A laSexta poll puts housing ahead of every other concern before Spain's 29 November election. The result collides with sharply different priorities among PSOE, PP and Vox voters.
The election decree sets a 15-day campaign from 13 to 27 November 2026. The first sitting of the new parliament is scheduled for 23 December.
Housing now commands the strongest electoral concern ahead of Spain's 29 November elections. The laSexta barometer, conducted with data from Instituto Invymark, found that 40% of respondents place the housing emergency above every other issue.
The economy follows at 22.2%. Immigration reaches 19.9%, while corruption matters most to 15.7% of those surveyed. Housing leads by a clear margin, giving the ballot a practical focus around access to a home.
The election decree sets a 15-day campaign from 13 to 27 November 2026, with the first sitting of the new parliament scheduled for 23 December.
Party loyalties change the picture sharply. Among PSOE supporters, housing dominates at 63.3%, making the issue especially important for Pedro Sánchez's party. Its voters still do not express uniform support on every question connected with the election.
The right enters the campaign with a split agenda.
Corruption leads among PP voters at 37.4%. Vox supporters put immigration first, with 66.5%. The same election therefore carries a different priority for each party's electorate.
The immediate political crisis followed the defeat of two government housing decrees. The measures included automatic extensions of rental contracts and limits on evictions affecting vulnerable tenants; they were opposed by the People's Party, Vox and Junts per Catalunya.
The barometer also records broad approval for Pedro Sánchez's decision to call the election early. Some 74.5% of respondents view the move positively. Support falls to 56.5% among socialist voters themselves, leaving approval of the timetable broader than enthusiasm inside the governing party's electorate.
That pressure had already moved into the streets. EFE reported mass protests across Spain before the election was called. Public anger intensified after the forced eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her Madrid apartment.
Pedro Sánchez formally called the vote after consulting the head of state and dissolving parliament. In a statement published by La Moncloa, the government acknowledged that major challenges remain despite measures intended to advance the constitutional right to housing.
The statement identified inequality as an unresolved problem. It also cited public services and access to a home.
The housing confrontation followed the government's loss of two parliamentary votes. The proposed measures included automatic rental-contract extensions and limits on evictions affecting vulnerable tenants. The People's Party, Vox and Junts per Catalunya opposed them, leaving the minority government without enough support.
The election will arrive roughly eight months before the latest possible regular timetable, which extended to the summer of 2027. The decision followed the minority government's loss of parliamentary backing after the housing measures failed. The Official Gazette decree provides for elections to the Congress and the Senate on 29 November.
A separate figure adds pressure for change: 55.8% of respondents say Spain needs a new government. The result does not identify which party should benefit, but it gives the election a clear demand for change alongside housing, corruption and immigration as competing voter priorities.
That creates different jobs for the parties. PSOE must defend a housing agenda that is especially strong among its own voters. PP faces corruption as its leading concern, while immigration sits at the center of Vox support.
The Associated Press described Sánchez's decision as an attempt to use the momentum of protests and put an issue potentially favorable to the Socialists before voters. That strategy faces the government's record of failing to secure enough parliamentary support for proposed tenant protections.
The poll places housing first in the national ranking, while the party breakdown points to a less unified electorate. The survey records 55.8% support for a change of government and 74.5% approval of the early election.
