2019 Barcelona City Council election

2019 Barcelona City Council election

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All 41 seats in the City Council of Barcelona 21 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	1,142,444 1.6%
Turnout	755,983 (66.2%) 5.6 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ernest Maragall Ada Colau Jaume Collboni Party ERC+BCN–Nova–AM BComú–ECG PSC–CP Leader since 27 October 2018 5 February 2015 5 May 2014 Last election 5 seats, 11.0% 11 seats, 25.2% 4 seats, 9.6% Seats won 10 10 8 Seat change 5 1 4 Popular vote 161,189 156,493 138,885 Percentage 21.4% 20.7% 18.4% Swing 10.4 pp 4.5 pp 8.8 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Manuel Valls Joaquim Forn [lower-alpha 1] Josep Bou Party BCN Canvi–Cs Junts PP Leader since 25 September 2018 23 January 2019 12 December 2018 Last election 5 seats, 11.1% 10 seats, 22.8% [lower-alpha 2] 3 seats, 8.7% Seats won 6 5 2 Seat change 1 5 1 Popular vote 99,452 79,280 37,786 Percentage 13.2% 10.5% 5.0% Swing 2.1 pp 12.3 pp 3.7 pp
Mayor before election Ada Colau BComú Elected Mayor Ada Colau BComú

The 2019 Barcelona City Council election, also the 2019 Barcelona municipal election, was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 11th 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 twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election in Spain.

The contest was won by Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), which under the leadership of Ernest Maragall—brother of former Barcelona mayor and president of the Government of Catalonia Pasqual Maragall with the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)—came out on top in a municipal election in Barcelona for the first time in history, as a resurgent PSC drew votes away from incumbent mayor Ada Colau's Barcelona in Common (BComú). Colau was able to retain the mayorship through an BComú—PSC alliance that received the support of Barcelona for Change (BCN Canvi) councillors under Manuel Valls, the former prime minister of France, who after his failed run at the 2017 French presidential election was nominated by the liberal Citizens (Cs) to become their mayoral candidate in his city of birth. Valls's support of Colau's investiture was based on his stated intention to prevent the pro-Catalan independence camp from securing control over Catalonia's capital city.

Together for Catalonia (JxCat), the new brand of former Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) members who had openly embraced a Catalan independence ideology following the dissolution of the Convergence and Union (CiU) federation in June 2015, fell to fifth place to a record-low 10.5% of the vote under the leadership of Joaquim Forn, the former Interior minister who was at the time at preventive detention because of his involvement in the organization of the controversial 2017 Catalan independence referendum. Concurrently, support for the People's Party (PP) plummeted even further to its worst historical showing, barely passing the five percent threshold with 5.01%, whereas the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) was expelled from the city council altogether.

Electoral system

The City Council of Barcelona (Catalan : Ajuntament de Barcelona, Spanish : Ayuntamiento de Barcelona) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Barcelona, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. ^[1] Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. ^[2] Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the municipality of Barcelona 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. ^{[1] [2]} Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:

Population	Councillors
<100	3
101–250	5
251–1,000	7
1,001–2,000	9
2,001–5,000	11
5,001–10,000	13
10,001–20,000	17
20,001–50,000	21
50,001–100,000	25
>100,001	+1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction +1 if total is an even number

The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned 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, the appointee would be determined by lot. ^[1]

Council composition

The table below shows the composition of the political groups in the City Council at the time of dissolution. ^[3]

Parliamentary composition in April 2019

Groups		Parties		Councillors
				Seats	Total
	Barcelona in Common's Municipal Group		BComú	7	11
			ICV	3
			EUiA	1
	Democratic Municipal Group		PDeCAT	8	9
			INDEP	1 [lower-alpha 3]
	Citizens's Municipal Group		Cs	5	5
	Republican Municipal Group		ERC	4	4
	Socialist Municipal Group		PSC	4	4
	People's Party's Municipal Group		PP	3	3
	Popular Unity Candidacy–Let's Reverse Barcelona Municipal Group		CUP	3	3
	Non-Inscrits		DC	1 [lower-alpha 4]	2
			INDEP	1 [lower-alpha 5]

