For citizens to exercise their right to vote they have to go to one of the approximately 70,000 ballot boxes distributed in more than 22,500 polling stations in Spain. Any Spanish citizen over 18 years of age, with their documentation in order (updated ID and correctly registered), can go to vote today.
The schools have opened at 9 in the morning so that almost 38 million voters can decide the 61 MEPs of the Spanish constituency, except for those located in the Canary Islands, which open an hour later.
Voter profile
Of the potential voters, 35,361,672 citizens live in Spain and the other 2,422,716 reside abroad and are registered in the Electoral Census of Absent Residents (CERA). And since these are European elections, another 302,991 foreigners residing in Spain must be added.
-By sex group, there are one million more women than men in the census of voters residing in our country: 18,265,157 women and 17,096,540 men.
– There are 408,278 young people who will be able to vote for the first time in a European election – almost a year after the last general elections -, which represents 1% of all citizens with the right to vote. The bulk of voters are between 45 and 54 years old.
– The community with the most voters is Andalusia, with 6.43 million, followed by Catalonia (5.46), Madrid (4.91), the Valencian Community (3.63), Galicia (2.21) and Castilla y León ( 1.91). Among the smallest, outside the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, are La Rioja (234,643 voters), and Cantabria (467,997) and Navarra (492,995).
– This June 9, 61 seats will be awarded, 34 candidates compete to try to access them, with a total of 4,168 people.
For eleven hours, until 8:00 p.m., the 38,087,379 people with the right to vote in these European elections will be able to go to the polls, which is about 600,000 more than in the general elections of July last year and 800,000 more than in the prior to the European Parliament, which were in 2019.
To identify yourself, you must show your DNI and have the people at the table verify that the citizen is in the corresponding ballot box, which varies depending on the address.
Previously, citizens have received a notification at their home from the Electoral Census Office containing personal data, such as date of birth, ID, municipality, as well as the electoral location where they should vote (normally public schools). , the district, the section and the board.
You can opt for 34 electoral lists
There are 34 electoral lists that Spaniards can choose for this day, two more than the candidacies presented five years ago.
The new voters since 2019 are 2,259,621, while with respect to the 2023 general elections there are 408,284 who can vote for the first time.
Information throughout the day
At 10:30 a.m. the first press conference was held by the Secretary of State for Communication, Francesc Vallès, and the Undersecretary of the Interior, Susana Crisóstomo, to report on the start of election day and the constitution of the polling stations. which are more than 58,500.
Later, at 2:30 p.m., they will report on the participation progress and at 6:30 p.m. they will appear again to offer a second participation progress.
The first provisional results will not be known until 11:00 p.m., since no data can be given until all the polls in the European Union close and the Italian polling stations will be open until that time.
It will be the Minister Spokesperson for the Government, Pilar Alegría, and the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, who will appear at eleven tonight to offer the provisional results of these elections and the distribution of the 61 seats.
