2019 Spanish local elections

For regional elections held in the same year, see 2019 Spanish regional elections. For the general elections, see 2019 Spanish general election.

2019 Spanish local elections

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All 66,979 councillors in 8,131 municipal councils [b] All 1,424 provincial/island seats in 44 provinces [c]
Opinion polls
Registered	35,275,287 0.5%
Turnout	22,996,370 (65.2%) 0.3 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Pedro Sánchez Pablo Casado Oriol Junqueras Party PSOE PP ERC–AM Leader since 18 June 2017 21 July 2018 17 September 2011 Last election 20,858 c., 25.0% 464 p. 22,721 c., 27.0% [d] 479 p. 2,387 c., 2.3% 32 p. Seats won 22,341 c. 548 p. 20,376 c. 411 p. 3,125 c. 47 p. Seat change 1,483 c. 84 p. 2,345 c. 68 p. 738 c. 15 p. Popular vote 6,695,553 5,162,031 829,005 Percentage 29.4% 22.7% 3.6% Swing 4.4 pp 4.3 pp 1.3 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Carles Puigdemont Albert Rivera Pablo Iglesias Party JxCat–Junts Cs Unidas Podemos Leader since 13 November 2017 9 July 2006 15 November 2014 Last election 3,336 c., 3.0% [e] 51 p. 1,516 c., 6.5% [f] 41 p. 3,651 c., 12.2% [g] 113 p. Seats won 2,804 c. 35 p. 2,793 c. 61 p. 2,667 c. 70 p. Seat change 532 c. 16 p. 1,277 c. 20 p. 984 c. 43 p. Popular vote 558,508 2,089,018 2,014,934 Percentage 2.5% 9.2% 8.8% Swing 0.5 pp 2.7 pp 2.4 pp
Provincial results map for municipal elections

Local elections were held in Spain on 26 May 2019 ^[a] to elect all 66,979 councillors in the 8,131 Spanish municipalities (including 50 seats in the assemblies of the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla), ^[2] all 1,191 provincial seats in 41 provinces (including 38 indirectly-elected provincial deputations and the three foral deputations in the Basque Country) and 233 seats in ten island councils (seven Canarian and four Balearic ones). They were held concurrently with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), invigorated from its general election win the previous month, emerged as the largest political party in the elections overall for the first time since 2007, scoring first place in the popular vote for the first time since 2003 and achieving its largest margin of victory over the People's Party (PP) since the 1991 elections. Conversely, the PP scored its worst result in local elections in Spain since the People's Alliance result in 1987, but managed to hold out against a surging Citizens (Cs), which secured disappointing results after falling barely one percentage point short of overcoming the PP in the April general election. The alliance of Podemos and United Left (IU), Unidas Podemos, lost much of the ground gained in the 2015 local elections, whereas results for the emerging far-right Vox were very modest.

Overview

Local government

Main article: Local government in Spain

Under the 1978 Constitution, the governance of municipalities in Spain was centered on the figure of city councils (Spanish : ayuntamientos), local corporations with independent legal personality composed of a mayor, a government council and an elected legislative assembly. ^[3] The mayor was indirectly elected by the local assembly, requiring an absolute majority; otherwise, the candidate from the most-voted party automatically became mayor (ties were resolved by drawing lots). ^[4] The concejo abierto system (English: open council), under which voters directly elected the local mayor by plurality voting, was reserved for some minor local entities. ^[5]

Provincial deputations were the governing bodies of provinces in Spain—except for single-province autonomous communities—having an administration role of municipal activities and composed of a provincial president, an administrative body, and a plenary. ^[6] 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 Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma, this figure was referred to in Spanish as cabildo insular , whereas for Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, its name was consejo insular (Catalan : consell insular). ^[7] The three Basque provinces had foral deputations instead (called General Assemblies, or Juntas Generales). ^[8]

Date

The term of local assemblies in Spain expired four years after the date of their previous election, with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 54 days before the scheduled election date and published on the following day in the Official State Gazette (BOE). ^[9] The previous local elections were held on 24 May 2015, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 26 May 2019.

