More of 38 million Spaniards are called to vote at the polls this Sunday, June 9, the day on which the elections are held european elections; There are 61 MEPs who will represent Spain in the European Parliament.

It will not be, however, until from 11pm when we know the results, since European regulations establish that data cannot be disseminated until the closure of schools in all EU countries. Italy will be the last of all to close. Polling stations open at 9:00 a.m. and will close at 8:00 p.m.

Elections with a single constituency throughout the national territory that will have a police force in charge of more than 95,000 agents from the State Security Corps and Forces. In total, the twenty-seven countries of the EU will elect 720 MEPs and Spain occupies the fourth country with the most seats, behind Germany (96 seats), France (81) and Italy (76).

For these European elections they present themselves 34 Spanish candidates, two more than in the previous 2019 elections and 58,556 polling stations have been set up throughout the country. The electoral device will cost the public coffers 198,085,614 euros.

It will be from 2:30 p.m. when the Secretary of State for Communication, Francesc Vallés, and the Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior, Susana Crisóstomo, offer the first participation data. A second progress will be communicated at 6:30 p.m., and finally, at 11:00 p.m., the Government spokesperson, Pilar Alegría, and the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, will report the provisional results at a press conference. Nevertheless, At the close of the polling stations, the first polls will also be released made at the exit.

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The ballot boxes totaling 70,000 installed in the 22,576 electoral locations distributed throughout Spain. On the other hand, a police force of 95,438 troops has been deployed to ensure that election day passes normally.

The Ministry of the Interior has reported that in the critical phase of the plan they will deploy 28,000 national police and 47,600 civil guards. In the territories under its jurisdiction, 4,910 Mossos d’Esquadra agents will also be operational; 939 of the Ertzaintza; 260 of the Foral Police of Navarra; and 67 from the Canarian Police. The device is completed with 13,475 members of the different local police forces. 2.2 million new voters.

In these European elections there will be 2,259,621 new voters compared to those of 2019, that is, citizens who have turned 18 during this period. It should be noted that the minimum voting age in most countries of the European Union, including Spain, is 18 years old, but there are 5 Member States in which that age has been lowered: Austria, Belgium, Germany and Malta You can vote at 16 years old; and in Greece at 17.

Of the more than 38 million citizens called to the polls, 35,361,672 are residents in Spain2,422,716 are outside the country and 302,991 are foreign residents in Spain. The application of absentee ballot has doubled in these elections and as of May 31, Correos had admitted 632,000 ballots compared to the 307,500 registered in 2014, the last European elections that were held without coinciding with other electoral processes.