Politics · Spain · 6 hrs ago
Electoral board keeps Óscar Puente atop PSOE list for Valladolid
Valladolid's electoral board has kept Óscar Puente at the top of the PSOE's candidate list for Spain's general election on November 29.
Puente resigned as transport minister and said he would step down as the party's lead candidate after the deadly Urda rail accident.
The PSOE asked for Equality Minister Ana Redondo, currently second on the list, to replace him.
The board said published candidate lists cannot now be changed, so Puente's name will remain on the ballot.
Ballots with his name crossed out will still count as valid, because the board said voters' choice would remain clear.
The decision comes as the PSOE tries to revive its campaign after the accident, and the party plans to resume campaigning in Valencia on Friday.
Valladolid’s electoral board ruled that Óscar Puente must remain at the top of the PSOE’s list for the general election.
The board said published candidate lists cannot be changed and that ballots with Puente’s name crossed out will still be valid.
The PSOE had asked to remove Puente’s name and replace him with Equality Minister Ana Redondo.
Puente resigned as transport minister and announced he was stepping down as the list’s lead candidate after the Urda rail tragedy.
Redondo will remain second on the Valladolid list, and the election is scheduled for 29 November.
- Who
- Óscar Puente and the PSOE; the Valladolid electoral board issued the ruling.
- What
- The board ruled that Puente must remain at the top of the PSOE list. Ballots with his name crossed out will be valid.
- When
- The ruling was reported on 5 November 2026. The general election is scheduled for 29 November.
- Where
- Valladolid, Spain.
- Why
- The board said the lists had already been published and could not be changed.
PSOE
Valladolid electoral board
Candidate list
PSOE
The PSOE asked to remove Puente and have Ana Redondo lead the list.
Valladolid electoral board
The board ruled that the published list could not be changed.
Ballots
PSOE
Not stated.
Valladolid electoral board
Ballots with Puente’s name crossed out will be valid.
Puente resigned as transport minister and announced he would no longer lead the PSOE list for Valladolid.
The PSOE asked the electoral board to remove Puente’s name before ballot papers were printed.
The Valladolid electoral board ruled that Puente must remain at the top of the list and that ballots with his name crossed out would be valid.
The general election is scheduled to take place.
- Lead candidate
- Óscar Puente
- Second on list
- Ana Redondo
- Requested change
- The PSOE asked to replace Puente with Redondo as lead candidate.
- Election date
- 29 November 2026
- Ballot ruling
- Ballots with Puente’s name crossed out will be valid
4 sources
El voto socialista de Valladolid, en suspenso por el candidato tachado Óscar Puente: "A este PSOE no le voy a votar"
La Junta Electoral acuerda que Puente siga al frente de la lista electoral del PSOE por Valladolid
La Junta Electoral permite tachar el nombre de Puente de la papeleta del PSOE en Valladolid para el 29-N
What people are saying
the lists are “unchangeable
valid
crossing out the name “is limited to making the ballot reflect the reality of the candidacy at the time of voting, with the meaning of the vote in any case unquestionable
Óscar has given a first-rate political lesson. We are not all the same.