Housing is the leading concern ahead of Spain's 29 November 2026 election: 40% of respondents place the housing emergency above every other issue, information from a laSexta barometer using data from Instituto Invymark. The result gives the vote a practical focus on access to a home.
The economy follows at 22.2%. Immigration registers 19.9%, while corruption tops the list for 15.7% of those surveyed.
Party loyalties sharply change the picture. Among PSOE supporters, housing dominates at 63.3%, making the issue especially impressive for Pedro Sánchez's party. Its voters, but, do not agree uniformly on every question connected with the election.
The right enters the campaign with competing priorities. Corruption leads among PP voters at 37.4%, while Vox supporters put immigration first, at 66.5%. The same election so carries a different priority for each party's electorate.
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. Among socialist voters themselves, support falls to 56.5%, leaving approval of the timetable broader than enthusiasm within the governing party's electorate.
That pressure had already spilled 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 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 defeat in two parliamentary votes. 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 and sets a 15-day campaign from 13 to 27 November 2026. The first sitting of the new parliament is scheduled for 23 December.
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 and corruption; immigration remains another competing voter priority.
That leaves the parties with different tasks. PSOE must defend a housing agenda that resonates especially strongly with 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 harness 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.
