2023 Spanish local elections

For the regional elections held concurrently, see 2023 Spanish regional elections.

2023 Spanish local elections

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All 66,976 councillors in 8,132 municipal councils All 1,424 provincial/island seats in 44 provinces [a]
Opinion polls
Registered	35,534,425 0.7%
Turnout	22,714,076 (63.9%) 1.3 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo Pedro Sánchez Santiago Abascal Party PP PSOE Vox Leader since 2 April 2022 18 June 2017 20 September 2014 Last election 20,382 c., 22.7% 417 p. seats 22,377 c., 29.4% 548 p. seats 547 c., 3.7% 13 p. seats Popular vote 7,077,604 6,298,423 1,605,961 Percentage 31.6% 28.1% 7.2% Swing 8.9 pp 1.3 pp 3.5 pp Councillors 23,451 20,805 1,671 Councillors +/– 3,069 1,572 1,124 Prov. seats 527 492 49 Prov. seats +/– 110 56 36   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ione Belarra Laura Borràs Oriol Junqueras Party Unidas Podemos JxCat ERC Leader since 13 June 2021 4 June 2022 17 September 2011 Last election 2,659 c., 8.8% 70 p. seats 2,804 c., 2.5% 35 p. seats 3,125 c., 3.6% 47 p. seats Popular vote 1,406,170 553,872 526,242 Percentage 6.3% 2.5% 2.4% Swing 2.5 pp 0.0 pp 1.2 pp Councillors 1,938 2,687 2,906 Councillors +/– 721 117 219 Prov. seats 31 40 36 Prov. seats +/– 39 5 11
Provincial results map for municipal elections

The 2023 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect all 66,976 councillors in the municipalities of Spain, all 1,191 provincial seats in 41 provinces (including 38 indirectly-elected provincial deputations and the three directly-elected Basque General Assemblies) and 233 seats in eleven island councils (seven Canarian island cabildos and four Balearic island councils, all directly-elected). The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities.

The elections took place following a period of instability dominated by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 and its political and economical consequences, including the worst worldwide recession since the Great Depression resulting from the massive lockdowns enforced to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2, as well as the economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The People's Party (PP) emerged as the first political force and was able to flip the control of a large number of major cities, despite winning the popular vote to the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) by just three percentage points. This outcome prompted Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to call a snap general election for July, which led to an insufficient PP victory and to Sánchez's re-election.

Electoral system

See also: Local government in Spain

Municipal elections

Municipalities in Spain were local corporations with independent legal personality. They had a governing body, the municipal council or corporation, composed of a mayor, deputy mayors and the elected plenary assembly. ^[1] 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. ^{[2] [3]}

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. ^[4] Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale: ^[5]

Population	Councillors
<100	3
100–250	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

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 directly elected the local mayor. ^{[6] [7]}

The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. ^[8] 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. ^[9]

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. ^[10] Basque provinces had foral deputations instead—called General Assemblies (Spanish : Juntas Generales)—, whereas deputations for single-province autonomous communities were abolished and their functions transferred to the corresponding regional parliaments in 1982–1983. ^[11] 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 . ^[12]

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: ^[13]

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

Island councils and foral deputations were elected directly by electors under their own, specific electoral regulations. ^{[14] [15]}

Election date

Elections to the local councils in Spain are fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. ^[16] In the event that no candidacy is presented in a local council, a by-election will be held in that council within six months; if that election still results in no candidacy being presented, a management committee will be formed by all continuing council members and designated citizens to fill any vacancies. ^[17]

The 2023 local elections were called for 28 May 2023, ^[18] with election re-runs being called for 26 November in those councils where no candidacy was presented and in those whose results were annulled by invalidating irregularities. ^[19]

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:

• At least one percent of the electors in municipalities with a population below 5,000 inhabitants, provided that the number of signers was more than double that of councillors at stake.
• At least 100 signatures in municipalities with a population between 5,001 and 10,000.
• At least 500 signatures in municipalities with a population between 10,001 and 50,000.
• At least 1,500 signatures in municipalities with a population between 50,001 and 150,000.
• At least 3,000 signatures in municipalities with a population between 150,001 and 300,000.
• At least 5,000 signatures in municipalities with a population between 300,001 and 1,000,000.
• At least 8,000 signatures in municipalities with a population over 1,000,001.

