| Activities | Legislation | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Issue of Election Decree | Autonomic Statute section 10.4 Electoral Law of the Community of Madrid section 8.1 |
2 April |
| Publication of Decree in the BOCM (Official Gazette of the Autonomous Community of Madrid) and BOE (Official Gazette of the Spanish State) | Electoral Law of the Community of Madrid section 8.2 | 3 April |
| Requests for postal votes | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 72. a | 3 April - 17 May |
| The Town Councils notify the Local Electoral Boards of the spaces where posters may be freely displayed... | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 56.1 | 4 April - 10 April |
| Appointment of parties, federations and coalitions in writing in the presence of the Provincial Electoral Board, the general representative who will also represent a candidacy. | Electoral Law of the Community of Madrid section 9.1 | 4 April - 11 April |
| Local elections: Appointment of the general representative in the presence of the Provincial Electoral Board and Central Electoral Board. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 186.1 | 4 April - 11 April |
| Local elections: Appointment of candidacy representatives who will be representing their municipalities by the general representative in the presence of the Provincial Electoral Board. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 186.2 | 4 April - 13 April |
| Notification of electoral coalition formation to the corresponding Electoral Board.l | Organic Law on the General Electoral System sections 44.2 and 187.1 | 4 April - 13 April |
| The Town Councils notify the Local Electoral Boards, and these in turn notify the Provincial Electoral Board, of the official buildings and public spaces where electoral campaign events may be freely carried out. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 57.1 | 4 April - 13 April |
| Appointment of electoral administrators who shall also be candidacy, party and federated coalition administrators in the presence of the Provincial Electoral Board. | Electoral Law of the Community of Madrid section 19 | 4 April - 13 April |
| Local elections: Appointment of the electoral administrators in the presence of the Central Electoral Board. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System sections 192.1 and 174 | 4 April - 13 April |
| Publication in the local BOCM (Official Gazette of the Autonomous Community of Madrid) and in free public areas. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 57.2 | 4 April - 18 April |
| Opening of accounts for fund gathering by the general and candidacy representative from the date of appointment of the administrators (4 April). Notification within 24 hours from their opening to the Central Electoral Board and Provincial Electoral Board. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System sections 124.1 and 2 | 4 April - 26 April |
| Initial formation of the Provincial Electoral Board and Local Electoral Boards with elected members. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 14.1 | 6 April |
| Publication of the list in the BOCM (Official Gazette of the Autonomous Community of Madrid) including number, ward limits, polling places and the electoral tables contained within, as established by the DPOCE (Provincial Branches of the Electoral Roll Office). | Organic Law on the General Electoral System sections 24.1 and 2 | 9 April |
| Substitution of judicial members who were also candidates for the elections. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 14.2 | 6 April - 9 April |
| Date from which the Chairpersons of the Provincial Electoral Board and Local Electoral Boards can be elected. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 14.3 | 6 April |
| The Town Councils and Consulates display the official electoral list. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 39.2 | 9 April - 16 April |
| Presentation of complaints to the DPOCE (Provincial Branches of the Electoral Roll Office) regarding inclusion or exclusion from the electoral list. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 39.3 | 9 April - 16 April |
| Date from which the components of the Provincial Electoral Board and Local Electoral Boards shall be published in the BOCM (Official Gazette of the Autonomous Community of Madrid) by their respective Chairpersons (the day after the election of the Chairperson). | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 14.3 | 7 April |
| Presentation of complaints by voters to the Provincial Electoral Board regarding the delimitation of wards, polling places and electoral tables. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 24.3 | 10 April - 15 April |
| Local elections: Notification of the names of candidacies in each electoral district to the Provincial Electoral Board and Local Electoral Boards. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 186.3 | 14 April - 15 April |
| Appointment of inspectors by the candidacy representatives. Remittance of pages 3 and 4 of the Book of Minutes by the Local Electoral Boards to the voting tables for their formation upon receipt of these. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System sections 78.1 and 2 | 8 April - 24 May |
| Resolution of complaints regarding the delimitation of sections, polling areas and voting tables by the Provincial Electoral Board. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 24.3 | 16 April - 20 April |
| Ruling on electoral list-related complaints by the DPOCE (Provincial Branches of Electoral Roll Office). | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 39.4 | 17 April - 19 April |
| Presentation of candidacies to the corresponding Electoral Board. Community of Madrid to the Provincial Electoral Board. Town Councils Local Electoral Boards | Organic Law on the General Electoral System sections 45 and 187.1 | 18 April - 23 April |
| Candidacy representatives may request the use of public buildings and spaces. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 57.2 | 19 April |
| The DPOCE (Provincial Branches of the Electoral Roll Office) shall exhibit to the public all corrections to the electoral roll. It will also inform the complainants, Councils and Consulates. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 39.4 | 20 April |
| Publication in the BOCM (Official Gazette of the Autonomous Community of Madrid) of the candidacies presented. | Electoral Law of the Community of Madrid section 10.4 Organic Law on the General Electoral System sections 47.1 and 187.4 |
25 April |
| Notification by the competent Electoral Board of irregularities in the candidacies observed or reported to the Electoral Board. Provincial Electoral Board to the Community of Madrid. Local Electoral Boards to the Town Councils. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 47.2 | 27 April |
| Period assigned to rectify the irregularities in candidacies observed or reported by their representatives. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 47.2 | 28 April - 29 April |
| Drawing of voting table components by the Town Councils. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 26.4 | 28 April - 2 May |
| Announcement of candidacy by the corresponding Electoral Board. Provincial Electoral Board to the Community of Madrid and the Local Electoral Boards to the Town Councils. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 47.3 | 30 April |
