Central Electoral Board appoints non-judicial members for the general elections

The Presidency of the Central Electoral Board has appointed the non-judicial members of the Provincial Electoral Boards that will intervene in the elections to the Congress of Deputies and the Senate on November 29, 2026. The complete list, with two names for each board, is published in the Official State Gazette of November 14, 2026 (no. 284, Sec. II.A, pages 153421 et seq.). The administrative act is the Resolution of November 12, 2026 (official reference BOE-A-2026-23837).

The legal framework of the appointment

The members are appointed in accordance with Article 10.1.b) of the Organic Law 5/1985, of June 19, on the General Electoral Regime, which grants the Central Electoral Board the power to appoint the non-judicial members of the provincial boards. In this case, the appointment is carried out by the Presidency of the body by virtue of the delegation agreed upon by the Board itself in its session of October 26, 2026, in view of the proposals submitted by the respective Provincial Electoral Boards.

The electoral calendar was established by Royal Decree 806/2026, of October 5, on the dissolution of the Chambers and the calling of elections, published in the BOE on October 6 (no. 248). The electoral campaign extends for fifteen days, from midnight on Friday, November 13, until midnight on Friday, November 27, and the resulting Chambers will meet in constitutive sessions on December 23.

Two members per provincial board

The resolution covers the 52 Provincial Electoral Boards: the 50 provinces plus the cities of Ceuta and Melilla. Each of them has two non-judicial members in the published list, totaling 104 appointments.

• Madrid: David Delgado Ramos and Antonio Cuerda Riezu.
• Barcelona: Meritxell Cabezón Arbat and Óscar Zayas Sábada.
• Sevilla: César José Gallardo Soler and Pedro Ignacio Jiménez Rodríguez.
• Valencia/València: José García Añón and Carmen Jávega Martínez.
• Coruña (A): María José Casal Rodríguez and Margarita Iglesias Pais.
• Bizkaia: Asier Ramos Bilbao and Ander Salinero Múgica.
• Ceuta: José Ángel Guerrero Miralles and Clemente Cerdeira Monterero.
• Melilla: María José Gómez Ruiz and Antonio Zapata Navarro.

The list also includes smaller constituencies, such as Teruel (Jesús Blasco Marques and Alfonso Casas Ologaray), Soria (Carmen María del Pilar Gassol Quílez and María José Molina Arroyo) or Ávila (Juan Antonio González Agüero and Santiago Gutiérrez de la Peña), as well as Girona (Joan Pallàs Puigdomènech and Josep Viella Massegú) and Jaén (Rubén J. Pereira López and Juan Martínez Pancorbo).

Signed at the Palace of the Congress

The resolution is dated November 12, 2026, at the Palacio del Congreso de los Diputados and bears the signature of the President of the Central Electoral Board, Eduardo Calvo Rojas. The publication occurs two weeks before voting day and one day after the formal start of the electoral campaign.

The text is inserted in section II.A of the bulletin, dedicated to appointments, situations, and incidents, and does not include alternates or additional observations: it is limited to certifying the identity of those designated for each constituency.

Impact on the electoral apparatus

The Provincial Electoral Boards are the administrative bodies that organize the scrutiny, resolve claims, and proclaim the results in each constituency. The designation of its non-judicial members completes the composition of these bodies two weeks before November 29 and comes after the proclamation of candidacies, published in the BOE on November 3 (reference BOE-A-2026-23103). With the names now official, parties, proxies, and auditors have the public reference to direct filings and claims to each board during the campaign and the electoral day.

Source: Official State Gazette, no. 284, of November 14, 2026, Sec. II.A, p. 153421 (official reference: BOE-A-2026-23837).