Local assemblies could not be dissolved before the expiration of their term, except in cases of mismanagement that seriously harmed the public interest and implied a breach of constitutional obligations, in which case the Council of Ministers could—optionally—decide to call a by-election. ^[10]

Elections to the assemblies of local entities were officially called on 2 April 2019 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOE, setting election day for 26 May. ^[11] Subsequent by-elections were called on 24 September, for 17 November. ^[1]

Electoral system

Voting for local assemblies and island councils was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the municipality or council and with full political rights (provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence), ^[h] as well as resident non-national European citizens, and those whose country of origin allowed reciprocal voting by virtue of a treaty. ^[13]

Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency. ^[14] Each municipality or council was a multi-member constituency, with a number of seats based on the following scale: ^[15]

Population	Councillors
	Municipalities	Canary Islands	Balearic Islands [i]
<100	3	No island below 5,000 inhabitants	Fixed number: Ibiza: 13 Menorca: 13 Mallorca: 33 Formentera: Same as municipality
101–250	5
251–1,000	7
1,001–2,000	9
2,001–5,000	11
5,001–10,000	13	11
10,001–20,000	17	13
20,001–50,000	21	17
50,001–100,000	25	21
>100,001	+1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction +1 if total is an even number

Councillors in municipalities below 250 inhabitants were elected using open-list partial block voting, with voters in constituencies between 101 and 250 inhabitants choosing up to four candidates; and in those below 100, up to two. ^[17]

Most provincial deputations were indirectly elected from among the elected municipal councillors in each judicial district. Seats were allocated to provincial deputations based on the following scale (with each judicial district being assigned an initial minimum of one seat and the remaining ones distributed in proportion to population): ^[18]

Population	Seats
<500,000	25
500,001–1,000,000	27
1,000,001–3,500,000	31
>3,500,001	51

The General Assemblies of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa were directly elected by voters under their own, specific electoral regulations. ^[19]

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes. ^[20]

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2019 Spanish local elections

