The People's Party (PP) of incumbent president María Guardiola fell well short of an overall majority in the 2025 snap election, requiring the support of the far-rightVox party to retain power. As a result, Spanish media commented on the possibility of a repeat election in the event of a failure in government formation negotiations.[1][2] Vox's intention to block Guardiola's investiture was evidenced in negotiations taking place throughout January and February 2026, with the scenario of a repeat election gaining traction.[3][4] With the latest possible date for an investiture ballot being set for 3 March 2026, the Assembly will be automatically dissolved if no regional president is elected before 3 May;[5] in such a case, a repeat election would be called for 28 June.[6][7][a]
Voting for the Assembly is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Extremadura and in full enjoyment of their political rights, provided that they are not sentenced—by a final court ruling—to deprivation of the right to vote.[9][10][11]
The Assembly of Extremadura is entitled to a maximum of 65 seats, with the electoral law setting its size at that number. All members are elected in two multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the provinces of Badajoz and Cáceres, with each being allocated an initial minimum of 20 seats and the remaining 25 being distributed in proportion to their populations—using the D'Hondt method and a closed listproportional voting system, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes (which includes blank ballots) being applied in each constituency. Alternatively, parties failing to reach the threshold in one of the constituencies are also entitled to enter the seat distribution as long as they run candidates in both districts and reach five percent regionally.[9][12]
As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Assembly constituency would be entitled the following seats (as of 11 December 2025):[b]
The law does not provide for by-elections to fill vacated seats; instead, any vacancies that occur after the proclamation of candidates and into the legislative term will be covered by the successive candidates in the list and, when required, by the designated substitutes.[14][15]
Election date
The term of the Assembly of Extremadura expires four years after the date of its previous election, unless it is dissolved earlier. The election decree shall be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Journal of Extremadura (DOE), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication.[8][16][17] The previous election was held on 21 December 2025, which means that the legislature's term will expire on 21 December 2029. The election decree must be published in the DOE no later than 27 November 2029, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible date for election day on Sunday, 20 January 2030.
The regional president has the prerogative to dissolve the Assembly of Extremadura and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence is in process and that dissolution does not occur before one year has elapsed since the previous one.[16][18] In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly shall be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.[19]
The electoral law allows for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance ahead of an election are required to inform the relevant electoral commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors need to secure the signature of at least two percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they seek election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[22][23] Additionally, a balanced composition of men and women was required in the electoral lists through the use of a zipper system.[24]
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which will likely contest the election:
↑The prospective dissolution of the Assembly on 4 May 2026 (the first day after the fulfillment of the two-month period provided for in Article 25 of the Statute), and the publication of the election decree in the Official Journal of Extremadura on the following day, would set election day fifty-four days later, on Sunday, 28 June 2026.
↑This seat allocation has been manually calculated by applying the electoral rules set out in the law, on the basis of the latest official population figures provided by the Spanish government as of 2026. As such, it should be deemed as a provisional, non-binding estimation. The definitive allocation will be determined by the election decree at the time of the parliament's dissolution.[13]
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