2015 Spanish local elections

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2015 Spanish local elections
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  2011 24 May 2015 2019  

All 67,515 councillors in 8,122 municipal councils
All 1,040 seats in 38 provincial deputations
Opinion polls
Registered35,099,122 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1.1%
Turnout22,781,766 (64.9%)
Red Arrow Down.svg 1.3 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Mariano Rajoy 2015j (cropped).jpg Pedro Sanchez 2015h (cropped).jpg Pablo Iglesias 2015 (cropped).jpg
Leader Mariano Rajoy Pedro Sánchez Pablo Iglesias
Party PP PSOE Podemos
Leader since2 September 2003 26 July 2014 15 November 2014
Last election26,507 c., 37.5%
508 p. seats
21,766 c., 27.8%
395 p. seats
Did not contest
Popular vote6,070,1765,618,1911,762,978
Percentage27.1%25.0%7.9%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg 10.4 pp Red Arrow Down.svg 2.8 pp New party
Councillors22,74420,878870
Councillors +/– Red Arrow Down.svg 3,763 Red Arrow Down.svg 888 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 870
Prov. seats41539124
Prov. seats +/– Red Arrow Down.svg 93 Red Arrow Down.svg 4 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 24

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  CayoLaraIU2.jpg Albert Rivera 2015c (cropped).jpg Artur Mas 2015 (cropped).jpg
Leader Cayo Lara Albert Rivera Artur Mas
Party IU C's CiU
Leader since14 December 20089 July 200627 November 2004
Last election2,649 c., 7.4%
27 p. seats
10 c., 0.2%
0 p. seats
3,867 c., 3.5%
63 p. seats
Popular vote1,593,6571,469,875669,781
Percentage7.1%6.6%3.0%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg 0.3 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 6.4 pp Red Arrow Down.svg 0.5 pp
Councillors3,1501,5163,336
Councillors +/– Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 501 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1,506 Red Arrow Down.svg 531
Prov. seats403651
Prov. seats +/– Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 13 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 356 Red Arrow Down.svg 12

SpainProvinceMapMunicipal2015.png
Provincial results map for municipal elections

The 2015 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect all 67,515 councillors in the 8,122 municipalities of Spain and all 1,040 seats in 38 provincial deputations. [1] The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country, the four island councils in the Balearic Islands and the seven island cabildos in the Canary Islands.

Contents

Electoral system

Background

After Podemos' success in the 2014 European Parliament election, the party decided not to directly contest the local elections scheduled for May 2015 to focus on the regional and general elections to be held throughout that year. Instead, they opted for the Guanyem Barcelona formula, popular unity municipal candidacies comprising different parties and social movements. The model was reproduced in many cities under the name Ganemos (Let's Win). [2]

United Left (IU), the traditional left-wing third party of Spain, also started debating whether to join these local coalitions. [3] However, this option was not well received by some party sectors, particularly their Madrid branch, who feared that the party would lose its identity if it joined these coalitions. [4] The first attempt at a joint candidacy that included Podemos and United Left, among others, succeeded in Barcelona with Guanyem Barcelona, later Barcelona en Comú, under activist Ada Colau's leadership. [5]

Another national party that decided to participate in most of these unitary candidacies was Equo, [6] as well as minoritary parties like For a Fairer World (PUM+J), Building the Left–Socialist Alternative (CLI–AS), Republican Alternative (ALTER), Renewal–Nationalist Brotherhood (Anova), or Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV). [7] [8] [9] The unitary lists also included individuals from social movements like the anti-eviction PAH, 15M, o the so-called mareas (Spanish for "tides") made up of workers from different service sectors like teachers, Public Health System workers or young people forced to migrate as a consequence of the 2008–15 Spanish financial crisis.

Municipal elections

Municipalities in Spain were local corporations with independent legal personality. They had a governing body, the municipal council or corporation, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. [10] Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. [11]

Voting for the local assemblies was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the corresponding municipality and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:

PopulationCouncillors
<1003
100–2505
251–1,0007
1,001–2,0009
2,001–5,00011
5,001–10,00013
10,001–20,00017
20,001–50,00021
50,001–100,00025
>100,001+1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction
+1 if total was an even number

Councillors of municipalities with populations below 250 inhabitants were elected under an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties: for up to four candidates in municipalities with populations between 100 and 250 inhabitants; and for up to two candidates in municipalities below 100. This did not apply to municipalities which, as a result of their geographical location or the convenience of a better management of municipal interests or other circumstances, made it advisable to be organized through the open council system (Spanish : régimen de concejo abierto), in which voters would directly elect the local major. [10] [11]

The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earn the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee.

