34 million people have the right to vote in the local elections which take place in Spain on May 22, including 473,574 foreign nationals from 36 countries.
New agreements have been signed with a number of South American countries, Cabo Verde, Iceland and New Zealand mean that this year is the first time that citizens from those countries will be able to vote in the municipal poll. 2011 is also the first time that Spanish émigrés will not, although they can vote in the regional elections which take place in May in 13 Spanish autonomous communities, while foreign residents cannot.
According to information released by the INE National Statistics Institute on Thursday, the Romanians are the largest block of foreign voters in the vote to collect new corporations. There are 103,355 of them on the electoral census.
British residents in Spain make up the second largest block of foreign voters: a total of 102,633 are registered to vote.
The electoral census can be consulted at local Town Halls from next Monday until April 11. The voting cards indicating where in your town you must place your vote will be sent out from April 25.
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