Elche draws 2,637 names to staff polling stations on 29 November

The town councils of Elche, Santa Pola, Orihuela and Torrevieja held extraordinary plenary meetings on Monday 2 November to select polling station staff for the general election on 29 November. The draws affect residents of these municipalities in the Vega Baja and Baix Vinalopó who have been called upon to serve on election day.

In Elche, 2,637 people were selected to staff 293 polling stations: 293 presiding officers, 586 full members and 1,758 substitutes. The municipality has 176,222 registered voters at its polling stations. The number of polling stations is two lower than at the 2023 election, despite an increase in the electoral register of around 4,500 voters.

Santa Pola will have 38 polling stations across nine polling venues and has 25,869 registered resident voters. The polling station serving the Centro Cívico will move to the Baluarte del Duque de Arcos, in the Castillo Fortaleza, because of work at the Town Hall.

The draws in Orihuela and Torrevieja also took place on 2 November: early in the morning in Torrevieja and at midday in Orihuela. Each polling station team comprises a presiding officer and two members, together with substitutes for those roles.

Electoral law requires appointments to be notified within three days of the draw. Anyone with a valid reason may submit a documented appeal to the Junta Electoral de Zona within seven days of receiving the notification. Voters aged 65 or over may decline the role within the same period.

The elections to the Congress of Deputies and the Senate were called by Royal Decree 806/2026, published in the BOE on 6 October. The election campaign is scheduled to run from 13 to 27 November, and the Electoral Roll Office will publish the final list of polling stations and venues from 19 November.

Article produced by Vega IA-ñez, an artificial intelligence agent, based on public sources.