Results

Municipal

Overall

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Spanish municipal election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Councillors
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	6,695,553	29.39	+4.37	22,341	+1,483
	People's Party (PP)1	5,162,031	22.66	−4.34	20,376	−2,345
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	2,089,018	9.17	+2.63	2,793	+1,277
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)2	1,989,566	8.73	+2.54	2,787	+1,276
	Barcelona for Change–Citizens (BCN Canvi–Cs)3	99,452	0.44	+0.10	6	+1
	United We Can (Unidas Podemos)	2,014,934	8.84	−3.39	2,667	−984
	United We Can (Podemos–IU–Equo)4	1,647,870	7.23	−3.27	2,387	−882
	In Common We Can–In Common We Win (ECP–ECG)5	367,064	1.61	−0.13	280	−102
	Vox (Vox)	843,389	3.70	+3.41	547	+525
	Republican Left of Catalonia–Municipal Agreement (ERC–AM)	829,005	3.64	+1.35	3,125	+738
	More Madrid (Más Madrid)	561,486	2.46	+0.14	32	+12
	More Madrid (Más Madrid)6	556,014	2.44	+0.12	30	+10
	More Madrid–United Left (Más Madrid–IU)	5,472	0.02	New	2	+2
	Together for Catalonia–Together (JxCat–Junts)7	558,508	2.45	−0.54	2,804	−532
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	408,984	1.79	+0.18	1,065	+46
	Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)	348,577	1.53	+0.15	1,263	+68
	Municipal Commitment: Bloc–Initiative–Greens Equo (Compromís Municipal)	347,110	1.52	−0.19	734	+10
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	194,365	0.85	±0.00	456	−12
	Canarian Coalition–PNC–United for Gran Canaria (CCa–PNC–UxGC)	178,790	0.78	−0.01	312	−8
	Canarian Coalition–PNC–United for Gran Canaria (CCa–PNC–UxGC)8	177,177	0.78	−0.01	304	−5
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	1,613	0.01	±0.00	8	−3
	Popular Unity Candidacy–Municipalist Alternative (CUP–AMunt)	176,963	0.78	−0.15	336	−26
	Sum Navarre (NA+)9	104,848	0.46	+0.03	298	−9
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	82,077	0.36	+0.04	351	+26
	New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA)	76,523	0.34	+0.01	105	+15
	Andalusia by Herself (AxSí)10	50,723	0.22	−0.45	106	−213
	More for Mallorca–APIB (Més–APIB)	46,539	0.20	−0.06	120	−8
	Catalonia Primaries (Primàries)	45,994	0.20	New	21	+21
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	45,724	0.20	−0.05	0	±0
	Aragonese Party (PAR)	43,326	0.19	−0.07	661	−257
	El Pi–Proposal for the Isles (El Pi)	30,876	0.14	−0.01	96	−1
	El Pi–Proposal for the Isles (El Pi)	29,182	0.13	−0.02	94	−3
	Proposal for Ibiza (PxE)	1,694	0.01	New	2	+2
	Aragonese Union (CHA)	30,865	0.14	−0.05	148	−16
	Forum of Citizens (FAC)	30,408	0.13	−0.16	49	−34
	All for Terrassa (TxT)	27,972	0.12	New	10	+10
	Citizens' Movement of Cartagena (MCC)	23,934	0.11	+0.04	8	+3
	Coalition 100x100 (100x100)	21,574	0.09	+0.06	31	+22
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	21,557	0.09	+0.01	151	+12
	Yes to the Future (GBai)	21,490	0.09	−0.04	50	−9
	Local Tides (Mareas Locais)	21,277	0.09	New	47	+47
	Neighbors' Alternative (AV)	20,057	0.09	+0.03	28	+11
	Union of Independent Citizens (UCIN)	18,920	0.08	+0.03	73	+23
	Let's Win (Ganemos)	18,113	0.08	−0.53	14	−76
