Andalusia celebrates this Sunday, May 17, regional elections that are decisive for the political future of the community and with immediate implications for all of Spain. The big question of the night will be whether Juanma Moreno manages to repeat an absolute majority that allows the PP to govern alone or if the result opens a negotiation with Vox to unblock the investiture.
The electoral day will begin with the opening of polling stations at 9:00 AM and will end at 8:00 PM, at which point the counting at the polling stations will begin and the provisional results will be published. The Junta de Andalucía will provide an official website and mobile application to follow the count in real time from the closing of the polling stations.
Demócrata will follow the Andalusian elections live throughout the day, with updates on participation, incidents, results, maps, province-by-province keys, evolution of the last seat, and political analysis of election night.
At what time are the Andalusian elections voted on
The polling stations will open this Sunday at 9:00 AM and will remain open until 8:00 PM. The polling stations must meet earlier, at 8:00 AM, to check the electoral material, ballot boxes, booths, envelopes, ballots, and credentials of poll workers. The formal constitution of the polling stations is scheduled for 8:30 AM.
From 8:00 PM onwards, once voting closes, the counting at the polling stations will begin. The count is public and is done ballot by ballot. The polling station will then record the result in the tally sheet, which will be used to transmit the provisional data to the processing center.
Election night will therefore have two very clear moments: until 8:00 PM, participation and incidents; from 8:00 PM, polls, initial provisional data, and real seat distribution.
Where to follow the results of Andalusia 2026 live
The Junta de Andalucía will offer the provisional results on the official elections website and on the mobile application “17M Elecciones Andalucía 2026”.
The application allows consulting key process data, participation progress, constitution of polling stations and scrutiny, and the official results website will be activated from 8:00 PM.
The official application integrates information by phases: pre-election, constitution of polling stations, participation progress, and scrutiny. The idea is to facilitate a clearer reading of the parliamentary distribution, especially on a night when the last seat can change several times during the count. Artificial intelligence technology has also been incorporated to verify images of the records and check for discrepancies between the transmitted data and official documents. Any detected incident will be flagged for manual review, with the aim of speeding up error control during the scrutiny.
RTVE will also deploy special coverage throughout Sunday. Canal 24 Horas will offer continuous information from 8:00 AM, with updates on La 1 and Canal 24 Horas at 9:00 AM and 1:55 PM. At 7:45 PM, the special ‘Andalucía decide’ will begin, with Pepa Bueno from Seville and Alejandra Herranz from Madrid.
Canal Sur Radio y Televisión will have special programming from 9:00 AM, with connections in all provinces, polling stations, and the Seville Data Center. At 7:15 PM, its Special Election Night Program will begin, and at 8:00 PM, it will broadcast a poll commissioned by FORTA to Sigma Dos.
How Demócrata will follow the Andalusian elections
Demócrata is already covering the Andalusian elections live and will have a special deployment from early Sunday with a minute-by-minute account of the election day, which can be followed here.
The coverage will include the opening of polling stations, incidents, participation at 11:30 AM, 2:00 PM, and 6:00 PM, initial reactions, closing of polls, surveys, scrutiny progress, seat distribution, maps by provinces and municipalities, analysis of the last remaining seats, and keys to understanding whether Moreno achieves an absolute majority or not.
Key Timings of March 17th
Sunday will have several informative milestones that are worth keeping clear to avoid getting lost in the avalanche of data.
- At 9:00 AM, the polling stations will open.
- At 10:30 AM, the first institutional appearance is scheduled to report on the opening of polling stations, constitution of polling boards, and initial incidents.
- At 11:30 AM, the first participation update will be collected, which will be communicated in an appearance at 12:00 PM.
- At 2:00 PM, the second participation figure will be known, with an appearance scheduled for 2:30 PM.
- At 6:00 PM, the third participation update will arrive, with a public explanation at 6:30 PM.
- At 8:00 PM, the polling stations will close and the count will begin.
From then on, provisional data will be progressively updated until the count allows for the distribution of seats and the last assigned deputy to be known.
What will be known on Sunday and what will not be definitive until later
On Sunday night, provisional results will be known, which will be politically relevant to know who wins, if there is an absolute majority and what alliances may open up. However, the official count will not conclude that same night.
The general count by the provincial electoral boards will begin on the fifth day after the vote and must conclude no later than the eighth day. The official results will be those finally published in the Official Gazette of the Junta de Andalucía.
According to the electoral calendar for this process, the official count will take place from Wednesday, May 20th to Saturday, May 23rd.
Afterwards, claims and protests may be filed, which the provincial electoral boards must resolve. The proclamation of elected parliamentarians is scheduled for Monday, June 1st, and the new Andalusian Parliament will be constituted on Thursday, June 11th at 12:00 PM.
Participation will be one of the key factors
Participation will be decisive. The Andalusian regional elections are held alone, without coinciding with general or municipal elections, and this usually reduces mobilization. The figures at 2:00 PM and, above all, at 6:00 PM will allow us to measure whether it is a cold day or if the electorate is activated.
Low participation can benefit the most loyal electorates and penalize those who depend on mobilizing abstentionist votes. High participation can open up more competitive scenarios, especially if the progressive voter is activated in large urban areas and traditionally socialist territories.