| Joint proposal of non-judicial members by candidacy representatives. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System sections 10.1b and 11.b | 30 April - 10 May |
| Publication in BOCM (Official Gazette of the Autonomous Community of Madrid) of the candidacies announced. | Electoral Law of the Community of Madrid section 10.4 Organic Law on the General Electoral System sections 187.4 and 47.5 |
1 May |
| Preparation of the ballot papers. The first will be delivered to the representative of the Electoral Roll Office to be sent to nationals living abroad | Electoral Law of the Community of Madrid section 15.1 Organic Law on the General Electoral System sections 71.1 and 4 |
2 May |
| Presentation of an appeal to the competent Contentious-Administrative Court against the excluded candidacies. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 49.1 and 2 | 2 May - 3 May |
| Notification by the Local Electoral Boards to candidacy representatives regarding the spaces assigned to display their posters, etc. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 56.3 | 2 May |
| Date from which the Government places the advance payment of the electoral subsidies at the disposal of the electoral administrators. | Electoral Law of the Community of Madrid section 23.4 | 2 May |
| Notification by the Local Electoral Boards of the appointment of voting table members and delivery of the instruction manual, under the supervision of the Central Electoral Board and approved by the Government Council of the Autonomous Community of Madrid. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 27.2 | 3 May - 5 May |
| The Local Electoral Boards assign and notify candidacy representatives of available public premises and spaces. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 57.3 | 4 May |
| Court ruling on the appeals presented by the candidacies. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 49.3 | 4 May - 5 May |
| Presentation of allegations by those concerned against becoming a voting table member to the Local Electoral Boards. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 27.3 | 6 May - 12 May |
| Legal Protection Appeal proceedings at the Constitutional Court against the exclusion of candidates or candidacies from the lists. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 49.4 | 6 May - 7 May |
| Remittance by certified post of the certificate of registration on the electoral Roll for postal voting | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 73.2 | 7 May - 20 May |
| Remittance of postal voting documentation by the DPOCE (Provincial Branches of the Electoral Roll Office) to nationals living abroad. The date will vary depending on whether any candidacy has been challenged | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 75.2 | 3 April - 15 May |
| Remittance of postal votes to the polling place by voters. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 73.3 | 7 May - 24 May |
| Constitutional Court ruling on legal protection appeals against the exclusion of candidates or candidacies. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 49.4 | 8 May - 10 May |
| Last day in which to form the Radio and Television Commission, as established by the Provincial Electoral Board. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 65.2 and 5 Electoral Law of the Community of Madrid section 13 |
11 de mayo |
| ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN | Electoral Law of the Community of Madrid section 11.2 Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 51.1 |
11 May - 25 May |
| The Local Electoral Boards resolve the claims presented by Voting Table members and notify, where appropriate, the substitution of acting members. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 27.3 | 13 May - 17 May |
| Notification to the Local Electoral Boards of an Electoral Table member's inability to perform his/her assigned role. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 27.4 | 18 May - 23 May |
| Prohibition to broadcast electoral surveys. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 69.7 | 22 May - 26 May |
| EVE OF POLLING DAY | Electoral Law of the Community of Madrid section 11.2 | 26 May |
| ELECTION DAY | Autonomic Statute section 10.7 Electoral Law of the Community of Madrid section 8.3 Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 84 |
27 May |
| Up to 1 hour before the voting commences, the Government of the Autonomous Community of Madrid shall ensure the sufficient availability of envelopes and ballot papers at the Electoral Tables. | Electoral Law of the Community of Madrid section 14.2 and section 15.4 | 27 May |
| General count by the Provincial Electoral Board | Electoral Law of the Community of Madrid section 17.1 Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 103.1 and section 107.2 |
30 May - 2 June |
| Presentation of claims and complaints, in accordance with the incidences included in the session minutes of the Electoral Tables or in the Provincial Electoral Board's tally sheet session minutes. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 108.2 | 3 June |
| Corresponding Electoral Board ruling and notification to candidacy representatives and attorneys. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 108.3 | 4 June |
| Appeal against the Provincial Electoral Board's ruling on candidacy representatives and attorneys. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 108.3 | 5 June |
| Remittance by the Electoral Board of the corresponding file and report to the Central Electoral Board. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 108.3 | 6 June |
| The corresponding Electoral Board notifies the candidacy representatives of the remittance of the ruling and summons them to appear before the Central Electoral Board. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 108.3 | 7 June |
| The Central Electoral Board receives the candidacy representatives. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 108.3 | 8 June - 9 June |
| The Central Electoral Board rules on the appeal and delegates the definitive announcement of the elected candidates to the Provincial Electoral Board. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 108.3 | 10 June |
| Announcement of elected candidates by the corresponding Electoral Board. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 108.4 | 11 June |
| Judicial review lodged at the Provincial Electoral Board against the act announcing the elected candidates. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 112.1 | 12 June - 14 June |
| Formation of the Assembly of Madrid. The date shall be established in the Election Decree. | Electoral Law of the Community of Madrid section 8.5 | 12 June - 6 July |
| The elected candidates shall be published in the BOCM (Official Gazette of the Autonomous Community of Madrid) and BOE (Official Gazette of the Spanish State) within forty days. | Electoral Law of the Community of Madrid section 17.2 Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 108.6 |
12 June - 21 July |
| Formation of Town Councils and announcement of Mayors. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System sections 195.1 and 196 | 16 June |
| Judicial review against the announcement of elected candidates: High Court of Justice judicial review. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 113.1 | 2 July |
| Judicial review against the announcement of elected candidates: Notification of ruling to those concerned. | Organic Law on the General Electoral System section 114.1 | 3 July |