Three regional elections precede those that are the first elections to which all Spaniards are called in 2024, the European, which take place in the 27 countries of the European Union from Thursday to this Sunday. On June 9, the European electoral process concludes with around twenty countries holding their elections, while other countries have already been voting in the previous days.

And among the many doubts that arise, the one that refers to the economic part of the elections. How much does it cost Spain to hold elections like today’s? The cost of the electoral device on June 9 in Spain amounts to 198.08 million eurosa budget of which almost a quarter (37.61%) corresponds to Post Office spending, while the same amount (41.65%) is part of the Public Administrations item.

For the electoral logistics 28.33 million euros have been budgeted, while 10.99 million euros are dedicated to the dissemination of the vote count and telecommunications. To this, we must add a departure for unforeseen eventswhich amounts to 1.74 million euros.

The numbers of the European elections

For the European elections to take place, it is necessary to enable voting centers in order to allow each and every Spaniard with the right to vote to exercise it. Thus, for these elections, they have established 22,576 electoral premisesdistributed throughout the country, some 70,000 ballot boxes to deposit ballots and some 59,000 boothswithin which you can find the ballots to vote among the matches that are presented to the appointment.

Each polling station is made up of three peoplea president and two members, although for these elections half a million people have been called in order to be able to constitute the tables: a total of 175,668 people will remain exercising the role they have been given (as holders), while 351,336 people have been called as substitutes.