14-05-2026

During election day on Sunday, May 17, Correos will carry out a special logistical deployment involving 1,557 employees, as well as all the necessary vehicles to deliver the votes to the polling stations in Andalusia.

Madrid, May 14, 2026 -   Correos has accepted a total of 163,510 postal votes from citizens for the elections to the Parliament of Andalusia to be held next Sunday, May 17, according to the following breakdown by province of destination:

This number of postal votes is similar to the total number of votes accepted in the previous regional elections held in Andalusia on June 19, 2022.

Correos (the Spanish postal service) reminds the public that 178,541 applications for postal voting in the Andalusian elections have been received . 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 91.58% of the applications accepted , a conversion rate also similar to that recorded in the previous regional electoral process held in Andalusia. 

All necessary resources

Correos is putting all the necessary technological, logistical and human resources into place to guarantee compliance with the commitments entrusted to it in the electoral processes.

Specifically, Correos has reinforced customer service across its network of 2,329 offices throughout Spain, especially in the 413 offices in Andalusia . Dedicated counters have been set up for elections, and where demand has required it, additional tables have been installed to process postal votes.

In addition, the network of offices has deployed 1,325 PDAs, 154 of them in Andalusia,   to expedite customer service in offices with the highest volume of postal votes. The use of the appointment system, already operational in 535 offices nationwide, 86 of them in Andalusia, has also been expanded . In offices where necessary, a "Postal Vote" option has been activated in the queue management system to prioritize service or direct customers to specific departments, all aimed at streamlining service and reducing waiting times in offices during the election period.

Correos (the Spanish postal service) also held special openings on May 7th at its offices in Dos Hermanas (Seville) and Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz), which were celebrating their local holidays. These holidays coincided with the last day to request a postal vote before the Central Electoral Board extended the deadline to May 8th at 2:00 PM. Similarly, Correos opened an extraordinary office in Tocina (Seville) on May 13th, a local holiday and the last day to deposit postal votes. These offices remained open, despite not being regular working days, to make it as easy as possible for all interested voters to request and deposit their postal votes.

Regarding the distribution network, additional PDAs have been provided to facilitate the delivery of election materials. Transport routes for sending documents from logistics centers to all distribution units have also been adapted to meet demand. Furthermore, services have been reinforced at all logistics centers, including the Automated Processing Centers in Seville, Malaga, and Granada, 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 means 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 in Andalusia .

Special logistical deployment for the election day on May 17

For the election day on May 17, 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 1,557 professionals , including delivery personnel, offices and processing centers, and will mobilize more than 1,100 vehicles from its fleet 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 10,403 polling stations distributed across the 3,756 polling stations in the 785 municipalities of Andalusia .

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 Andalusia.

Census cards and election propaganda

Correos' collaboration in the May 17 parliamentary elections also extends to the distribution of census registration cards and the sending of electoral propaganda, in addition to sending the census list to the Town Halls, collecting documentation on election day and sending communications to members of the Electoral Boards in the municipalities with which there is an agreement.

Correos has already distributed the 6,510,832 census cards sent by the National Institute of Statistics to the homes of citizens entitled to vote on May 17, 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 calling of the elections to the Parliament of Andalusia, Correos has been adopting all the necessary organizational measures to guarantee compliance with the obligations entrusted to it during the electoral processes and is putting all its technological, logistical and human resources at the service of the correct development of the process.

Source: Correos