Correos has accepted 16,193 postal votes for the regional elections to the Assembly of Extremadura

Madrid, December 18, 2025 - Correos has accepted a total of 16,193 postal votes from citizens for the regional elections to the Assembly of Extremadura, which will be held next Sunday, December 21, according to the following breakdown by province of destination:

Ballots accepted by destination province

Estremadura Badajoz 9.414
Cáceres 6,779
TOTAL 16.193
 
This number of postal votes represents 49.54% less than the total number of votes admitted in the previous regional and municipal elections held on May 28, 2023 (32,094), the last electoral process with which the comparison is being made, although it is not exactly comparable, since the election day of December 21, 2025 will be the first time that Extremadura holds isolated regional elections without coinciding with the municipal elections.

Correos (the Spanish postal service) reminds voters that 17,508 applications for postal voting have been received for the Extremadura elections. Correos has provided applicants with 100% of the necessary electoral documentation, either by delivering it to their homes or by notifying them to collect it at a post office.

The votes cast represent 92.48% of the accepted applications , a conversion rate similar to that recorded in the previous regional electoral process in Extremadura (92.93% in 2023), which was held at the same time as the municipal elections.

All Correos resources at the service of the electoral process

Correos has put all the necessary organizational, technological, logistical and human resources in place to guarantee compliance with the public service obligations entrusted to it in the electoral processes.

Specifically, Correos has reinforced customer service across its network of 2,380 offices throughout Spain , particularly in the 81 offices in Extremadura . Dedicated counters have been set up for elections, and where demand has required it, additional tables have been installed in the lobby specifically for processing postal votes.

In addition, the network of offices has deployed 1,325 PDAs, 15 of them in Extremadura, to expedite customer service in offices with the highest volume of postal votes. The use of the appointment system, already operational in 536 offices nationwide, 12 of them in Extremadura, has also been promoted. And, where necessary, a "Postal Vote" option has been activated in the queue management system to prioritize service or direct customers to specific desks, all aimed at streamlining service and reducing waiting times in offices during the election period.

Regarding the distribution network, additional PDAs have been provided to facilitate the delivery of election materials. Furthermore, transport routes for sending documents from the logistics center to all distribution units have been adapted to meet specific needs. Service has also been reinforced at all logistics centers, including the Automated Processing Center in Mérida (Badajoz) and the one located at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, to ensure the proper handling of international shipments.

Likewise, Correos is making every effort to coordinate the postal logistics network and deploy all necessary resources to ensure that votes accepted at any of its customer service points throughout Spain up to yesterday are delivered next Sunday to the corresponding polling station.

Special logistical deployment for the election day on December 21

For the election day on December 21, Correos has been entrusted with the mission of delivering the votes cast by mail to the polling stations.

To this end, Correos will establish a special logistical deployment, made up of 635 professionals , including delivery personnel, offices and processing centers, and will mobilize all the vehicles in its fleet that are necessary for the proper development of its mission.

When the polling stations open, an initial team of staff from the public postal company will deliver the ballots in custody to the 1,400 polling stations distributed across the 789 polling stations in the 388 municipalities of Extremadura.

Another group of employees will deliver to the polling stations any postal votes that may be received during the course of the day.

Finally, another team will collect the so-called "third envelope", containing a copy of the vote count result, from the polling stations of each and every polling station in Extremadura.

Census cards and election propaganda

Correos' collaboration in the regional elections to the Assembly of Extremadura on December 21st also extends to the distribution of registration cards in the census and the sending of electoral propaganda, in addition to sending the census list to the Town Halls, the collection of documentation on election day and the sending of communications to members of the Electoral Boards in the municipalities with which there is an agreement.

Correos has already distributed the 860,375 census cards sent by the National Institute of Statistics to the homes of citizens entitled to vote on December 21, which include their registration data in the census, as well as the corresponding polling station and voting table.

In addition, Correos is distributing campaign materials from the various parties and coalitions participating in the elections. These are all public service obligations entrusted to Correos as the operator designated by the State to provide the Universal Postal Service in Spain.

In short, since the announcement of the regional elections to the Assembly of Extremadura, Correos has been taking all the necessary organizational measures to guarantee the citizens of Extremadura the full exercise of their right to vote.

Source: Correos