Electors were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates. ^[20]

Campaign

Party slogans

Party or alliance		Original slogan	English translation	Ref.
	PSOE	« Vota lo que piensas »	"Vote for what you think"	[21]
	PP	« Entre todos »	"Between everyone"	[22]
	Cs	« Libérate »	"Free yourself"	[23]
	Unidas Podemos	« Valentía para transformar »	"Courage to transform"	[24]
	Vox	« Vota seguro »	"Vote safely"	[25]

Alleged vote-buying

Main article: 2023 Spanish vote-buying scandal

During the month of May 2023, amidst the local elections campaign in Spain, numerous instances of vote-buying came to light in various municipalities across the country. These incidents implicated a wide range of political parties, including among others the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the People's Party (PP) and Coalition for Melilla (CpM). Despite the scandal starting in Melilla, it later expanded to other municipalities in the south of Spain. ^{[26] [27]}

Timetable

The key dates are listed below (all times are CET. The Canary Islands use WET (UTC+0) instead): ^[28]

• 3 April: The election decree is issued with the countersign of the Prime Minister, ratified by the King.
• 4 April: Publication of the election decree in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and beginning of a suspension period of events for the inauguration of public works, services or projects.
• 7 April: Initial constitution of provincial and zone electoral commissions.
• 14 April: Deadline for parties and federations intending to enter into a coalition to inform the relevant electoral commission.
• 24 April: Deadline for parties, federations, coalitions, and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates to the relevant electoral commission.
• 26 April: Submitted lists of candidates are provisionally published in the BOE.
• 29 April: Deadline for citizens entered in the Register of Absent Electors Residing Abroad (CERA) and for citizens temporarily absent from Spain to apply for voting.
• 30 April: Deadline for parties, federations, coalitions, and groupings of electors to rectify irregularities in their lists.
• 1 May: Official proclamation of valid submitted lists of candidates.
• 2 May: Proclaimed lists are published in the BOE.
• 12 May: Official start of electoral campaigning.
• 18 May: Deadline to apply for postal voting.
• 23 May: Official start of legal ban on electoral opinion polling publication, dissemination or reproduction and deadline for CERA citizens to vote by mail.
• 24 May: Deadline for postal and temporarily absent voters to issue their votes.
• 26 May: Last day of official electoral campaigning and deadline for CERA citizens to vote in a ballot box in the relevant consular office or division.
• 27 May: Official 24-hour ban on political campaigning prior to the general election (reflection day).
• 28 May: Polling day (polling stations open at 9 am and close at 8 pm or once voters present in a queue at/outside the polling station at 8 pm have cast their vote). Provisional counting of votes starts immediately.

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2023 Spanish local elections

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 28 May 2023 local election results in Spain