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election:

Electors were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates. [11]

Deputations and island councils

Provincial deputations were the governing bodies of provinces in Spain, having an administration role of municipal activities and composed of a provincial president, an administrative body, and a plenary. Basque provinces had foral deputations instead—called Juntas Generales —, whereas deputations for single-province autonomous communities were abolished and their functions transferred to the corresponding regional parliaments in 1982–1983. For insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, deputations were replaced by island councils in each of the islands or group of islands. For Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera this figure was referred to in Spanish as consejo insular (Catalan : consell insular), whereas for Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma its name was cabildo insular .

Most deputations were indirectly elected by local councillors from municipalities in each judicial district. Seats were allocated to provincial deputations based on the following scale:

PopulationSeats
<500,00025
500,001–1,000,00027
1,000,001–3,500,00031
>3,500,00151

Island councils and foral deputations were elected directly by electors under their own, specific electoral regulations. [11]

Opinion polls

Municipal elections

Overall

Councillor share for different parties in the elections.

   PP (33.37%)
   PSOE (30.92%)
   CiU (4.94%)
   IUEntesa (4.67%)
   ERC–AM (3.52%)
   Cs (2.24%)
   EH Bildu (1.76%)
   EAJ/PNV (1.51%)
   PAR (1.35%)
   Podemos (1.28%)
   Compromís (1.06%)
  Other (13.38%)
Summary of the 24 May 2015 municipal election results in Spain
Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %Counc.Prov. dep
People's Party (PP)6,070,17627.0622,744415
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)5,618,19125.0420,878391
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)5,613,73325.0220,858391
PSOE-led coalitions (PSOE–x)4,4580.02200
We Can-supported candidacies (Podemos)1,762,9787.8687024
We Can-supported candidacies (Podemos/Podemos–x)1,322,0165.896438
We Can/United Left-supported candidacies (Podemos–IU/Podemos–IU–x)233,7701.0418512
We CanInitiative for Catalonia Greens (Entesa)207,1920.92424
United Left (IU)1,593,6577.103,15040
United Left (IU)1,277,4305.692,58436
Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left (Entesa)165,6660.743283
United LeftEquo (IU–Equo)93,5250.421630
Galician Left Alternative (AGE)57,0360.25751
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)1,469,8756.551,51636
Convergence and Union (CiU)669,7812.993,33651
Republican Left of Catalonia–Municipal Agreement (ERC–AM)513,5292.292,38732
Commitment Coalition (Compromís)382,8761.7172111
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)360,4341.611,019
Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)309,3151.381,195
Popular Unity Candidacy–Active People (CUP–PA)239,4821.073856
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)232,4781.041282
Galician Nationalist Bloc–Open Assemblies (BNG)190,1580.8546812
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCaPNC)151,4210.67300
Andalusian Party (PA)151,0690.673191
Let's Win (Ganemos)147,6460.661300
Navarrese People's Union (UPN)81,1640.36288
New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA)75,0100.3390
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)71,9260.32325
More for the Balearic Islands (MésMpM)66,8500.30158
More for Majorca (Més–APIB)58,1120.26128
More for Menorca (MpM)6,3720.0323
United LeftMore for Majorca (EU–Més)2,3660.017
Asturias Forum (FAC)65,5440.2983
Vox–Family and Life Party (Vox–PFyV)64,3850.29170
Aragonese Party (PAR)59,4200.269189
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)55,6410.2500
Participatory Democracy (Participa)43,4370.19111
Aragonese Union (CHA)42,1100.191642
Equo (Equo)33,9670.15391
Proposal for the Isles (El Pi)32,2340.1491
Yes to the Future (GBai)29,6350.1359
Citizens of Democratic Centre (CCD)28,8460.13460
United (Unidos)27,4230.1228
United for Gran Canaria (UxGC)20,5700.0912
Majorero Progressive Party (PPMAJO)3,3840.029
Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)3,1530.017
Commitment to Gran Canaria (CGCa)3160.000
Platform for Catalonia (PxC)27,3840.1280
Yes We Can (SSP)25,7940.1141
Yes We Can, Citizens' Alternative for Madrid (SSPACxM)25,6800.1128
Union for Leganés (ULEG)19,7330.096
Blank Seats (EB)17,7830.0810
Commitment to Galicia–Transparent Councils (CxG–CCTT)17,6860.08410
Leonese People's Union (UPL)16,9460.081391
Ourensan Democracy (DO)14,7460.07122
Citizens' Movement of Cartagena (MCC)14,7000.075
Neighbors' Alternative (AV)14,3620.06181
Extremadurans (eXtremeños)14,2970.06950
Coalition for El Bierzo (CB)7,8460.03381
Independents of La Selva (APB–IdS)6,9430.03431
Others1,197,2295.345,1770
Blank ballots371,3751.66
Total22,433,162100.0067,5151,040
Valid votes22,433,16298.47
Invalid votes348,6041.53
Votes cast / turnout22,781,76664.91
Abstentions12,317,35635.09
Registered voters35,099,122
Sources [12]
Popular vote
PP
27.06%
PSOE
25.04%
Podemos
7.86%
IU
7.10%
C's
6.55%
CiU
2.99%
ERC–AM
2.29%
Compromís
1.71%
EAJ/PNV
1.61%
EH Bildu
1.38%
CUP–PA
1.07%
UPyD
1.04%
BNG
0.85%
CCa–PNC
0.67%
PA
0.67%
Ganemos
0.66%
Others
9.80%
Blank ballots
1.66%