Parties and candidates

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, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. For the case of Barcelona, as its population was over 1,000,001, at least 8,000 signatures were required. ^[2]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy		Parties and alliances	Leading candidate		Ideology	Previous result		Gov.	Ref.
						Votes (%)	Seats
	BComú–ECG	List Barcelona in Common (BComú)		Ada Colau	Left-wing populism Participatory democracy	25.21%	11	Y	[6]
	Junts	List Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) [lower-alpha 6] Together for Catalonia (JxCat) – National Call for the Republic (CNxR)		Joaquim Forn [lower-alpha 1]	Catalan independence Liberalism	22.75% [lower-alpha 2]	10	N	[8]
	BCN Canvi–Cs	List Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) Barcelona for Change (BCN Canvi)		Manuel Valls	Liberalism	11.03%	5	N	[9] [10]
	ERC+BCN– Nova–AM	List Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) New (Nova)		Ernest Maragall	Catalan independence Left-wing nationalism Social democracy	11.01%	5	N	[11] [12]
	PSC–CP	List Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) United to Advance (Els Units)		Jaume Collboni	Social democracy	9.63%	4	N	[13] [14]
	PP	List People's Party (PP)		Josep Bou	Conservatism Christian democracy	8.71%	3	N	[15]
	Capgirem BCN–AMunt	List Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) – Forward–Socialist Organization of National Liberation (Endavant–OSAN) – Free People (PL–PPCC) – Internationalist Struggle (LI–CI) Let's Reverse (Capgirem)		Anna Saliente	Catalan independence Anti-capitalism Socialism	7.42%	3	N	[16]

Campaign budget

Parties and alliances		Budget (self-reported) [17]
	BComú–ECG	€425,000
	PSC–CP	€416,701
	Junts	€320,000
	ERC+BCN–Nova–AM	€246,250
	Capgirem BCN–AMunt	€200,000
	BCN Canvi–Cs	€170,000
	PP	No data

According to a report from the Catalan newspaper Diari Ara , BCN Canvi–Cs candidate Manuel Valls would have received funds from a group of businessmen to prepare the campaign, that would have included a salary of €20,000 monthly for him. ^{[18] [19]} Valls rejected those accusations and said all funds he received for the campaign were declared. ^[20]

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 21 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Barcelona.

