead in the polls in each country and on what Europe thinks and why. “We’ll see what Pedro Sánchez suggests and then we’ll fulfil our responsibility, because Spain can’t carry on being deadlocked,” he said.Vox’s leader, Santiago Abascal, told jubilant supporters his anti-immigrant party would not let them down. Next Spanish general election. The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become Prime Minister.