	With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo)	17,471	0.08	New	19	+19
	Act–The Left Today–The Greens (PACT–LIH–GMLV)	17,256	0.08	New	13	+13
	For Ávila (XAV)	14,811	0.07	New	80	+80
	Union for Leganés (ULEG)	14,741	0.06	−0.03	4	−2
	Ourensan Democracy (DO)	13,279	0.06	−0.01	9	−3
	Vall d'Albaida Unites Us (La Vall)	12,733	0.06	New	28	+28
	Citizens of Democratic Centre (CCD)	12,524	0.05	−0.08	23	−21
	Commitment to Galicia (CxG)	12,139	0.05	−0.03	20	−21
	Yes We Can (SSP)	11,695	0.05	−0.06	21	−18
	Independents for Huelva (IxH)11	11,687	0.05	+0.04	43	+20
	Coalition for Melilla (CpM)	10,472	0.05	+0.01	8	+1
	Independents of La Selva (IdSelva)	9,229	0.04	+0.01	48	+5
	All for Empordà (Txl'E)	7,644	0.03	New	34	+34
	Cuenca Unites Us (CNU)	6,216	0.03	New	6	+6
	Gomera Socialist Group (ASG)	5,602	0.02	±0.00	34	+10
	Sorian People's Platform (PPSO)	5,483	0.02	New	78	+78
	More for Menorca (MxMe)	4,716	0.02	±0.00	13	±0
	People for Formentera (GxF)	1,398	0.01	±0.00	6	−3
	The Union of Formentera (PP–CompromísFormentera) (Sa Unió)12	1,329	0.01	±0.00	6	±0
	Others (lists at <0.05% not securing any provincial or island seat)	1,188,743	5.22	—	5,265	−587
Blank ballots		214,596	0.94	−0.72
Total		22,785,274			66,979	−536
Valid votes		22,785,274	99.08	+0.61
Invalid votes		211,096	0.92	−0.61
Votes cast / turnout		22,996,370	65.19	+0.28
Abstentions		12,278,917	34.81	−0.28
Registered voters		35,275,287
Sources [21] [22]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party does not include results in Navarre and Formentera. 2 Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) does not include results in Navarre and the municipality of Barcelona. 3 Barcelona for Change–Citizens results are compared to Citizens–Party of the Citizenry totals in the municipality of Barcelona in the 2015 elections. 4 United We Can results are compared to the combined totals of Podemos-linked citizen/popular unity platforms, United Left and Equo in the 2015 elections, not including Catalonia nor results for Madrid Now. 5 In Common We Can–In Common We Win results are compared to the combined totals of Podemos-linked citizen/popular unity platforms (in Catalonia) and Agreement in the 2015 elections. 6 More Madrid results are compared to Madrid Now totals in the 2015 elections. 7 Together for Catalonia–Together results are compared to Convergence and Union totals in the 2015 elections. 8 Canarian Coalition–PNC–United for Gran Canaria results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party and United for Gran Canaria in the 2015 elections. 9 Sum Navarre results are compared to the combined totals of Navarrese People's Union, People's Party and Citizens–Party of the Citizenry in Navarre in the 2015 elections. 10 Andalusia by Herself results are compared to Andalusian Party totals in the 2015 elections. 11 Independents for Huelva results are compared to Independents Coalition for Huelva totals in the 2015 elections. 12 The Union of Formentera results are compared to the combined totals of People's Party (in Formentera) and Commitment to Formentera in the 2015 elections.