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout													Lead
2019 municipal election	26 May 2019	—	66.2	20.7 10	[lower-alpha 7]	13.2 6	21.4 10	18.4 8	5.0 2	3.9 0	1.2 0	–	–	10.5 5	3.7 0	0.7
GESOP/El Periòdico [p 1] [p 2]	20–26 May 2019	?	67	22.0 10/11	[lower-alpha 7]	11.9 5/6	22.5 10/11	16.0 7/8	3.4 0	4.5 0/2	? 0	–	–	12.4 5/6	4.5 0/2	0.5
GESOP/El Periòdic [p 3]	22–24 May 2019	902	?	21.0 9/10	[lower-alpha 7]	12.5 5/6	19.0 9	15.0 7	4.0 0	6.0 2	1.3 0	–	–	13.0 6	5.9 2	2.0
GESOP/El Periòdic [p 4]	21–23 May 2019	902	?	20.4 9	[lower-alpha 7]	12.5 6	20.0 9	15.0 7	4.6 0	5.3 2	1.5 0	–	–	12.9 6	5.5 2	0.4
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 5]	22–23 May 2019	?	?	18.5 9	[lower-alpha 7]	14.0 7	22.0 11	16.6 8	4.8 0	4.8 0	2.1 0	–	–	11.8 6	4.1 0	3.5
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 6]	21–22 May 2019	?	?	18.6 9	[lower-alpha 7]	13.9 7	21.6 11	16.6 8	4.8 0	4.6 0	2.1 0	–	–	12.3 6	4.2 0	3.0
GESOP/El Periòdic [p 7]	20–22 May 2019	851	?	20.0 9/10	[lower-alpha 7]	12.2 5/6	21.1 9/10	15.4 7	5.2 2	5.0 0/2	1.8 0	–	–	12.0 5/6	4.8 0/2	1.1
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 8]	20–21 May 2019	?	?	18.0 9	[lower-alpha 7]	13.8 6	21.4 10	16.7 8	5.0 2	4.2 0	2.3 0	–	–	12.4 6	4.3 0	3.4
GESOP/El Periòdic [p 9]	18–21 May 2019	801	?	20.2 9/10	[lower-alpha 7]	12.5 5/6	21.5 10/11	15.5 7/8	4.9 0/2	5.0 0/2	2.5 0	–	–	11.5 5/6	4.6 0	1.3
GESOP/El Periòdic [p 10]	17–20 May 2019	751	?	19.7 9/10	[lower-alpha 7]	12.3 5/6	22.3 11	16.2 8	4.7 0	5.2 2	2.5 0	–	–	10.4 5	4.4 0	2.6
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 11]	19–20 May 2019	?	?	18.4 9	[lower-alpha 7]	14.0 6	21.2 10	16.8 8	5.0 2	4.2 0	2.1 0	–	–	12.1 6	4.7 0	2.8
GIPEyOP [p 12]	7–20 May 2019	45	?	19.2 9	[lower-alpha 7]	12.1 6	23.7 11	17.8 9	4.1 0	4.1 0	2.2 0	–	–	12.4 6	–	4.5
KeyData/Público [p 13]	19 May 2019	?	?	21.5 10	[lower-alpha 7]	13.7 6	22.9 11	16.5 7	5.2 2	4.3 0	1.9 0	–	–	10.6 5	–	1.4
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 14]	16–19 May 2019	?	?	18.5 9	[lower-alpha 7]	13.9 7	21.1 10	16.7 8	5.1 2	4.3 0	2.2 0	–	–	11.7 5	4.6 0	2.6
GESOP/El Periódico [p 15]	16–18 May 2019	756	?	20.4 9/10	[lower-alpha 7]	12.8 5/6	21.5 10	16.8 8	4.1 0	6.1 2/3	–	–	–	11.0 5	3.8 0	1.1
Feedback/El Nacional [p 16]	15–17 May 2019	800	68.2	18.9 9/10	[lower-alpha 7]	14.8 6/7	22.6 10/11	17.0 7/8	5.5 0/2	4.4 0/2	1.3 0	–	–	11.2 5/6	3.1 0	3.7
IMOP/El Confidencial [p 17]	14–17 May 2019	819	?	21.5 10/11	[lower-alpha 7]	? 7	22.0 10/11	17.3 8	4.5 0/2	? 0	2.5 0	–	–	? 4	2.2 0	0.5
NC Report/La Razón [p 18] [p 19]	13–16 May 2019	600	?	19.0 9	[lower-alpha 7]	12.6 4	21.5 10	16.2 8	5.6 2	5.2 2	2.8 0	–	–	13.8 6	–	2.5