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Councillors		Provincial seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−	P. dep	O. dep	T. dep	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	7,077,604	31.62	+8.96	23,451	+3,069	445	82	527	+110
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	6,298,423	28.14	–1.28	20,805	–1,572	406	86	492	–56
	Vox (Vox)	1,605,961	7.18	+3.48	1,671	+1,124	35	14	49	+36
	United We Can (Unidas Podemos)	1,406,170	6.28	–2.48	1,938	–721	22	9	31	–39
	United We Can (Podemos–IU–AV)	743,143	3.32	–0.11	969	–117	9	8	17	–21
	United Left (IU)	309,846	1.38	–0.93	697	–352	8	1	9	–7
	In Common We Can–Confluence (ECP–C)	270,390	1.21	–0.27	250	–20	5	—	5	–1
	We Can (Podemos)	82,791	0.37	–1.17	22	–232	0	0	0	–10
	Together for Catalonia–Municipal Commitment (CM)1	553,872	2.47	+0.02	2,687	–117	40	—	40	+5
	Republican Left of Catalonia–Municipal Agreement (ERC–AM)	526,242	2.35	–1.29	2,906	–219	36	—	36	–11
	More Country–Greens Equo (MP–VQ)	452,511	2.02	–0.50	89	+48	0	0	0	±0
	More Country–Greens Equo (MM/MR–VQ)	430,955	1.93	–0.54	79	+44	—	—	0	±0
	Drago Greens Canaries (DVC)	13,717	0.06	New	2	+2	—	0	0	±0
	Greens Equo (VQ)	7,839	0.04	–0.01	8	+2	0	0	0	±0
	Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)	366,113	1.64	+0.11	1,398	+135	—	51	51	+12
	Commitment Coalition: Agreement to Win (Compromís)	332,371	1.49	–0.03	673	–61	6	—	6	–2
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS)	323,934	1.45	–7.72	591	–2,202	0	0	0	–61
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	323,274	1.44	–0.35	988	–77	—	55	55	–7
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	249,078	1.11	+0.26	591	+135	16	—	16	+5
	Canarian Coalition (CCa)	172,056	0.77	–0.01	308	+2	—	41	41	+3
	Popular Unity Candidacy–Municipalist Alternative (CUP–AMunt)	134,753	0.60	–0.18	315	–21	2	—	2	+1
	Navarrese People's Union (UPN)2	82,037	0.37	–0.09	250	–48	—	—	0	±0
	New Canaries–Canarist Broad Front (NC–FAC)	75,098	0.34	±0.00	118	+13	—	13	13	+2
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	60,093	0.27	–0.09	298	–53	—	—	0	±0
	Andalusia by Herself–Andalusian Unity (AxSí–UA)	59,707	0.27	+0.05	119	+13	0	—	0	–1
	Now Local Agreement (Ara PL)	55,276	0.25	New	186	+186	1	—	1	+1
	Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)	52,557	0.23	+0.03	0	±0	0	0	0	±0
	Asturias Forum (Foro)	51,291	0.23	+0.10	38	–11	—	—	0	±0
	More for Mallorca (Més)	46,008	0.21	+0.01	116	–4	—	4	4	±0
	Forward Andalusia (Adelante Andalucía)	44,610	0.20	New	9	+9	0	—	0	±0
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	36,750	0.16	+0.07	234	+83	4	—	4	+3
	Empty Spain (España Vaciada)	35,991	0.16	+0.12	262	+219	4	—	4	+4
	Aragon Exists–Exists Coalition (Existe)	20,072	0.09	New	157	+157	4	—	4	+4
	Empty Spain (España Vaciada)	9,622	0.04	New	89	+89	0	—	0	±0