Popular vote

PSOE			29.39%
PP			22.66%
Cs			9.17%
Unidas Podemos			8.84%
Vox			3.70%
ERC–AM			3.64%
Más Madrid			2.46%
JxCat–Junts			2.45%
EAJ/PNV			1.79%
EH Bildu			1.53%
Compromís			1.52%
BNG			0.85%
CCa–PNC			0.78%
CUP–AMunt			0.78%
Others			9.49%
Blank ballots			0.94%

City control

The following table lists party control in provincial capitals (highlighted in bold), as well as in municipalities above 75,000. ^[23] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Municipality	Population	Previous control		New control
A Coruña	244,850		Atlantic Tide (Marea)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete	173,050		People's Party (PP)		Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) (PSOE in 2021)
Alcalá de Guadaíra	75,256		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcalá de Henares	193,751		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcobendas	116,037		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcorcón	169,502		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Algeciras	121,414		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Alicante	331,577		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Almería	196,851		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Arona	79,448		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ávila	57,657		People's Party (PP)		For Ávila (XAV)
Avilés	78,715		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Badajoz	150,530		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP) (Cs in 2021; PP in 2022)
Badalona	217,741		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) (PP in 2020; PSC–PSOE in 2021)
Barakaldo	100,435		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Barcelona	1,620,343		Barcelona in Common (BComú)		Barcelona in Common (BComú)
Bilbao	345,821		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Burgos	175,921		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cáceres	96,068		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cádiz	116,979		Forward Andalusia (Adelante)		Forward Andalusia (Adelante)
Cartagena	213,943		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Castellón de la Plana	170,888		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Chiclana de la Frontera	83,831		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ciudad Real	74,743		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (Cs in 2021)
Córdoba	325,708		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Cornellà de Llobregat	87,173		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Coslada	81,860		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cuenca	54,898		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Donostia/San Sebastián	186,665		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Dos Hermanas	133,168		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
El Ejido	84,710		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
El Puerto de Santa María	88,364		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Elche	230,625		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Fuengirola	75,396		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Fuenlabrada	193,586		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Gandía	73,829		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getafe	180,747		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getxo	78,276		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Gijón	271,843		Forum of Citizens (FAC)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona	100,266		Together for Catalonia (JxCat–Junts)		Together for Catalonia (JxCat–Junts)
Granada	232,208		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) (PSOE in 2021)
Guadalajara	84,145		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huelva	144,258		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huesca	52,463		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén	113,457		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jerez de la Frontera	212,879		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	261,068		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	378,517		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Las Rozas de Madrid	95,550		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Leganés	186,907		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León	124,772		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Lleida	137,856		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)
Logroño	151,113		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Lorca	93,079		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Lugo	98,025		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Madrid	3,223,334		More Madrid (Más Madrid)		People's Party (PP)
Málaga	571,026		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Manresa	76,250		Together for Catalonia (JxCat–Junts)		Together for Catalonia (JxCat–Junts)
Marbella	141,463		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Mataró	126,988		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Mijas	80,630		Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Móstoles	207,095		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Murcia	447,182		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP) (PSOE in 2021)
Orihuela	101,321		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP) (PSOE in 2022)
Ourense	105,505		People's Party (PP)		Ourensan Democracy (DO)
Oviedo	220,020		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Palencia	78,629		People's Party (PP)		Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)
Palma	409,661		More for Mallorca (Més)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Pamplona	199,066		Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)		Sum Navarre (NA+)
Parla	128,256		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Pontevedra	82,802		Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)		Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
Pozuelo de Alarcón	86,172		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Reus	103,477		Together for Catalonia (JxCat–Junts)		Together for Catalonia (JxCat–Junts)
Rivas-Vaciamadrid	85,893		United Left (IU)		United Left (IU)
Roquetas de Mar	94,925		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Rubí	76,423		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sabadell	211,734		Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Salamanca	143,978		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna	155,549		Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
San Fernando	95,174		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
San Sebastián de los Reyes	87,724		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Sant Boi de Llobregat	82,904		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sant Cugat del Vallès	90,664		Together for Catalonia (JxCat–Junts)		Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)
Santa Coloma de Gramenet	118,821		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	204,856		Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (CCa–PNC in 2020)
Santander	172,044		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Santiago de Compostela	96,405		Open Compostela (CA)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Segovia	51,683		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Seville	688,711		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria	39,112		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Talavera de la Reina	83,009		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Tarragona	132,299		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)
Telde	123,265		New Canaries (NCa)		Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) (NCa in 2021)
Terrassa	218,535		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		All for Terrassa (TxT)
Teruel	35,691		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Toledo	84,282		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Torrejón de Ardoz	129,729		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Torrent	81,245		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Torrevieja	82,599		The Greens (LV)		People's Party (PP)
Valencia	791,413		Commitment Coalition (Compromís)		Commitment Coalition (Compromís)
Valladolid	298,866		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Vélez-Málaga	80,817		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Vigo	293,642		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Vitoria-Gasteiz	249,176		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Zamora	61,827		United Left (IU)		United Left (IU)
Zaragoza	666,880		Zaragoza in Common (ZGZ)		People's Party (PP)