City control

The following table lists party control in provincial capitals, as well as in municipalities with a population above or around 75,000. [13] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

MunicipalityPopulationPrevious controlNew control
A Coruña 244,810 People's Party (PP) Podemos (Marea)
Albacete 172,426 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Alcalá de Guadaíra 75,080 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcalá de Henares 200,768 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Alcobendas 112,188 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Alcorcón 170,336 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Algeciras 120,601 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Alicante 332,067 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (PP in 2018)
Almería 193,351 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Arona 79,928 Canarian Coalition (CCa) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ávila 58,358 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Avilés 81,659 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Badajoz 149,946 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Badalona 217,210 People's Party (PP) Popular Unity Candidacy (GBC) (PSC–PSOE in 2018)
Barakaldo 100,080 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Barcelona 1,602,386 Convergence and Union (CiU) Podemos (BComú)
Bilbao 346,574 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Burgos 177,100 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Cáceres 95,814 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Cádiz 118,919 People's Party (PP) Podemos (PCSSP)
Cartagena 216,451 People's Party (PP)Citizens' Movement of Cartagena (MCC)
Castellón de la Plana 173,841 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ceuta 84,963 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Chiclana de la Frontera 82,645 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ciudad Real 74,054 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Córdoba 326,609 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cornellà de Llobregat 86,234 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Coslada 88,847 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cuenca 55,102 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Donostia-San Sebastián 186,126 Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Dos Hermanas 131,855 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
El Ejido 84,144 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
El Puerto de Santa María 88,184 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Elche 228,647 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ferrol 70,389 People's Party (PP) United Left (FeC)
Fuengirola 77,525 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Fuenlabrada 195,864 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Gandía 76,497 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getafe 173,057 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getxo 79,544 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Gijón 275,735 Asturias Forum (FAC) Asturias Forum (FAC)
Girona 97,227 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Granada 234,758 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) (PSOE in 2016)
Guadalajara 83,633 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Huelva 146,318 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huesca 52,555 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén 115,395 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Jerez de la Frontera 212,830 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 253,518 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 379,766 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Las Rozas de Madrid 92,784 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Leganés 186,696 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León 127,817 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Lleida 139,176 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Logroño 151,962 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Lorca 91,759 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Lugo 98,560 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Madrid 3,165,235 People's Party (PP) Podemos (Ahora Madrid)
Málaga 566,913 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Manresa 75,297 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Marbella 139,537 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (PP in 2017)
Mataró 124,280 Convergence and Union (CiU) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Melilla 84,509 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Mijas 79,483 People's Party (PP) Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)
Móstoles 205,712 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Murcia 439,712 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Orihuela 83,417 The Greens (LV) People's Party (PP)
Ourense 106,905 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Oviedo 223,765 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Palencia 79,595 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Palma 400,578 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (Més in 2017)
Pamplona 196,166 Navarrese People's Union (UPN) Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)
Parla 125,323 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Pontevedra 82,946 Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
Pozuelo de Alarcón 84,360 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Reus 104,962 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Rivas-Vaciamadrid 80,483 United Left (IU) United Left (IU)
Roquetas de Mar 91,682 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Rubí 74,353 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sabadell 207,444 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) (CUP in 2017)
Salamanca 146,438 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna 152,843 Canarian Coalition (CCa) Canarian Coalition (CCa)
San Fernando 95,949 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
San Sebastián de los Reyes 83,329 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Sant Boi de Llobregat 83,107 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sant Cugat del Vallès 87,118 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Santa Coloma de Gramenet 118,738 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife 203,811 Canarian Coalition (CCa) Canarian Coalition (CCa)
Santander 175,736 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Santiago de Compostela 95,800 People's Party (PP) Podemos (CA)
Segovia 52,728 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Seville 693,878 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria 39,168 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Talavera de la Reina 84,119 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Tarragona 132,199 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Telde 102,078 People's Party (PP) New Canaries (NCa)
Terrassa 215,517 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Teruel 35,675 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Toledo 83,459 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Torrejón de Ardoz 126,878 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Torrent 80,551 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Torrevieja 91,415 People's Party (PP) The Greens (LV)
Valencia 786,424 People's Party (PP) Commitment Coalition (Compromís)
Valladolid 303,905 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Vélez-Málaga 78,166 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Vigo 294,997 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Vitoria-Gasteiz 242,082 People's Party (PP) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Zamora 63,831 People's Party (PP) United Left (IU)
Zaragoza 666,058 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Podemos (ZGZ)