	Riojan Party+Empty Spain (PR+EV)	6,297	0.03	–0.01	16	–27	—	—	0	±0
	Brave (Valents)	32,519	0.15	New	3	+3	0	—	0	±0
	Aragonese Union (CHA)	30,185	0.13	–0.01	133	+0.15	1	—	1	+1
	All for Terrassa (TxT)	26,732	0.12	±0.00	11	+1	1	—	1	±0
	Citizens' Movement of Cartagena (MCC)	23,947	0.11	±0.00	8	±0	—	—	0	±0
	El Pi–Proposal for the Isles (El Pi)	20,533	0.09	–0.05	67	–32	—	2	2	–1
	Neighbors' Alternative (AV)	20,182	0.09	±0.00	32	+4	1	—	1	±0
	Aragonese Party (PAR)	20,146	0.09	–0.10	338	–323	2	—	2	–6
	Union of Independent Citizens (UCIN)	19,997	0.09	+0.01	66	–7	0	—	0	±0
	Ourensan Democracy (DO)	19,349	0.09	+0.03	11	+2	3	—	3	+1
	Yes to the Future (GBai)	19,261	0.09	±0.00	44	–6	—	—	0	±0
	For Ávila (XAV)	17,443	0.08	+0.01	142	+62	5	—	5	+1
	La Línea 100x100 (LL100x100)	17,238	0.08	+0.01	22	+1	2	—	2	±0
	United for Gran Canaria (UxGC)	15,850	0.07	New	11	+11	—	0	0	±0
	Blank Seats to Leave Empty Seats (EB)	15,757	0.07	+0.06	0	–2	0	0	0	±0
	With You, We Are Democracy (Contigo)	13,561	0.06	–0.04	19	–1	0	0	0	±0
	All for Empordà (Txl'E)	12,799	0.06	+0.03	79	+45	1	0	1	±0
	It Unites Us (Ens Uneix)3	11,971	0.05	–0.01	38	+10	1	0	1	±0
	Union for Leganés (ULEG)	11,408	0.05	–0.01	3	–1	—	—	0	±0
	For My Town (PMP)	11,182	0.05	+0.01	37	+14	0	—	0	±0
	Citizens for Canarian Change (CIUCA)	10,223	0.05	+0.01	7	–6	—	0	0	±0
	Independents of La Selva (IdSelva)	8,091	0.04	±0.00	50	+2	1	0	1	±0
	More for Menorca (MxMe)	7,978	0.04	±0.00	24	–4	—	2	2	–1
	Zamora Yes (ZSí)	7,731	0.03	New	100	+100	1	—	1	+1
	Gomera Socialist Group (ASG)	5,736	0.03	+0.01	36	+2	—	11	11	±0
	Let's Go Palencia (VP)	4,177	0.02	New	3	+3	1	—	1	+1
	Feel Aranda (Sentir Aranda)	4,118	0.02	New	6	+6	1	—	1	+1
	Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura (AMF)	3,159	0.01	±0.00	6	+2	—	2	2	+2
	Yes We Can (SSP)	2,564	0.01	–0.04	8	–12	—	0	0	–2
	Cuenca Unites Us (CNU)	2,244	0.01	–0.02	2	–4	0	—	0	–1
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	1,647	0.01	±0.00	9	+3	—	4	4	+1
	Initiative for La Gomera (IxLG)	1,571	0.01	New	7	+7	—	2	2	+2
	Herrenian Assembly (AH)	1,524	0.01	New	8	+8	—	3	3	–1
	People for Formentera (GxF)	1,030	0.00	–0.01	5	–1	—	5	5	–1
	Sorian People's Platform (PPSO)	n/a	n/a	–0.02	0	–78	—	—	0	–3
	Others	1,230,088	5.50	—	5,623	—	0	0	0	—
Blank ballots		307,220	1.37	+0.43
Total		22,380,941			66,976	±0	1,038	386	1,424	±0
Valid votes		22,380,941	98.53	–0.55
Invalid votes		333,135	1.47	+0.55
Votes cast / turnout		22,714,076	63.92	–1.27
Abstentions		12,822,069	36.08	+1.27
Registered voters		35,534,425
Sources [29] [30]
Footnotes: 1 Together for Catalonia–Municipal Commitment results are compared to Together totals in the 2019 election. 2 Navarrese People's Union results are compared to Sum Navarre totals in the 2019 election. 3 It Unites Us results are compared to Vall d'Albaida Unites Us totals in the 2019 election.