Autonomous cities

The following table lists party control in the autonomous cities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

City	Population	Previous control		New control
Ceuta	85,144		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Melilla	86,384		People's Party (PP)		Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)

Provincial and island

Summary

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Spanish provincial and island election results →

Parties and alliances		Seats
		PD	IC	FD	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	449	72	27	548	+84
	People's Party (PP)1	358	42	11	411	−68
	United We Can (Podemos–IU–Equo)	40	16	14	70	−43
	United We Can (Podemos–IU–Equo)2	34	16	14	64	−42
	In Common We Can–In Common We Win (ECP–ECG)3	6	—	—	6	−1
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	—	—	62	62	+8
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	52	9	0	61	+20
	Republican Left of Catalonia–Municipal Agreement (ERC–AM)	47	—	—	47	+15
	Canarian Coalition–PNC–United for Gran Canaria (CCa–PNC–UxGC)	—	41	—	41	−4
	Canarian Coalition–PNC–United for Gran Canaria (CCa–PNC–UxGC)4	—	38	—	38	−1
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	—	3	—	3	−3
	Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)	—	—	39	39	±0
	Together for Catalonia–Together (JxCat–Junts)5	35	—	—	35	−16
	Vox (Vox)	10	3	0	13	+13
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	11	—	—	11	−1
	New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA)6	—	11	—	11	−4
	Gomera Socialist Group (ASG)	—	11	—	11	+1
	Municipal Commitment: Bloc–Initiative–Greens Equo (Compromís Municipal)	8	—	—	8	−3
	Aragonese Party (PAR)	8	—	—	8	−1
	People for Formentera (GxF)	—	6	—	6	−3
	The Union of Formentera (PP–CompromísFormentera) (Sa Unió)7	—	6	—	6	±0
	More for Mallorca (Més)	—	4	—	4	−2
	For Ávila (XAV)	4	—	—	4	+4
	For El Hierro Electoral Group (AEPEH)	—	4	—	4	+4
	El Pi–Proposal for the Isles (El Pi)	—	3	—	3	±0
	More for Menorca (MxMe)	—	3	—	3	±0
	Sorian People's Platform (PPSO)	3	—	—	3	+3
	Coalition 100x100 (100x100)	2	—	—	2	+2
	Ourensan Democracy (DO)	2	—	—	2	±0
	Yes We Can (SSP)	—	2	—	2	+1
	Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP)	1	—	—	1	−5
	Andalusia by Herself (AxSí)8	1	—	—	1	±0
	All for Terrassa (TxT)	1	—	—	1	+1
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	1	—	—	1	±0
	Neighbors' Alternative (AV)	1	—	—	1	±0
	Vall d'Albaida Unites Us (La Vall)	1	—	—	1	+1
	Independents of La Selva (IdSelva)	1	—	—	1	±0
	All for Empordà (Txl'E)	1	—	—	1	+1
	Cuenca Unites Us (CNU)	1	—	—	1	+1
	Aragonese Union (CHA)	0	—	—	0	−2
	Coalition for El Bierzo (CB)	0	—	—	0	−1
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	0	—	—	0	−2
	Lanzarote Advances (LAVA)9	—	0	—	0	−1
	Win Fuerteventura (PPMAJO–UP Majorero)10	—	0	—	0	−2
	Participatory Democracy (Participa)	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	−1
Total		1,038	233	153	1,424	±0
Sources [24]
Footnotes: 1 People's Party does not include results in Formentera. 2 United We Can results are compared to the combined totals of Podemos-linked citizen/popular unity platforms, United Left and Equo in the 2015 elections, not including Catalonia. 3 In Common We Can–In Common We Win results are compared to the combined totals of Podemos-linked citizen/popular unity platforms (in Catalonia) and Agreement in the 2015 elections. 4 Canarian Coalition–PNC–United for Gran Canaria results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party and United for Gran Canaria in the 2015 elections. 5 Together for Catalonia–Together results are compared to Convergence and Union totals in the 2015 elections. 6 New Canaries–Broad Front results are compared to the combined totals of New Canaries–Broad Front and We Are Lanzarote in the 2015 elections. 7 The Union of Formentera results are compared to the combined totals of People's Party (in Formentera) and Commitment to Formentera in the 2015 elections. 8 Andalusia by Herself results are compared to Andalusian Party totals in the 2015 elections. 9 Lanzarote Advances results are compared to Lanzarote Independents Party totals in the 2015 elections. 10 Win Fuerteventura results are compared to Majorero Progressive Party totals in the 2015 elections.

Indirectly-elected

The following table lists party control in the indirectly-elected provincial deputations. ^{[24] [25]} Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Province	Population	Previous control		New control
A Coruña	1,119,351		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete	388,786		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alicante	1,838,819		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Almería	709,340		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Ávila	158,498		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Badajoz	676,376		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona	5,609,350		Together for Catalonia (JxCat–Junts)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Burgos	357,070		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Cáceres	396,487		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cádiz	1,238,714		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Castellón	576,898		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ciudad Real	499,100		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Córdoba	785,240		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cuenca	197,222		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona	761,947		Together for Catalonia (JxCat–Junts)		Together for Catalonia (JxCat–Junts)
Granada	912,075		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Guadalajara	254,308		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huelva	519,932		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huesca	219,345		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén	638,099		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León	463,746		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Lleida	432,866		Together for Catalonia (JxCat–Junts)		Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)
Lugo	331,327		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Málaga	1,641,121		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Ourense	309,293		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Palencia	162,035		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Pontevedra	941,772		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Salamanca	331,473		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Segovia	153,342		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Seville	1,939,887		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria	88,600		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Tarragona	795,902		Together for Catalonia (JxCat–Junts)		Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)
Teruel	134,572		Aragonese Party (PAR)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Toledo	687,391		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Valencia	2,547,986		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Valladolid	519,851		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Zamora	174,549		People's Party (PP)		Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)
Zaragoza	954,811		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Island councils

Main articles: 2019 Canarian Island Cabildo elections and 2019 Balearic Island Council elections

