Spain's Election Campaign Opens: Sánchez Targets 75% Turnout, Feijóo Runs on "Necessary Change"
Spain's campaign for the November 29 general election officially began at midnight on November 13 and runs for 15 days until midnight on November 27, followed by a reflection day on November 28 and voting on November 29. The electoral roll published by the National Statistics Institute lists 38,728,356 eligible voters, who will elect the 350 members of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate; an absolute majority in Congress requires 176 seats. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called the snap election on October 5, and the decree dissolving parliament was published in the official gazette on October 6.
The Socialist Party opened its campaign in Seville, and on November 13 Sánchez campaigned in La Rioja and Navarre, urging supporters in Pamplona and elsewhere to turn out and setting a target of 75% turnout, which he called key to the left bloc keeping power.
People's Party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo launched his campaign in Badalona, in Barcelona province, alongside the party's Barcelona list leader and local mayor, Xavier García Albiol, under the slogan "The Necessary Change." He promised an audit of public spending if elected and put housing, transport and security at the top of his agenda; on November 13 he also appeared in Madrid with regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso at a youth event. Vox leader Santiago Abascal held his opening rally on the evening of November 13 at Madrid's Plaza de Colón under the slogan "It Is Common Sense," while Frente Amplio's Ada Colau and Podemos leader Irene Montero also held separate events in Madrid around the launch.
Two televised debates are scheduled during the campaign: a head-to-head between Sánchez and Feijóo on November 19 and a main candidates' debate on November 26. The parties will crisscross the country over the next two weeks.
(Source: Central Electoral Board of Spain)
Source: Central Electoral Board of Spain
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