A Fonsagrada completes its electoral board with two non-judicial members

The Zonal Electoral Board of Fonsagrada now has its definitive composition for the general elections of November 29, 2026, with magistrate Guillermo de Miguel Ferrer as president and two non-judicial members who were not included in the initial constitution. The certification, signed by secretary Ana Rodríguez Puga, is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Lugo number 260, dated November 12, 2026, under reference R. 3084.

The framework for the decision is Royal Decree 806/2026, of October 5, from the Presidency of the Government, which called for the elections to the Congress of Deputies and the Senate for November 29 and was published in the Official State Gazette the following day. The regulation deployed the electoral calendar throughout the province and mandated the constitution of the zonal boards in accordance with Article 14 of Organic Law 5/1985, of the General Electoral Regime.

The Fonsagrada board was constituted on October 9 and its first announcement appeared in the Official Gazette of the Province of Lugo number 235, dated October 14, 2026 (R. 2764), with an incomplete composition: president, two judicial members, and secretary. The new announcement closes that process by incorporating the two non-judicial members and detailing the judicial assignments of each member, in compliance with the order issued by the Provincial Electoral Board of Lugo the day before the certification.

Presidency and judicial members

The presidency falls to a magistrate assigned to the region itself, ensuring that the body has a direct judicial reference in the territory where it operates:

• Guillermo de Miguel Ferrer, magistrate-judge of the Court of First Instance of Fonsagrada, judicial seat number 1, as president.
• Alba María Barbeito Vázquez, substitute judge of the Court of First Instance of Becerreá, judicial seat number 1, as judicial member.
• Eladio Prieto Bellas, magistrate-judge of the Civil Section of the Court of First Instance of Lugo, judicial seat number 1, as judicial member.
• Ana Rodríguez Puga, as secretary of the board.

The two judicial members come from bodies outside the region, a common formula to avoid incompatibilities with the candidacies presented in the constituency itself.

Two non-judicial members

The main novelty of the November 12 announcement is the incorporation of the non-judicial members, which the LOREG reserves for persons appointed from outside the judicial career and which were not yet filled in the October constitution:

• José Luis Arango Gómez, non-judicial member.
• María Soledad Sierra Villavarde, non-judicial member.

With these appointments, the board increases from three to five voting members, in addition to the secretary, and is now positioned to resolve with full capacity the appeals, claims, and incidents that may arise until election night.

Five municipalities under the same board

The electoral board of A Fonsagrada does not limit its activity to the municipality of Fonsagrada: it covers the councils of A Fonsagrada, Baleira, Navia de Suarna, Negueira de Muñiz, and Ribeira de Piquín, according to the list of official venues that the body itself certified on October 15 and which was published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Lugo number 241, dated October 21, 2026 (R. 2833).

Among the spaces reserved for campaign events are the municipal assembly hall of A Fonsagrada, on Os Chaos street, the school classrooms of A Lastra and Retizós and the public square of O Cádavo in Baleira, the town hall and the sports center of A Proba in Navia de Suarna, the social center of Negueira and the school grouping of Chao de Pousadeiro in Ribeira de Piquín. Most can be used every day, with time limits only in Navia de Suarna and Ribeira de Piquín.

The board exercises a decisive function in the remaining two weeks: it is responsible for ensuring equal treatment of the candidacies, controlling propaganda, authorizing events, and resolving electoral protests and claims in the region. For proxies, scrutineers, and voters of the five municipalities, the announcement clarifies who decides these conflicts and to whom they must address themselves before and during November 29.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Lugo, nº 260, November 12, 2026, section I (Electoral Administration), p. 1 (official reference: R. 3084).