Popular vote PP   31.62% PSOE   28.14% Vox   7.18% Unidas Podemos   6.28% CM   2.47% ERC–AM   2.35% MP–VQ   2.02% EH Bildu   1.64% Compromís   1.49% CS   1.45% EAJ/PNV   1.44% BNG   1.11% CCa   0.77% CUP–AMunt   0.60% Others   10.06% Blank ballots   1.37%

City control

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

Municipality	Population	Previous control		New control
A Coruña	244,700		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete	172,357		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Alcalá de Guadaíra	75,917		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcalá de Henares	196,888		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Alcobendas	117,041		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Alcorcón	170,296		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Algeciras	122,368		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Alicante	338,577		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Almería	199,237		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Arona	82,982		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Ávila	57,730		For Ávila (XAV)		For Ávila (XAV)
Avilés	75,877		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Badajoz	150,146		Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS)		People's Party (PP)
Badalona	223,506		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Barakaldo	100,535		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Barcelona	1,636,193		Barcelona in Common (BComú)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Bilbao	344,127		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Burgos	173,483		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Cáceres	95,456		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Cádiz	113,066		Forward Andalusia (Adelante)		People's Party (PP)
Cartagena	216,961		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Castellón de la Plana	171,857		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Ceuta	83,117		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Chiclana de la Frontera	87,493		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ciudad Real	74,850		Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS)		People's Party (PP)
Córdoba	319,515		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Cornellà de Llobregat	89,039		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Coslada	80,596		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cuenca	53,389		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Donostia-San Sebastián	187,849		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Dos Hermanas	137,561		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
El Ejido	87,500		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
El Puerto de Santa María	89,435		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Elche	235,580		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Fuengirola	83,226		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Fuenlabrada	189,891		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Gandía	75,911		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getafe	183,218		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getxo	76,365		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Gijón	267,706		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Asturias Forum (Foro)
Girona	102,666		Together for Catalonia (JxCat)		Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP)
Granada	228,682		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Guadalajara	87,452		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Huelva	141,854		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Huesca	53,305		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Jaén	111,669		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP) (PSOE in 2025)
Jerez de la Frontera	212,730		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	265,444		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	378,797		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Las Rozas de Madrid	95,725		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Leganés	186,660		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
León	120,951		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Lleida	140,797		Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Logroño	150,020		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Lorca	97,151		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Lugo	97,211		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Madrid	3,280,782		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Málaga	579,076		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Manresa	77,459		Together for Catalonia (JxCat)		Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)
Marbella	150,725		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Mataró	128,956		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Melilla	85,170		Independent (INDEP) [b]		People's Party (PP)
Mijas	89,502		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (PP in 2023)
Móstoles	208,761		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Murcia	462,979		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Orihuela	80,784		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Ourense	103,756		Ourensan Democracy (DO)		Ourensan Democracy (DO)
Oviedo	215,167		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Palencia	76,302		Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Palma de Mallorca	415,940		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Pamplona	203,418		Navarrese People's Union (UPN)		Navarrese People's Union (UPN) (EH Bildu in 2023)
Parla	130,577		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Pontevedra	82,828		Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)		Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
Pozuelo de Alarcón	87,728		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Reus	106,741		Together for Catalonia (JxCat)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Rivas-Vaciamadrid	96,690		United Left (IU)		United Left (IU)
Roquetas de Mar	102,881		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Rubí	79,007		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sabadell	215,760		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Salamanca	142,412		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna	157,815		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
San Fernando	94,120		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
San Sebastián de los Reyes	91,083		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Sant Boi de Llobregat	83,371		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sant Cugat del Vallès	95,725		Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)		Together for Catalonia (JxCat)
Santa Coloma de Gramenet	117,981		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	208,688		Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa)		Canarian Coalition (CCa)
Santander	171,693		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Santiago de Compostela	98,179		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
Segovia	50,802		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Seville	681,998		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Soria	39,450		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Talavera de la Reina	83,247		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Tarragona	134,883		Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Telde	102,472		New Canaries (NCa)		Citizens for Canarian Change (CIUCA)
Terrassa	224,114		All for Terrassa (TxT)		All for Terrassa (TxT)
Teruel	35,900		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Toledo	85,085		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Torrejón de Ardoz	134,733		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Torrent	85,142		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Torrevieja	83,547		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Valencia	792,492		Commitment Coalition (Compromís)		People's Party (PP)
Valladolid	295,639		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Vélez-Málaga	83,899		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Vigo	292,374		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Vitoria-Gasteiz	253,672		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Zamora	59,475		United Left (IU)		United Left (IU)
Zaragoza	673,010		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)

Deputation control

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

Province	Population	Current control		New control
A Coruña	1,119,180		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete	385,727		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alicante	1,901,594		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Almería	740,534		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Ávila	158,140		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Badajoz	666,971		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona	5,727,615		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Burgos	355,045		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Cáceres	387,805		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cádiz	1,246,781		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Castellón	590,616		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real	490,806		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Córdoba	772,464		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Cuenca	195,215		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona	793,478		Together for Catalonia (JxCat)		Together for Catalonia (JxCat)
Granada	921,987		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Guadalajara	268,127		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huelva	528,763		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Huesca	225,456		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Jaén	623,761		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León	448,179		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Lleida	441,443		Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)		Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)
Lugo	323,989		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Málaga	1,717,504		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Ourense	304,280		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Palencia	158,008		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Pontevedra	943,015		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Salamanca	325,898		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Segovia	153,803		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Seville	1,948,393		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria	88,377		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Tarragona	830,075		Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)		Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)
Teruel	134,421		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Toledo	713,453		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Valencia	2,605,757		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Valladolid	517,975		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Zamora	167,215		Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS)		People's Party (PP)
Zaragoza	966,438		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Aftermath

