The Provincial Electoral Board of Badajoz has been constituted for the general elections

The Provincial Electoral Board of Badajoz has been definitively constituted with its seven members for the elections to the Congress of Deputies and the Senate on the coming November 29, 2026. The agreement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Badajoz number 218, of this Friday, November 13, within the Elections section, in announcement 4511/2026, issued by the secretary of the body, Juan Carlos Hernández Sánchez.

The finalization of the composition is framed within Royal Decree 806/2026, of October 5, regarding the dissolution of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate and the calling of elections, published in the Official State Gazette number 248, of October 6, 2026, which set the voting for November 29. The Provincial Electoral Board of Badajoz had already been initially constituted in the session of October 9, solely with the judicial appointments, according to announcement 4054/2026 of the BOP number 196, of October 13. Today’s edict completes that structure with the non-judicial members and the census representative.

Seven members and one Census delegate

Announcement 4511/2026 details the definitive composition of the body that will lead the electoral process in the province:

• Presidency: José Antonio Patrocinio Polo.
• Judicial members: José Antonio Bobadilla González and Raquel Rivas Hidalgo.
• Non-judicial members: Vicente Javier González Morales and María Teresa Cabezas de Herrera Ansotegui.
• Provincial Delegate of the Electoral Census Office: Luciano Nogales Guillén.
• Secretariat: Juan Carlos Hernández Sánchez.

The first three positions already appeared in the edict of October 9, when the Board was formed with the presidency and the two judicial members. The novelty of the announcement published today is the two non-judicial memberships and the incorporation of the provincial head of the census, Luciano Nogales Guillén, a regular signatory of the census communications in the gazette, such as announcement 3488/2026, of September 10.

Zone boards finalize their constitution in parallel

The provincial constitution comes after the zone electoral boards of the province have been finalizing their own compositions in recent weeks:

• Zone Electoral Board of Badajoz, constituted on November 10, 2026, and published in announcement 4490/2026 of the BOP number 217, of November 12, with Francisco Javier Sánchez Mora as president.
• Zone Electoral Board of Llerena, constituted on November 9, 2026, according to announcement 4481/2026, of the same number 217, presided over by Cristina Bohoyo Díaz.
• Zone Electoral Board of Zafra, constituted in a session on November 11, 2026, and published in announcement 4512/2026 of the BOP number 218, of November 13, with Natalia Rey Moreno at the helm.

These are joined by those that had already been formed in the first phase of the calendar, on October 9, 2026, such as those of Olivenza (4055/2026) and Herrera del Duque (4052/2026), which invoked Article 14 of the LOREG and referred their minutes to the Provincial Electoral Board.

Campaign starts today and polls open from 9:00 to 20:00

The publication coincides with the first day of the electoral campaign, which extends from November 13 to 27, 2026, both inclusive, according to the lists of spaces and events approved by the zone boards and published in the BOP on October 21. The voting day on November 29 will have hours from 9:00 to 20:00, as stated in the resolution of the Government Delegation in Extremadura published in announcement 4309/2026 of BOP number 209, dated October 30, which also regulates the paid leave for public employees on that day.

With the final constitution, the Provincial Electoral Board of Badajoz is now positioned to act as the provincial reference body during the three remaining weeks until the polls, in a calendar that began with the publication of the sections, polling stations, and electoral venues on October 12 in an extraordinary edition of the bulletin. For the province’s voters, the edict serves as the official reference for who arbitrates the process: any incident regarding polling stations, ballots, propaganda, or scrutiny within the provincial scope now has a formally constituted body to which to turn. The date for the polls is Sunday, November 29, 2026.

Source: Official Bulletin of the Province of Badajoz, number 218, dated November 13, 2026, Elections section, page 2 (official reference: announcement 4511/2026).