Málaga approves the distribution of free electoral campaign spaces for 2026

The Official Gazette of the Province of Málaga publishes this November 13, 2026, in its section dedicated to elections, the approval of the proposed distribution of free electoral propaganda spaces for the 2026 General Elections. The announcement is identified by the official reference Edict 4397/2026 and appears under the Málaga section. The publication arrives with the provincial electoral machinery already in motion and the zonal electoral boards definitively constituted.

An announcement within the bulletin’s electoral block

The insertion appears in the eighth section of the issue, labeled as ELECTIONS, and is the only announcement in that section referring to electoral propaganda, alongside the definitive constitution of the Zonal Electoral Board of Antequera (Edict 4414/2026). The bulletin’s summary does not detail the applied criteria or the number of minutes or insertions assigned to each political formation in the space reserved for the announcement; therefore, the specific content of the distribution must be consulted in the official reference of the edict.

The proposal affects the scope of the province of Málaga and, therefore, the advertising that parties can disseminate free of charge in the media during the campaign. This is a preliminary administrative step before the formal start of propaganda, which occurs after the Provincial Electoral Board of Málaga and the zonal boards have been constituted.

The Málaga electoral structure, now complete

The distribution of free spaces is supported by the network of electoral boards that the bulletin itself has been publishing over the last month:

• October 13, 2026: composition of the members of the Provincial Electoral Board of Málaga (Edict 3986/2026) and the zonal boards of Antequera (3985/2026), Málaga (3984/2026), Marbella (3968/2026), Ronda (3982/2026) and Vélez-Málaga (3969/2026).
• November 10, 2026: definitive constitution of the Zonal Electoral Board of Ronda (Edict 4348/2026).
• November 12, 2026: definitive constitution of the zonal boards of Málaga (Edict 4366/2026), Marbella (Edict 4382/2026) and Vélez-Málaga (Edict 4367/2026).
• November 13, 2026: definitive constitution of the Zonal Electoral Board of Antequera (Edict 4414/2026).

Added to that network is the agreement published on October 12, 2026, with the list of sections, polling stations, and electoral premises for the elections (Edict 3886/2026), which establishes the territorial basis upon which voting is organized throughout the province.

Campaign events and news coverage

In parallel with the distribution of campaign materials, the bulletin has been publishing the instruments that organize the campaign in municipalities with a zone board. On October 21, 2026, the lists of locations, dates, and times for campaign events in Antequera (Edict 4087/2026), Málaga (Edict 4093/2026), Marbella (Edict 4070/2026), Ronda (Edict 4083/2026) and Vélez-Málaga (Edict 4052/2026) appeared, and the following day a correction of error was published for the list corresponding to Málaga (Edict 4139/2026).

On November 10, 2026, the bulletin also included the consultation of the information coverage plans of RTVA and RTVE for these elections (Edict 4334/2026), a procedure that accompanies the organization of the presence of candidacies in public media.

With the distribution of free spaces already approved in the provincial bulletin, the campaign in Málaga enters the phase in which advertising ceases to be a forecast and begins to have official administrative support.

Source: Official Bulletin of the Province of Málaga, November 13, 2026, section 8 — Elections (official reference: Edict 4397/2026).