{"id":68007,"date":"2026-10-26T19:27:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T18:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=68007"},"modified":"2026-10-26T19:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T18:28:32","slug":"how-can-you-vote-for-pp-and-vox-in-your-province-for-the-senate-in-the-2026-general-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/10\/26\/how-can-you-vote-for-pp-and-vox-in-your-province-for-the-senate-in-the-2026-general-election\/","title":{"rendered":"How can you vote for PP and Vox in your province for the Senate in the 2026 general election?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Popular Party (PP) and Vox have announced an agreement today to maximize their chances of securing seats in the Senate.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/10\/17\/abascal-announces-high-mindedness-in-response-to-the-lefts-pact-for-the-senate\/\">Abascal announces 'high-mindedness' in response to the left's pact for the Senate<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/10\/05\/november-29-the-last-chance-to-prevent-spain-from-ceasing-to-be-a-democracy\/\">November 29: the last chance to prevent Spain from ceasing to be a democracy<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><big>Concessions by Vox<\/big><\/p>\n<p><strong>This agreement is a response to the pact reached between the PSOE and the far-left ten days ago<\/strong>, following which Santiago Abascal, president of Vox, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/10\/17\/abascal-anuncia-altura-de-miras-frente-al-pacto-de-la-izquierda-para-el-senado\/\">announced<\/a> that his party would act with <em>\"a broad vision, and we will do whatever is necessary to ensure that Spain remains free and does not depend on S\u00e1nchez or any of his cronies.\"<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vox_es\/status\/2114702778274619619\" target=\"_blank\">Ignacio Garriga, vice president of Vox, has announced the following<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vox will not field its own candidates in 6 provinces:<\/strong> the Balearic Islands, C\u00e1diz, Castell\u00f3n, Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and Valencia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vox will field a single candidate in 14 provinces:<\/strong> \u00c1lava, Alicante, Asturias, Badajoz, C\u00e1ceres, Cuenca, Granada, Huelva, Huesca, Ja\u00e9n, Navarre, Pontevedra, Seville, and Zaragoza.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In the remaining 23 provinces, Vox will participate as usual.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Vox has stated that it reached this agreement to prevent <em>\"Pedro S\u00e1nchez\u2019s attempt to seize the institutions<\/strong> \u2014in this case, the Senate\u2014in league with extremists and radicals,\"<\/em> adding: <em>\"The PP and Vox are very different political parties with very different platforms, but it is no secret that <strong>we agree on the need to oust S\u00e1nchez\u2019s criminal organization from the institutions<\/strong>.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><big>Concessions by the PP<\/big><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mtelladof\/status\/2114720572378644608\" target=\"_blank\">Miguel \u00c1ngel Tellado, secretary-general of the PP, has confirmed this agreement<\/a>, noting the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In the 6 provinces where Vox will not be fielding candidates<\/strong>, <em>\"the Partido Popular will include an independent candidate\u2014proposed by Vox\u2014on its electoral lists.\"<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>The PP will not run in 3 provinces:<\/strong> Girona, Gipuzkoa, and Tarragona.<\/li>\n<p>Tellado wrote: <em>\"<strong>The agreement with Vox is not based on partisanship; it solely seeks what is best for our country<\/strong> and aims to halt the advance of the far-left in the Senate.\"<\/em>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sanchezcastejon\/status\/2114709978233659750\" target=\"_blank\">Pedro S\u00e1nchez<\/a> <strong>and the rest of the left have already reacted with anger to this pact<\/strong>\u2014a very good sign, as it suggests that the agreement has a strong chance of success.<\/p>\n<p><big>How to vote for the PP and Vox for the Senate in light of this pact<\/big><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Spain, Senate elections use open lists, meaning it is possible to vote for individual senators from different parties<\/strong>, depending on the number of senators to be elected for each province or island territory. Senate ballots are sepia-colored. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senado.es\/web\/relacionesciudadanos\/atencionciudadano\/preguntasfrecuentes\/composicionsenado\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Here is how the Senate election system works:<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Peninsular provinces:<\/strong> 4 senators are elected for each, but voters may select a maximum of 3 candidates (who may belong to different political lists).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major islands (Gran Canaria, Mallorca, and Tenerife):<\/strong> 3 senators are elected for each, but voters may select a maximum of 2 candidates (who may belong to different political lists).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Autonomous cities (Ceuta and Melilla):<\/strong> 2 senators are elected for each, and voters may select a maximum of 2 candidates (who may belong to different political lists).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Minor islands (Ibiza-Formentera, Menorca, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote, and La Palma):<\/strong> 1 senator is elected for each; therefore, voters on these islands may select only 1 candidate on their ballot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taking into account what both parties have stated, and if they wish for the combined total of both parties to secure greater representation, <strong>voters of the PP and Vox have the following options, depending on their province:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>C\u00e1diz, Castell\u00f3n, and Valencia:<\/strong> vote for the 3 PP candidates (Vox is not running for the Senate in these provinces).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Girona, Gipuzkoa, and Tarragona:<\/strong> vote for the 3 Vox candidates (the PP is not running for the Senate in these provinces).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Las Palmas, Mallorca, and Santa Cruz de Tenerife:<\/strong> vote for 2 senators from the PP list (Vox is not running for the Senate on these islands).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ibiza-Formentera, Menorca, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote, and La Palma:<\/strong> vote for 1 senator from the PP (Vox is not running for the Senate on these islands).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ceuta and Melilla:<\/strong> vote for 2 PP senators, 2 Vox senators, or 1 PP senator and 1 Vox senator, depending on each voter's preference (both the PP and Vox are running in these two autonomous cities).<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00c1lava, Alicante, Asturias, Badajoz, C\u00e1ceres, Cuenca, Granada, Huelva, Huesca, Ja\u00e9n, Navarra, Pontevedra, Sevilla, and Zaragoza:<\/strong> If you are a PP voter, you may vote for the 3 PP candidates for the Senate; if you are a Vox voter, you may vote for 1 Vox candidate (there will only be one) and 2 PP candidates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Albacete, Almer\u00eda, \u00c1vila, Barcelona, \u200b\u200bBurgos, Cantabria, Ciudad Real, C\u00f3rdoba, Guadalajara, La Coru\u00f1a, La Rioja, Le\u00f3n, L\u00e9rida, Lugo, Madrid, M\u00e1laga, Murcia, Orense, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Teruel, Toledo, Valladolid, Vizcaya, and Zamora:<\/strong> In these 23 provinces, you may vote for 3 PP senators, 3 Vox senators, or a combination of both (without exceeding a total of 3 selected candidates), according to your preference, as both parties are running candidates in these constituencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><big>How to vote for the PP and Vox for Congress<\/big><\/p>\n<p>The agreement announced by both parties does not apply to the Congress of Deputies; therefore, <strong>each party will run its own separate lists for Congress in every province and the two autonomous cities<\/strong>. Consequently, when it comes to Congress, you should vote for the party that you believe represents you best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Popular Party (PP) and Vox have announced an agreement today to maximize their chances of securing seats in the Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11415,10398],"tags":[28031,11781,10969,641,11992,11462,7535],"class_list":["post-68007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-plana-english","category-spain","tag-2026-general-election-in-spain","tag-ignacio-garriga","tag-miguel-angel-tellado","tag-partido-popular","tag-senate-of-spain","tag-spain","tag-vox"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-11-02 22:07:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}