The Provincial Electoral Board distributes free airtime among the parties

The Provincial Electoral Board of Madrid has agreed upon the distribution of free spaces in publicly owned media outlets in favor of the political entities contesting the General Elections of November 29, 2026. The agreement, adopted at the meeting held on November 5 and proposed by the Radio and Television Commission, is published as an edict in the Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid no. 268, of November 7, 2026 (page 295, section II, reference BOCM-20261107-21).

A distribution pending consultation at the Board’s headquarters

The published text does not detail the minutes or percentages assigned to each formation. The edict is limited to announcing that the distribution agreement is available to the interested entities, who may examine it “at the premises of this Board” to learn the specific allocation.

The distribution is carried out “in favor of the political entities contesting” the elections of November 29, without the announcement nominally identifying the formations or the number of candidacies contesting in the Madrid constituency.

One day to appeal

The edict opens an extraordinarily short period for challenge: entities that consider themselves affected may formulate “within the period of one day following the publication of this agreement, the appeals they deem pertinent in defense of their right.”

• Resolving body: Provincial Electoral Board of Madrid, meeting of November 5, 2026.
• Proposing body: Radio and Television Commission.
• Beneficiaries: political entities contesting the General Elections of November 29, 2026.
• Appeal period: one day counted from the day following publication (BOCM of November 7).
• Location for consultation of the agreement: premises of the Provincial Electoral Board of Madrid.
• Signature of the edict: the secretary of the Board, Montserrat Gónzalez Fernández, in Madrid, on November 5, 2026.
• File reference: (03/18.050/26).

Electoral framework and calendar

The call was established by Royal Decree 806/2026, of October 5, for the dissolution of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate and the calling of elections, published in the Official State Gazette on October 6. Based on that calendar, the regional zone electoral boards have been constituted in recent weeks, publishing their minutes of constitution and the designated sites for electoral propaganda in the BOCM.

The applicable framework is Organic Law 5/1985, of June 19, on the General Electoral Regime, which reserves the distribution of free space in public media for the electoral boards and enables the affected formations to appeal the distribution decisions. Campaign activities, according to the announcements published by the zone boards in this same bulletin, take place between November 13 and 27, 2026.

The distribution directly affects the publicly owned radio and television stations operating in the Community of Madrid, including Radio Televisión Madrid, S. A., the company to which Law 8/2015, of December 28, assigns the provision of the regional public audiovisual communication service and which manages the Telemadrid brand. These operators are the ones who must yield the broadcasting time established by the Board’s agreement.

Closing

The publication of the distribution in the official bulletin marks the formal start of the campaign in Madrid’s public media and sets a claim calendar of barely 24 hours, which requires parties to immediately review the agreement deposited with the Board. For viewers and listeners, the edict determines how much airtime each candidacy will have in the weeks leading up to November 29.

Source: Official Bulletin of the Community of Madrid, no. 268, of November 7, 2026, section II (State Provisions and Announcements), page 295 (official reference: BOCM-20261107-21).