The Zonal Electoral Board of Zamora has been constituted for the general elections

The Zamora Zonal Electoral Board was definitively constituted on November 11, 2026, once its non-judicial members were incorporated, according to the certification signed by the body’s secretary, Fernando Bécares Ramos. The agreement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Zamora No. 133, dated November 13, 2026, within section IV, Administration of Justice, page 50 (official reference R-202602665). The constitution takes place eighteen days before the date of the polls.

The text certifies that the session was held on 11-11-2026 and that the Board became “definitive” with the incorporation of the non-judicial members. The same agreement provides for the publication of the constitution in the provincial gazette, as required by Article 14.3 of the Organic Law 5/1985, of June 19, on the General Electoral Regime (LOREG). The certification is issued for the purposes of Article 15 of the same regulation and the agreement of the Central Electoral Board for the procedure of the General Elections called for November 29, 2026.

Composition of the body

The presidency is held by a magistrate assigned to the Court of First Instance of Zamora, and the two judicial members come from the same seat, while the two non-judicial members complete the representation of civil society in the zonal body:

• Mercedes Parra Martín, magistrate of position No. 2 of the Civil and Instruction Section of the Court of First Instance of Zamora, as president.
• Elena María Martín Martín, substitute judge of position No. 5 of the Civil and Instruction Section, as judicial member.
• Jénnifer Canut Fernández, magistrate of position No. 6 of the Civil and Instruction Section, as judicial member.
• José Ángel Prieto Pilo, non-judicial member.
• Mónica Maide Varas, non-judicial member.
• Fernando Bécares Ramos, secretary.

The regulatory framework and the calendar

The constitution of the zonal boards is a mandatory step in the electoral procedure: the LOREG establishes their composition and orders the publication of the constitution in the official provincial gazette so that parties, candidacies, and voters know who resolves the incidents of the process. The electoral date was set by Royal Decree 806/2026, of October 5, which called for the elections to the Congress of Deputies and the Senate on November 29.

The province has three zonal boards: Zamora, Benavente, and Toro. The Benavente board also appears as constituted in the same issue of the gazette (page 51, reference R-202602664), with María Elena Yáñez Ojeda as president, Carmen Sánchez Rubio and Elena Rubio González as judicial members, Cristina Marañón San Román and Francisco Martínez Becares as non-judicial members, and Cristina Fernández Herrero as secretary.

Campaign Background

This procedure follows the publication, on October 21, of the list of free public premises and locations for the placement of electoral propaganda by municipality, submitted by the zone boards and disseminated by the Provincial Electoral Board of Zamora, whose secretary is María Inés Santiago Alejos, in accordance with Article 57 of the LOREG (Official Gazette of the Province of Zamora No. 124, of October 21, 2026). That list includes municipal properties in dozens of localities within the jurisdiction of the Zamora Zone Board.

The impact of this publication is immediate for the actors in the process: the Zone Board is the authority that processes the submission and proclamation of candidacies, receives complaints and appeals regarding propaganda, regulates campaign events, and resolves incidents on voting day within its constituency. With the composition now published, parties, candidates, and voters in the Zamora area know the identity of the five members and the secretary who will arbitrate the process until November 29.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Zamora, No. 133, of November 13, 2026, section IV. Administration of Justice, page 50 (official reference: R-202602665).