Spain: Sánchez announces a general election for 29 November
The official statement of 5 October gives the announced polling date. The election decree and timetable remain to be followed.
Pedro Sánchez announced on Monday, 5 October 2026 that Spain would hold a general election on Sunday, 29 November. The statement published by La Moncloa is the direct source of the announcement, in a country neighbouring Morocco where many Moroccans abroad live.
The prime minister says he informed the head of state and decided to convene an extraordinary cabinet meeting that morning to dissolve the Cortes Generales and call the election. The text consulted sets out that decision; it does not replace reading the election decree.
Sánchez presents the move as a bid for broader parliamentary support to continue reforms. His assessments of the government’s record and the opposition form part of his political speech and are not reported here as independently established findings.
For readers in Morocco and Moroccans living in Spain, the next useful information will be the official timetable, candidates and electoral procedures published by the authorities. The election announcement alone does not establish any change to residency rules or relations with Morocco.