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 20]	13–16 May 2019	?	?	18.4 9	[lower-alpha 7]	14.3 7	20.8 10	16.5 8	5.0 2	4.5 0	2.0 0	–	–	11.4 5	4.4 0	2.4
Sigma Dos/El Mundo [p 21]	12–14 May 2019	500	?	20.3 9	[lower-alpha 7]	12.3 5/6	22.0 9/10	19.6 8/9	5.2 2	2.2 0	1.4 0	–	–	14.8 6/7	–	1.7
Feedback/El Nacional [p 22]	9–14 May 2019	800	69.8	19.8 8/9	[lower-alpha 7]	15.2 6/7	21.0 9/10	16.4 6/7	5.3 2	4.1 0/2	–	–	–	11.6 5/6	4.1 0/2	1.2
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 23]	10–13 May 2019	?	?	19.2 10	[lower-alpha 7]	14.4 7	21.8 11	16.7 8	4.5 0	4.1 0	2.5 0	–	–	11.3 5	3.2 0	2.6
Time Consultants/Crónica Global [p 24]	3–13 May 2019	800	?	? 9/10	[lower-alpha 7]	9.4 4/5	28.8 12/14	? 7/8	? 0	? 0	0.5 0	–	–	9.8 5/6	4.7 0/2	?
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 25]	7–10 May 2019	?	?	18.8 9	[lower-alpha 7]	14.2 7	21.2 10	17.7 9	4.6 0	4.3 0	2.3 0	–	–	12.0 6	3.6 0	2.4
GAD3/La Vanguardia [p 26]	7–9 May 2019	1,034	?	22.1 10	[lower-alpha 7]	12.3 5/6	24.2 11	16.8 7/8	5.2 2	4.1 0	1.8 0	–	–	10.8 5	–	2.1
40 dB/El País [p 27] [p 28]	3–8 May 2019	800	?	20.1 9/10	[lower-alpha 7]	12.3 6	22.6 11	15.2 7/8	4.7 0/2	3.9 0	–	–	–	11.5 5/6	–	2.5
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 29]	4–7 May 2019	?	?	18.7 9	[lower-alpha 7]	14.5 7	21.4 11	18.3 9	4.3 0	4.2 0	2.3 0	–	–	11.0 5	3.7 0	2.7
GESOP/El Periódico [p 30]	1–4 May 2019	803	?	20.0 9/10	[lower-alpha 7]	13.1 6	22.5 11	16.6 8	4.6 0/2	4.0 0	–	–	–	12.0 5/6	3.5 0	2.5
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 31]	29 Apr–4 May 2019	?	?	18.5 9	[lower-alpha 7]	14.8 7	21.1 11	18.4 9	4.4 0	4.4 0	2.0 0	–	–	10.7 5	3.8 0	2.6
Feedback/El Nacional [p 32]	29 Apr–2 May 2019	800	72.1	19.6 9	[lower-alpha 7]	15.9 7	20.8 10	18.0 8	6.7 3	3.2 0	–	–	–	9.1 4	3.7 0	1.2
April 2019 general election [21]	28 Apr 2019	—	78.3	16.3 (7)	[lower-alpha 7]	11.7 (5)	23.1 (11)	22.8 (11)	6.2 (2)	3.3 (0)	3.4 (0)	–	–	10.9 (5)	–	0.3
CIS [p 33]	21 Mar–23 Apr 2019	?	?	23.0 10/11	[lower-alpha 7]	11.9 5/6	22.9 9/11	12.9 6/7	6.0 2/3	5.3 2	1.9 0	–	–	11.2 5/7	–	0.1
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 34]	31 Mar–7 Apr 2019	?	?	16.6 8	[lower-alpha 7]	14.3 7	22.2 11	15.3 7	4.7 0	6.1 3	2.3 0	–	–	11.9 5	4.9 0	5.6
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 35]	24–31 Mar 2019	?	?	16.4 8	[lower-alpha 7]	14.8 7	22.0 11	15.4 7	4.6 0	6.0 3	2.3 0	–	–	11.9 5	4.7 0	5.6
CES/Metrópoli Abierta [p 36]	21–28 Mar 2019	800	?	20.4 9	[lower-alpha 7]	10.8 5	23.8 11	16.6 7	4.5 0	6.6 3	–	–	–	13.8 6	–	3.4
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 37]	17–24 Mar 2019	?	?	16.3 8	[lower-alpha 7]	14.5 7	22.5 11	15.8 7	4.7 0	5.6 2	2.3 0	–	–	11.9 6	4.1 0	6.2
