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As of October 20, 2026, Se Acabó la Fiesta (SALF) has announced that it will run in the general elections on November 29, with Luis "Alvise" Pérez as the lead candidate for Congress from Madrid. However, this announcement does not equate to an officially proclaimed candidacy: the electoral calendar places the formal submission of lists between October 21 and 26. There is no record in the consulted sources of a resolution rejecting their candidacies nor of any specific ongoing appeal.

What is confirmed about SALF

The political decision to run has been announced. According to information published by Demócrata on October 5, Alvise Pérez confirmed that he would lead the candidacy for Madrid and that SALF's Executive Committee had endorsed that decision. This confirms the party's agreement and the identity of its announced candidate, but does not prove that the electoral board has accepted or proclaimed the list.

The distinction is important because some reports refer to "submitted" candidacies to mean the names that parties have made public. The candidate search engine by Demócrata, published on October 19, specifies that it collects names announced and ratified by the parties and that the official submission begins on the 21st. Therefore, SALF's presence in those lists should not be interpreted as an electoral proclamation.

What procedures lie ahead

The planned process for their lists, according to the published electoral calendar, is as follows:

• From October 21 to 26: submission of candidacies for Congress and Senate before the competent provincial electoral boards. As of this response, this period has not yet begun.
• October 28: publication in the Official State Gazette (BOE) of the submitted lists. This first publication does not make them definitive: requirements are reviewed afterward and possible defects can be corrected.
• November 2: proclamation of candidacies by the electoral boards, once compliance with the required conditions has been verified.
• November 3: publication in the BOE of the proclaimed candidacies. This will be the reference to check in which constituencies SALF has been admitted.

The publication dates and the difference between submitted and proclaimed lists are also covered in Demócrata's information on candidacy deadlines.

The requirement of endorsements

SALF must prove support equivalent to 0.1% of the electoral census of each province where it intends to run, due to not having obtained parliamentary representation in the previous general elections. Information about endorsements for extra-parliamentary parties explains that the boards will verify these requirements before proclaiming the lists.

The verification is done by constituency. If a party does not prove sufficient support in a province, it is excluded from the ballots of that province, but this does not prevent it from participating in others where it meets the requirements. In the consulted sources, there is no record that SALF has already completed this accreditation in all provinces where it intends to run.

Is it admitted, rejected, or appealed?

The verified situation is that of an announced candidacy, pending formal submission and subsequent electoral review. There is no record of a general rejection of SALF's lists nor specific appeals against them. Nor can its participation be considered closed in all constituencies: confirmation must be made province by province, through the agreements of the electoral boards and the publication of the proclaimed candidacies.

The Spanish Constitution establishes the President of the Government as the central figure of the Executive Power and, in practice, as the most relevant political figure in the system. Their powers and duties are mainly distributed among articles 97, 98, 99, 100, and 112 to 116 of the Constitution, as well as being developed through laws and constitutional customs.

1. Direction of Government action and coordination

The starting point is article 97: the Government "directs domestic and foreign policy, the civil and military administration, and the defense of the State." Within that Government, the president has the function of directing the Government's action and coordinating the functions of the other members.

This means that:

• They set the major political orientations (legislative priorities, economic, social, foreign policies, etc.).
• They coordinate the actions of the different ministries and resolve conflicts of competence among them.
• They are the main political responsible of the Government before the Cortes Generales.

2. Appointment and dismissal of the president

The president is not directly elected by the citizens, but by the Congress of Deputies, according to article 99:

• After general elections or in other cases of vacancy, the King proposes a candidate, after consulting with the representatives of parliamentary groups.
• The Congress holds the investiture debate and votes. To be invested, the candidate needs an absolute majority in the first vote or a simple majority in a second vote.

Once the support of Congress is obtained, the King appoints them as President of the Government. Dismissal can occur due to: new elections, loss of confidence (motion of censure or failed vote of confidence), resignation, death, or other provided cases.

3. Relationship with ministers

Article 98 establishes that the Government is composed of the president, one or more vice presidents, ministers, and, if applicable, other members determined by law. The president's powers regarding the rest of the Government include:

• Proposing to the King the appointment and dismissal of vice presidents and ministers. Without this proposal, the King cannot appoint or dismiss them.
• Reorganizing the Government's structure (creation, suppression, or modification of ministries) through Government regulations, within the legal framework.
• Leading the councils of ministers, setting the agenda and moderating debates.

