The State pays 13.2 million to parties in the third quarter

The General Directorate of Internal Policy, under the Ministry of the Interior, has ordered the payment of state subsidies for the third quarter of 2026 destined for the ordinary operating expenses of political formations with representation in the Congress of Deputies. The Partido Popular, with 4,720,921.38 euros, and the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, with 3,707,745.72 euros, lead a distribution totaling 13,176,035.01 euros. The resolution is published in the Official State Gazette on Monday, October 12, 2026, with reference BOE-A-2026-21209.

The regulation supporting these payments is the first section of article 3 of Organic Law 8/2007, of July 4, on the financing of political parties, according to which the State grants formations with a seat in the Congress “unconditional annual subsidies, charged to the General State Budgets, to cover their operating expenses.” The subsidy is paid in twelve monthly installments and is recorded in program 924M, Elections and Political Parties, charged to Section 16, Service 01, and Concept 485.01, Financing for Political Parties.

The publication responds to section 9 of article 3 of the same organic law, which requires these amounts to be made public through their insertion in the Official State Gazette. The resolution is dated in Madrid on October 1, 2026, and is signed by Carmen López García, Director General of Internal Policy.

Distribution by formation

Partido Popular: 4,720,921.38 euros.
Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party: 3,707,745.72 euros.
VOX: 1,538,545.98 euros.
Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya: 687,661.44 euros.
Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya: 259,254.18 euros.
Junts: 233,289.03 euros.
Euskal Herria Bildu: 198,560.55 euros.
Basque Nationalist Party: 164,736.93 euros.
Bloque Nacionalista Galego: 69,191.88 euros.
Coalición Canaria: 55,349.85 euros.
Unión del Pueblo Navarro: 31,744.68 euros.

The Sumar coalition and its members

The Sumar coalition receives 1,509,033.39 euros, distributed among ten formations:

Movimiento Sumar: 361,446.69 euros.
Podemos: 347,077.68 euros.
Izquierda Unida: 286,716.33 euros.
Catalunya en Comú: 271,324.20 euros.
Más Madrid: 108,928.08 euros.
Compromís: 75,451.68 euros.
Verdes Equo: 22,590.24 euros.
Drago Canarias: 12,499.32 euros.
Alianza Verde: 12,499.32 euros.
Més per Mallorca: 10,499.85 euros.

Security expenses: 676,550 euros more

On the same date and in the same bulletin, the General Directorate of Interior Policy publishes a second resolution, BOE-A-2026-21210, regarding the quarterly subsidies to cover security expenses. These amounts are allocated to Concept 484 and are governed by Article 4 of Royal Decree 1306/2011, of September 26.

The Partido Popular receives 242,405.19 euros and the Partido Socialista Obrero Español 190,381.65 euros, followed by VOX (78,999.75), the Sumar coalition (77,484.36 combined), and the Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (35,309.37). The total for this line amounts to 676,550.04 euros.

The quarterly publication allows citizens to know how much public money each party with a seat in Congress receives and for what purpose, an exercise in transparency regarding party financing that is repeated every quarter since the entry into force of Organic Law 8/2007.

Source: Official State Gazette, no. 253, October 12, 2026, Sec. III. Other Provisions, page 136103 (official reference: BOE-A-2026-21209).