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 38]	10–17 Mar 2019	?	?	16.7 8	[lower-alpha 7]	13.7 6	22.9 11	15.1 7	4.8 0	6.0 3	2.7 0	–	–	12.4 6	3.8 0	6.2
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 39]	3–10 Mar 2019	?	?	16.9 8	[lower-alpha 7]	14.3 7	22.8 11	14.9 7	4.7 0	5.8 2	2.7 0	–	–	12.3 6	3.6 0	5.9
ElectoPanel/Electomanía [p 40]	22 Feb–3 Mar 2019	?	?	17.0 8	[lower-alpha 7]	14.4 7	22.9 11	14.6 7	4.7 0	6.0 2	2.9 0	–	–	12.6 6	2.9 0	5.9
Time Consultants/Crónica Global [p 41]	23 Feb 2019	?	?	19.4 9	[lower-alpha 7]	13.3 6	25.6 12	13.6 6	4.6 0	6.6 3	–	–	–	11.6 5	–	6.2
Feedback/El Nacional [p 42]	18–21 Feb 2019	800	66.4	15.4 7	[lower-alpha 7]	16.5 7/8	20.9 10	16.2 7	5.1 2	5.6 2	–	–	–	11.9 5	4.1 0/1	4.4
ERC [p 43]	10 Feb 2019	?	?	? 8/9	[lower-alpha 7]	? 8	? 9	? 5/6	? 0	? 3	? 2	–	–	? 5	–	?
Convergents [p 44]	19 Nov–12 Dec 2018	400	?	? 8	? 4	? 6	? 11	? 8	? 0	? 2	–	–	–	–	–	?
Time Consultants/Crónica Global [p 45]	20–29 Nov 2018	800	?	17.8 8	9.9 4	15.0 7	26.6 13	16.0 7	3.3 0	6.0 2	–	–	–	–	2.9 0	8.8
GESOP/El Periódico [p 46]	2–4 Oct 2018	802	?	19.5 8/9	11.5 5	15.5 7	23.5 10/11	13.5 6	4.0 0	8.0 3/4	–	–	–	–	–	4.0
GAD3/La Vanguardia [p 47]	4–7 Jun 2018	803	?	21.8 10/11	11.4 5	19.9 9/10	17.6 8	15.4 7	4.1 0	5.0 0/2	–	–	–	–	–	1.9
GESOP/El Periódico [p 48]	14–16 May 2018	800	?	20.9 9/10	13.7 6	18.0 8/9	18.0 8/9	11.6 5	4.0 0	9.4 4	–	–	–	–	–	2.9
Time Consultants/Crónica Global [p 49] [p 50]	18–27 Apr 2018	800	?	17.3 8	17.7 8	17.5 8	21.0 9	13.3 6	2.7 0	8.1 2	–	–	–	–	–	3.3
2017 regional election [22]	21 Dec 2017	—	81.6	9.3 (4)	[lower-alpha 7]	24.0 (10)	20.9 (9)	14.5 (6)	5.0 (2)	5.3 (2)	–	–	–	19.6 (8)	–	3.1
NC Report/La Razón [p 51] [p 52]	13–18 Nov 2017	600	56.7	17.6 8	13.3 6	17.4 8	19.3 8	14.9 6	7.6 3	6.2 2	–	–	–	–	–	1.7
GESOP/El Periódico [p 53] [p 54]	15–18 May 2017	800	?	27.5 12	13.5 6	11.5 5	17.0 8	11.9 5	8.0 3	5.3 2	–	–	–	–	–	10.5
2016 general election [23]	26 Jun 2016	—	67.6	25.7 (11)	13.5 (6)	11.3 (5)	17.4 (7)	14.1 (6)	15.2 (6)	–	–	–	–	–	–	8.3
NC Report/La Razón [p 55]	29 May 2016	?	?	22.6 10	19.2 8	13.4 6	12.7 5	11.3 5	9.1 4	7.9 3	–	–	–	–	–	3.4
2015 general election [24]	20 Dec 2015	—	72.3	26.6 (12)	14.5 (6)	13.1 (6)	15.2 (6)	13.2 (6)	12.7 (5)	–	–	–	–	–	–	10.4
2015 regional election [25]	27 Sep 2015	—	77.1	–	[lower-alpha 8]	17.7 (8)	[lower-alpha 8]	11.5 (5)	9.2 (4)	10.0 (4)	–	37.2 (16)	9.8 (4)	–	–	19.5
NC Report/La Razón [p 56] [p 57]	26 Jul–8 Aug 2015	900	52.3	20.9 10	17.5 8	14.3 6	11.1 5	10.9 5	8.2 3	9.5 4	–	–	–	–	–	3.4
2015 municipal election	24 May 2015	—	60.5	25.2 11	22.8* 10	11.0 5	11.0 5	9.6 4	8.7 3	7.4 3	0.2 0	–	–	–	–	2.4
(*) Results for Convergence and Union.