4. Relations with the Cortes Generales

As head of the Government, the president is the main political responsible before Parliament:

• They answer directly before the Congress, which can demand responsibility through a motion of censure (art. 113), which must be constructive: it only succeeds if it proposes an alternative candidate who is automatically invested if approved.
• They can raise a vote of confidence (art. 112) on their program or a general policy statement; if lost, they must resign.
• They appear before the Chambers and respond to questions, interpellations, and debates, as an expression of parliamentary control.

5. Dissolution of the Chambers and calling elections

One of the most relevant powers is the ability to propose to the King the dissolution of the Congress, the Senate, or the Cortes Generales and the calling of elections (art. 115), with certain limits:

• It cannot be proposed while a motion of censure is in process.
• There is a minimum period between dissolutions to prevent abuses.

This faculty gives the president a key political instrument to manage parliamentary majorities and electoral timing.

6. Role in crisis situations and exceptional states

Regarding crises, articles 116 and following provide for three exceptional states: alert, exception, and siege. Their activation involves different combinations of Government and Cortes, but the president:

• Initiates and directs, as head of Government, the proposal for declaring these states (depending on the type, through a Government decree authorized or ratified by Congress).
• Assumes a central role in coordinating extraordinary measures, always under the control of the Cortes and within the constitutional framework.

7. Representation of the State abroad

Although the Head of State corresponds to the King, the President of the Government directs foreign policy (art. 97) and, in practice, represents Spain at international summits, European negotiations, and bilateral relations, together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Overall, the Constitution designs a president with broad powers of political direction and Government organization, always subject to Congress control and framed within the parliamentary form of government and the Head of State held by the King.

In the last general elections held in Spain, on July 23, 2023, the PSOE obtained 121 seats and around 31.7% of the votes, while Vox secured 33 seats and approximately 12.4%. These are election results, not estimates from subsequent polls. (Demócrata, reference to 23J).

PSOE's result

PSOE finished in second place and obtained 7,821,718 votes, 31.68% of valid votes, and 121 deputies; the percentage is usually rounded to 31.7% in electoral comparisons. These are the definitive figures collected in the retrospective results published by Demócrata. (PSOE electoral results).

Compared to the previous general elections, held on November 10, 2019, PSOE went from 120 to 121 seats, from 6,792,199 to 7,821,718 votes, and from 28.00% to 31.68%. That is, it added one deputy, 1,029,519 votes, and 3.68 percentage points to its previous result. (PSOE electoral evolution).

Vox's result

Vox obtained 33 deputies and approximately 12.4% of the votes. It ranked as the third force by representation in Congress, behind PP and PSOE, and ahead of Sumar, which obtained 31 deputies. (Seat distribution of 23J).

Compared to November 2019, Vox went from 52 to 33 seats, a reduction of 19 deputies. Its percentage dropped from 15.2% to around 12.4%: an approximate difference of 2.8 percentage points between both calls. (Comparison with November 2019).

How both results compare

The gap between the two parties was 88 deputies: 121 versus 33. Therefore, PSOE obtained a little more than three and a half times the representation of Vox. This comparison only describes their parliamentary size after the elections; it does not imply that their vote percentages translate identically into seats. (2023 parliamentary results).

In vote percentage, the difference was approximately 19.3 percentage points, taking the rounded figures of 31.7% for PSOE and 12.4% for Vox. It is important to distinguish percentage points from percentages: here the electoral support of one party is directly subtracted from the other. (Reference percentages of 23J).

Important accuracy when reading the figures

These figures refer to the Congress of Deputies. Votes, percentage, and seats show different dimensions of the same result: how much support each candidacy received, what proportion they represented, and how many representatives they obtained. To answer your question, the most direct comparison is to keep together the vote percentage and the number of deputies, without confusing them with later projections.

It is also important not to mix provisional figures from election night with definitive results. In the case of PSOE, the cited series explicitly uses definitive data and calculates percentages over valid votes; that is why the reference used here is 7,821,718 votes and 31.68%, although other publications present initial or rounded figures. (Criterion of definitive data).