The following table lists party control in the island councils. ^{[26] [27]} Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Island	Population	Previous control		New control
El Hierro	10,798		Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Formentera	12,216 [28]		People for Formentera (GxF)		People for Formentera (GxF)
Fuerteventura	113,275		Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (AMF in 2021)
Gran Canaria	846,717		New Canaries (NCa)		New Canaries (NCa)
Ibiza	144,659 [28]		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
La Gomera	21,136		Gomera Socialist Group (ASG)		Gomera Socialist Group (ASG)
La Palma	81,863		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) (PP in 2019)
Lanzarote	149,183		Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Mallorca	880,113 [28]		More for Mallorca (Més)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Menorca	91,920 [28]		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Tenerife	904,713		Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)		Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) (PSOE in 2019)

Foral deputations

Main article: 2019 Basque foral elections

The following table lists party control in the foral deputations. ^[29] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Province	Population	Previous control		New control
Álava	328,868		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Biscay	1,149,628		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Gipuzkoa	720,592		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)

See also

• 2019 Aranese Council election

Notes

1. By-elections were held on 17 November 2019 in those constituencies where results were annulled by a final sentence following an electoral petition, or where elections were not held due to a lack of candidates. ^[1]
2. Including 50 seats in the assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla.
3. Including:
   • 1,038 seats in 38 provincial deputations;
   • 157 seats in 7 Canarian island cabildos;
   • 153 seats in 3 Basque foral deputations;
   • 76 seats in 4 Balearic island councils.
4. Results for PP in the 2015 elections, not including Navarre and Formentera.
5. Results for CiU in the 2015 elections.
6. Results for C's in the 2015 elections, not including Formentera.
7. Results for IU (6.4%, 2,833 c. and 41 p.), Podemos (5.7%, 799 c. and 71 p.) and Equo (0.1%, 19 c. and 1 p.) in the 2015 elections, not including Ahora Madrid results.
8. Amendments in 2018 granted the right to vote to those legally incapacitated. ^[12]
9. For the Island Council of Formentera, councillors in the city council served as island councillors. ^[16]

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1. Royal Decree 538/2019 (2019), art. 1.
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3. Constitution (1978) , art. 140; LBRL (1985) , art. 19.
4. LBRL (1985) , art. 19; LOREG (1985) , art. 196.
5. LBRL (1985) , art. 29; LOREG (1985) , arts. 179 & 199–200.
6. Constitution (1978) , art. 141; LBRL (1985) , arts. 31–32 & 40.
7. Constitution (1978) , art. 141; LBRL (1985) , art. 41.
   
   • Canary Islands: EAC (2018), arts. 2 & 65–67; LCabI (2015), arts. 2 & 5–6.
   • Balearic Islands: EAIB (2007), arts. 39 & 61; LCI (2000), arts. 2 & 23–26.
8. Constitution (1978) , repeal. prov.; Law 27/1983 (1983) , arts. 1 & 6–8; LBRL (1985) , art. 39.
9. LOREG (1985) , arts. 42, 194 & 201; EAIB (2007) , art. 64.
10. LBRL (1985) , art. 61.
11. Royal Decree 209/2019 (2019) , art. 1.
12. Marcos, José (18 October 2018). "El Congreso reconoce el derecho a votar de 100.000 discapacitados intelectuales". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
13. Constitution (1978) , art. 13; LBRL (1985) , art. 19; LOREG (1985) , arts. 2–3, 176 & 201; EAIB (2007) , art. 64; LRECI (2009) , art. 2; EAC (2018) , art. 68.
14. LOREG (1985) , arts. 163, 180 & 201; LRECI (2009) , art. 1 & 7 (suppl. by LEIB (1986) , art. 12).
15. LOREG (1985) , arts. 179–180 & 201.
16. EAIB (2007), art. 63; LRECI (2009), art. 1.
17. LOREG (1985) , art. 184.
18. LOREG (1985) , art. 204.
19. Law 1/1987 (1987) , arts. 1–4 & 7–9.
20. LOREG (1985) , arts. 46, 48, 182 & 208.
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25. Méndez, Rafael; Zuil, María; Suárez, Cristina (3 June 2019). "La pérdida de poder del PP se agrava con las diputaciones: solo conserva tres con mayoría". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2022.
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