Deputation control

The following table lists party control in provincial deputations. [1] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

ProvincePopulationPrevious controlNew control
A Coruña 1,132,735 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete 396,987 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alicante 1,868,438 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Almería 701,688 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Ávila 167,015 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Badajoz 690,929 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona 5,523,784 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Burgos 365,525 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Cáceres 408,703 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cádiz 1,240,175 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Castellón 587,508 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real 519,613 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Córdoba 799,402 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cuenca 207,449 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Girona 756,156 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Granada 919,455 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Guadalajara 255,426 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Huelva 519,229 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huesca 224,909 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén 659,033 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León 484,694 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Lleida 438,001 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Lugo 342,748 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Málaga 1,621,968 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Ourense 322,293 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Palencia 167,609 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Pontevedra 950,919 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Salamanca 342,459 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Segovia 159,303 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Seville 1,941,355 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria 92,221 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Tarragona 800,962 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Teruel 140,365 People's Party (PP) Aragonese Party (PAR)
Toledo 699,136 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Valencia 2,548,898 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Valladolid 529,157 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Zamora 185,432 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Zaragoza 960,111 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

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The 1979 Spanish local elections were held on Tuesday, 3 April 1979, to elect all 67,505 councillors in the 7,870 municipalities of Spain and all 1,152 seats in 43 provincial deputations. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections in the four foral deputations of the Basque Country and Navarre and the ten island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1983 Spanish local elections</span>

The 1983 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect all 67,505 councillors in the 7,781 municipalities of Spain and all 1,024 seats in 38 provincial deputations. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country and the ten island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1987 Spanish local elections</span>

The 1987 Spanish local elections were held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect all 65,577 councillors in the 8,062 municipalities of Spain and all 1,028 seats in 38 provincial deputations. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country, the ten island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands and the 1987 European Parliament election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1991 Barcelona City Council election</span> Municipal election in Barcelona, Spain

The 1991 Barcelona City Council election, also the 1991 Barcelona municipal election, was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 4th City Council of the municipality of Barcelona. All 43 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1995 Barcelona City Council election</span>

The 1995 Barcelona City Council election, also the 1995 Barcelona municipal election, was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 5th City Council of the municipality of Barcelona. All 41 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1999 Barcelona City Council election</span>

The 1999 Barcelona City Council election, also the 1999 Barcelona municipal election, was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 6th City Council of the municipality of Barcelona. All 41 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2003 Barcelona City Council election</span>

The 2003 Barcelona City Council election, also the 2003 Barcelona municipal election, was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 7th City Council of the municipality of Barcelona. All 41 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1991 Spanish local elections</span>

The 1991 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect all 66,308 councillors in the 8,060 municipalities of Spain and all 1,032 seats in 38 provincial deputations. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country and the ten island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1995 Spanish local elections</span>

The 1995 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect all 65,869 councillors in the 8,067 municipalities of Spain and all 1,034 seats in 38 provincial deputations. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country and the ten island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1999 Spanish local elections</span>

The 1999 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect all 65,201 councillors in the 8,104 municipalities of Spain and all 1,034 seats in 38 provincial deputations. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country, the ten island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands and the 1999 European Parliament election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2003 Spanish local elections</span>

The 2003 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect all 65,510 councillors in the 8,108 municipalities of Spain and all 1,036 seats in 38 provincial deputations. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country and the ten island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Spanish local elections</span>

The 2019 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect all 66,979 councillors in the 8,131 municipalities of Spain and all 1,038 seats in 38 provincial deputations. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities, as well as elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country, the four island councils in the Balearic Islands, the seven island cabildos in the Canary Islands and the European Parliament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 Seville City Council election</span>

The 2015 Seville City Council election, also the 2015 Seville municipal election, was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 10th City Council of the municipality of Seville. All 31 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Spanish local elections</span> Municipal elections in Spain

The 2023 Spanish local elections will be held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect all councillors in the municipalities of Spain and all 1,038 seats in 38 provincial deputations. The elections will be held simultaneously with regional elections in at least seven autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country, the eleven island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands.

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