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Spain holds a general election on November 29, 2026. Three party leaders lead the parties that are polling highest. Here is where each one stands on liberty, from their own words and actions.

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  Alberto Núñez Feijóo

  PP president and opposition leader; candidate for prime minister · People's Party

  B-

  Liberty Score B-

  81 out of 100 across 11 measures, from what Feijóo has said and done.

  The PP led with 31.6% in the 40dB poll for El País and Cadena SER published on 5 October 2026 (interviews 25 to 28 September).

  Every line on Feijóo, with its source
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  Pedro Sánchez

  Prime minister since 2018; PSOE candidate for another term · Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

  F

  Liberty Score F

  45 out of 100 across 11 measures, from what Sánchez has said and done.

  The PSOE was second with 27.4% in the 40dB poll for El País and Cadena SER published on 5 October 2026 (interviews 25 to 28 September).

  Every line on Sánchez, with its source
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  Santiago Abascal

  Vox president and member of Congress; candidate for prime minister · Vox

  B-

  Liberty Score B-

  81 out of 100 across 11 measures, from what Abascal has said and done.

  Vox was third with 18.4% in the 40dB poll for El País and Cadena SER published on 5 October 2026 (interviews 25 to 28 September).

  Every line on Abascal, with its source

• AEvery letter on this page is an outline. It is a grade from what a politician has said and done, with a source for every line, on the same scale as the rest of the site.

Read the lines before you compare two letters. Someone who has governed has a long record, and more of it cuts both ways. Someone who has not is graded on what they say they will do, and a promise is easier than a decision.

Not graded here: Sumar and its allies (5.6% in the same poll, candidate due on 17 October), Podemos (2.7%), Se Acabó La Fiesta (2%) and regional parties such as ERC and Junts, which run only in their own regions.

Side by side

One line for each thing we measure. With liberty every time is an A. Against every time is an F. A record that goes both ways scores 50 out of 100, which is also an F, so the word under each name says which it is. A question mark means the record does not settle it. Tap a name to read the sources.

What Spain votes on next

• Nov 292026

  General election (Congress of Deputies and Senate)

  Called early: the royal decree dissolving parliament was published in the official gazette on 6 October 2026. Without it the vote was due by August 2027.

  All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies, which then votes in the prime minister, and 209 elected seats in the Senate.

  Voters choose a party list in one of 52 constituencies, the 50 provinces plus Ceuta and Melilla. Seats in each constituency are shared out in proportion by the D'Hondt method among lists with at least 3% of the vote there. The new Congress meets on 23 December 2026 and votes on a prime minister: a candidate needs an absolute majority of 176 on the first vote, or more votes for than against on a second.

  Source: Público / EFE, El BOE publica el decreto que disuelve las Cortes y convoca las elecciones del 29NSource: Público / EFE, El BOE publica el decreto que disuelve las Cortes y convoca las elecciones del 29N
• May 232027

  Municipal elections, with regional elections in ten regions

  The electoral law fixes the day as the fourth Sunday of May; the formal decree calling the vote has not been issued yet.

  Every town council in Spain and, on the same day, the regional parliaments of ten of the seventeen regions and the assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla.

  All town councils are renewed on the same day across the country. Voters in Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, the Valencian Community, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and La Rioja also elect their regional parliament. Andalusia, Catalonia, Galicia, the Basque Country and Castile and León vote on their own calendars.

  Source: Diari de Tarragona, Calendario electoral: Pedro Sánchez y la incógnita de un posible adelanto

Who is on this page: The candidate for prime minister of every party with 5% or more of the national vote in the 40dB poll for El País and Cadena SER published on 5 October 2026 (PP 31.6%, PSOE 27.4%, Vox 18.4%, Sumar 5.6%), strongest first; Sumar also passes 5% but had named no candidate on 6 October and says it will on 17 October, so three people are graded. Demócrata, Encuesta elecciones generales: PP, Vox y SALF reúnen el 52% del voto, según 40dB. La Región, Las encuestas sitúan al PP como primera fuerza y a Vox por encima del 18%. Read on October 6, 2026. See something that is wrong or missing? Say so in the discussion.