Immediately after the outcome of the elections, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced a snap general election to be held on 23 July. ^{[31] [32]} Political parties from across the spectrum were caught by surprise, ^{[33] [34]} particularly the leaders of the opposition People's Party (PP), who were reportedly feeling upset over the election call preventing them from politically capitalizing on their local elections' gains. ^[35]

See also

• 2023 Aranese Council election
• 2023 Basque foral elections
• 2023 Balearic Island Council elections
• 2023 Canarian Island Cabildo elections
• 2023 Ceuta Assembly election
• 2023 Barcelona City Council election
• 2023 Madrid City Council election
• 2023 Melilla Assembly election
• 2023 Seville City Council election
• 2023 Valencia City Council election
• 2023 Zaragoza City Council election

Notes

1. Including 38 provincial deputations, 7 Canarian island cabildos, 4 Balearic island councils and 3 Basque General Assemblies.
2. Ex-CS.

References

1. LBRL (1985) , tit. II, art. 11 & tit. II, ch. II, art. 19.
2. Const. Esp. (1978) , tit. I, ch. I, art. 13.
3. LOREG (1985) , tit. I, ch. I, art. 2 & tit. III, ch. I, art. 176.
4. LOREG (1985) , tit. III, ch. IV, art. 180.
5. LOREG (1985) , tit. III, ch. IV, art. 179.
6. LOREG (1985) , tit. III, ch. IV, art. 184.
7. LBRL (1985) , tit. II, ch. IV, art. 29.
8. LBRL (1985) , tit. II, ch. II, art. 19.
9. LOREG (1985) , tit. III, ch. IX, art. 196.
10. LBRL (1985) , tit. III, art. 31.
11. LBRL (1985) , add. prov. 1.
12. LBRL (1985) , tit. III, ch. III, art. 39–41.
13. LOREG (1985) , tit. V, ch. III, art. 204.
14. LOREG (1985) , tit. IV, art. 201.
15. LBRL (1985) , add. prov. 1–3, 14.
16. LOREG (1985) , tit. I, ch. V, art. 42.
17. LOREG (1985) , tit. III, ch. IV, art. 181–182.
18. "Real Decreto 207/2023, de 3 de abril, por el que se convocan elecciones locales y a las Asambleas de Ceuta y Melilla para el 28 de mayo de 2023" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (80): 49393–49394. 4 April 2023. ISSN   0212-033X . Retrieved 7 December 2024.
19. "Real Decreto 758/2023, de 2 de octubre, por el que se convocan elecciones locales parciales 2023" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (236): 132305–132308. 3 October 2023. ISSN   0212-033X . Retrieved 7 December 2024.
20. LOREG (1985) , tit. I, ch. VI, art. 44 & tit. III, ch. VI, art. 187.
21. "'PSOE centra su spot de campaña en pensiones, igualdad y jóvenes con un rap y bajo el lema 'vota lo que piensas'". Europa Press (in Spanish). 12 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
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23. "Ciudadanos lanza su campaña 'Libérate'". Ciudadanos (in Spanish). 15 March 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
24. "'Valentía para transformar', lema de Podemos para los comicios del 28M". Europa Press (in Spanish). 1 April 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
25. "Vox se presenta como el voto "seguro"". Europa Press (in Spanish). 11 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
26. "Spain rocked by vote-buying scheme ahead of local elections". Madrid/Melilla. EFE. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
27. Velasco, Marina (25 May 2023). "Todos los intentos de fraude electoral (y los bulos) que enfangan esta campaña". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
28. "Elecciones Municipales 28 de mayo de 2023. Calendario Electoral" (PDF). Central Electoral Commission (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
29. "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 April 2024.
30. "Elecciones Municipales (resultados globales desde 2015)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2024.
31. "Pedro Sánchez adelanta las elecciones generales al 23 de julio" [Pedro Sánchez advances general elections to 23 July] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
32. "Spain Early Parliamentary Elections 23 July 2023" (PDF). OSCE. 26 June 2023. p. 7. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
33. "Recalculando ruta: las claves de unas elecciones anticipadas con las que Sánchez rompe el tablero" [Recalculating the route: the key points to snap elections where Sánchez breaks the board] (in Spanish). laSexta. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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