Madrid Provincial Electoral Board constituted for the November general elections

The Provincial Electoral Board of Madrid was constituted on October 9, 2026, at 11:00 AM, in compliance with Article 14.1 of the Organic Law of the General Electoral Regime and the seventh additional provision of Organic Law 2/2016, of October 31. The minutes are published in the Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid number 242, of October 10, 2026, section II, page 175, with the reference BOCM-20261010-22.

The edict is issued within the framework of the call for general elections to the Congress of Deputies and the Senate for Sunday, November 29, 2026, agreed upon by Royal Decree 806/2026, of October 5, published in the Official State Gazette on October 6, 2026. This is reflected in the constitution edicts of the zonal electoral boards disseminated on the same day in the Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid.

The Provincial Electoral Board of Madrid is the body that supervises the electoral process in the province: it ensures the equality of candidacies, resolves appeals and complaints, and exercises authority over the census and electoral propaganda during the convened period.

Composition of the Board

The minutes detail the five members who make up the body, all of whom hold the title of ilustrísimo:

• Presidency: Carlos López Muñiz.
• Judicial members: Lorenzo Valero Baquedano and Noemí Mañueco Boto.
• Provincial census delegate: Manuel Herrera Espiñeira.
• Secretariat: María Montserrat González Fernández.

The secretary of the Board, María Montserrat González Fernández, is the signatory of the minutes issued in Madrid on October 9, 2026, with the file number (03/16.468/26).

Zonal boards constituted on the same day

The publication of the Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid number 242 accompanies the provincial minutes with the constitution of the region’s zonal electoral boards, which follow the same procedure as Article 14 of the LOREG:

• Madrid Zonal Electoral Board, chaired by Eduardo Corral Corral, with Susana María Amador García and María Belén Sánchez Hernández as judicial members and Pilar Pérez García as secretary.
• Alcalá de Henares Zonal Electoral Board, chaired by Mauricio Daniel Hurtado Cañas, with María Ángeles Carreras Huerta and Carlos Javier Garzón Inigo as members and Efraín Fernández Martínez as secretary.
• Aranjuez Zonal Electoral Board, chaired by Cristina García González, with Gabriela María Insúa Ayuso and Sonia Campos Guzón as members and Isabel María Sánchez Martín as secretary.
• Colmenar Viejo Zonal Electoral Board, chaired by Raquel Colmenarejo Vicente, with Verónica Caravantes Figura and Beatriz Viciana Gómez as members and María Teresa Pérez Abad as secretary.
• Navalcarnero Zonal Electoral Board, chaired by Carolina González Pérez, with María Eugenia Sanmartín García-Osorio and Laura Bueso Hernández as members and Cristina Lupini González as legal counsel.
• San Lorenzo de El Escorial Zonal Electoral Board, chaired by Santiago Antonio Muñoz de Toro, with Gerardo Juan Calvo Tello and María Elena Garde García as members and Claudia Otero Carrara as secretary.

Designation and mandate

The judicial members were designated by the Governing Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Madrid, which held a session on October 8, 2026, and the presidency is elected during the constitutive session in accordance with articles 11.2 and 14.3 of the LOREG. The Aranjuez minutes specify that the mandate of the zonal boards will conclude one hundred days after the elections, in application of Agreement 625/2015 of the Central Electoral Board and of the Permanent Commission of the General Council of the Judiciary of March 16, 2023.

With the constitution of these bodies, the structure that will administer the scrutiny in the Community of Madrid is formally open. For voters, the composition published in the bulletin determines to whom claims regarding the census, polling stations, and results are presented, and marks the effective start of the electoral calendar leading up to November 29.

Source: Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid, no. 242, of October 10, 2026, section II (State Provisions and Announcements), page 175 (official reference: BOCM-20261010-22).