Results

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 City Council of Barcelona election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	ERC–Mayor Ernest Maragall+BCN–Nova–AM (ERC+BCN–Nova–AM)	161,189	21.37	+10.36	10	+5
	Barcelona in Common–In Common We Win (BComú–ECG)	156,493	20.74	–4.47	10	–1
	PSC–Commitment to Barcelona–United–Progress Candidacy (PSC–CP)	138,885	18.41	+8.78	8	+4
	Barcelona for Change–Citizens (BCN Canvi–Cs)1	99,452	13.18	+2.15	6	+1
	Together (Junts)2	79,280	10.51	–12.24	5	–5
	People's Party (PP)	37,786	5.01	–3.70	2	–1
	CUP–Let's Reverse Barcelona–Municipalist Alternative (Capgirem BCN–AMunt)	29,318	3.89	–3.53	0	–3
	Barcelona is Capital–Primaries (BCAP–Primàries)	28,253	3.74	New	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	8,751	1.16	+0.94	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	6,181	0.82	±0.00	0	±0
	The Eco-pacifist Greens (EVEP)	1,891	0.25	New	0	±0
	Citizen Force (FC's)	1,197	0.16	New	0	±0
	United and Socialists+ for Democracy (Unidos SI–DEF)	501	0.07	New	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB)	432	0.06	–0.22	0	±0
	Convergents (CNV)	379	0.05	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Catalan People (PCPC)	373	0.05	–0.04	0	±0
	European Retirees Social Democratic Party (PDSJE)	313	0.04	New	0	±0
	Act (PACT)	303	0.04	New	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFiV)	215	0.03	New	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	195	0.03	New	0	±0
	Libertarian Party (P–LIB)	144	0.02	–0.02	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	132	0.02	–0.05	0	±0
	dCIDE (Of Spanish Centre-Left) (dCIDE)	93	0.01	New	0	±0
	We, Party of Social Regeneration (NPRS)	47	0.01	New	0	±0
	Barcelona is you (BCN ets tú)	5	0.00	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,635	0.35	–0.56
Total		754,443			41	±0
Valid votes		754,443	99.80	+0.24
Invalid votes		1,540	0.20	–0.24
Votes cast / turnout		755,983	66.17	+5.58
Abstentions		386,461	33.83	–5.58
Registered voters		1,142,444
Sources [26] [27]
Footnotes: 1 Barcelona for Change–Citizens results are compared to Citizens–Party of the Citizenry totals in the 2015 election. 2 Together results are compared to Convergence and Union totals in the 2015 election.

Popular vote ERC–Nova–AM   21.37% BComú–ECG   20.74% PSC–CP   18.41% BCN Canvi–Cs   13.18% Junts   10.51% PP   5.01% Capgirem BCN   3.89% BCAP–Primàries   3.74% Vox   1.16% Others   1.64% Blank ballots   0.35%

Seats ERC–Nova–AM   24.39% BComú–ECG   24.39% PSC–CP   19.51% BCN Canvi–Cs   14.63% Junts   12.20% PP   4.88%

Aftermath

Investiture
Ballot →		15 June 2019
Required majority →		21 out of 41
	Ada Colau (BComú) • BComú (10) • PSC (8) • BCN Canvi (3)	21 / 41	Y
	Ernest Maragall (ERC) • ERC (10) • JxCat (5)	15 / 41	N
	Josep Bou (PP) • PP (2)	2 / 41	N
	Blank ballots • Cs (3)	3 / 41
	Absentees	0 / 41
Sources [28]

Notes

1. In preventive detention in Lledoners (Barcelona) at the time of the election.
2. Results for CiU in the 2015 election.
3. Sònia Recasens, former UDC councillor.
4. Gerard Ardanuy, former UDC councillor. ^[4]
5. Juanjo Puigcorbé, former ERC councillor. ^[5]
6. CDC was registered as an independent member within the alliance in order to allow its successor party, the PDeCAT, to be guaranteed CDC's public funding and electoral rights for the campaign. ^[7]
7. Within JxCat.
8. Within JxSí.

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