Allotment of propaganda space in case of simultaneous elections

1. For the purpose of distribution of free propaganda spaces at elections to either House of Parliament only the results of the preceding election to the Congress of Deputies shall be taken into account.


2. Where elections to a Self-governing Community’s Legislative Assembly or to city councils are being held at the same time as an election to Congress of Deputies, only the result of the latest election to Congress is to be taken into consideration for allotment of spaces in the general programming of national media.


3. Should an election to the Legislative Assembly of a Self-governing Community be held at the same time as city council elections, there shall be had regard only to the result of the last election to said Assembly for allotment of spaces in the mass-communication media of the relevant Selfgoverning Community or in the corresponding regional programs of national media.


4. In the case contemplated in the foregoing subsection and where the rule of subsection 2 of this present section is not applicable, the allotment of spaces in the general programming of national media shall be made according to the results to the last city council elections.


5. Where an election to either House of Parliament or to local government bodies is to take place at the same time as an election to European Parliament, only the results of the previous parliamentary or, as the case may be, local election shall be taken into account for the allocation of advertising time in the national media.


6. Where elections to the Legislative Assembly of a Self-Governing Community are to be held at the same time as an election to the European Parliament, only the results of the last elections to said Assembly shall be taken into account for allocation of advertising time in the media of the Community or in the respective regional programmes of national media.


7. In cases for which no explicit provision is made in this section, the Electoral Commissions with jurisdiction in each case shall define the criteria for allocation of advertising time in publicly-owned media in the event of simultaneous elections.

 5. AS AMENDED BY SECT. 1 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 1/1987, OF APRIL 2  6. ADDED BY SECT. 1 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 1/1987, OF APRIL 2  7. RENUMBERED BY SECT.1 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 1/1987, FORMER SECT.6.