2027 Seville City Council election

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2027 Seville City Council election
Flag of Sevilla, Spain.svg
  2023 23 May 2027

All 31 seats in the City Council of Seville
16 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
  Jose Luis Sanz 2023 (cropped).jpg Antonio Munoz 2018 (cropped).jpg Cristina Pelaez 2023 (cropped).jpg
Leader José Luis Sanz Antonio Muñoz Cristina Peláez
Party PP PSOE–A Vox
Leader since21 July 20213 January 20222015
Last election14 seats, 41.2%12 seats, 34.2%3 seats, 8.9%
Current seats14123
Seats needed Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 2 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 4 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 13

  Susana Hornillo 2023 (cropped).jpg
Leader Susana Hornillo
Party Con Andalucía
Leader since27 January 2023
Last election2 seats, 7.1%
Current seats2
Seats needed Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 14

Incumbent Mayor

José Luis Sanz
PP



The 2027 Seville City Council election, also the 2027 Seville municipal election, will be held on Sunday, 23 May 2027, to elect the 13th City Council of the municipality of Seville. All 31 seats in the city council will be up for election. The election will be held simultaneously with regional elections in at least eight autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

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Electoral system

The City Council of Seville (Spanish : Ayuntamiento de Sevilla) is the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Seville, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. [1] Elections to the local councils in Spain are fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. [2] Voting for the local assembly is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the municipality of Seville 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 are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each local council. [1] [2] Councillors are allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:

PopulationCouncillors
<1003
101–2505
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 is an even number

The mayor is indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause requires that mayoral candidates earn the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly is to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the appointee will be determined by lot. [1]

Council composition

The table below shows the composition of the political groups in the city council at the present time.

Current council composition
GroupsPartiesCouncillors
SeatsTotal
People's Municipal Group PP 1414
Socialist Municipal Group PSOE–A 1212
Vox Municipal Group Vox 33
Podemos–United Left Municipal Group Podemos 12
IULV–CA 1

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allows 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 are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called, whereas groupings of electors need to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they seek election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. In the case of Seville, as its population is between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures are required. [2]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which will likely contest the election:

CandidacyParties and
alliances
Leading candidateIdeologyPrevious resultGov.Ref.
Vote %Seats
PP
List
Jose Luis Sanz 2023 (cropped).jpg José Luis Sanz Conservatism
Christian democracy
41.2%14Check-green.svg
PSOE–A Antonio Munoz 2018 (cropped).jpg Antonio Muñoz Social democracy 34.2%12Dark Red x.svg
Vox
List
Cristina Pelaez 2023 (cropped).jpg Cristina Peláez Right-wing populism
Ultranationalism
National conservatism
8.9%3Dark Red x.svg
Con
Andalucía
List
Susana Hornillo 2023 (cropped).jpg Susana Hornillo Left-wing populism
Direct democracy
Democratic socialism
7.1%2Dark Red x.svg

Opinion polls

The tables below list opinion polling results 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.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 16 seats are required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Seville.

Polling firm/CommissionerFieldwork dateSample sizeTurnout Logo PP Andalucia 2022.svg Logo PSOE-A.svg VOX logo.svg UPxA isotipo.svg Logo de Podemos (2022).svg Adelante Andalucia Isotipo, 2021.svg Sumar icon.svg SALF Lead
Global Idea/Grupo Viva [p 1] 2–6 Jun 2025400?43.6
15/16
33.8
11/12
11.3
3/4
5.7
1/2
[a] 1.7
0
1.1
0
9.8
SocioMétrica/El Español [p 2] 24–26 Feb 2025600?43.7
15
33.2
12
10.1
3
5.2
1
4.0
0
10.5
Dialoga Consultores/PP [p 3] 20–31 Jan 20252,400?43.1
15/16
33.5
11/12
10.3
3
6.4
1/2
2.2
0
9.6
Data10/OKDiario [p 4] 20–21 Nov 2024800?36.8
12
38.2
13
12.1
4
7.7
2
[a] 1.4
DYM/Grupo Joly [p 5] 8–17 Oct 20241,000?41.2
13/16
31.9
11
7.2
1/3
10.8
3/4
[a] 9.3
2024 EP election 9 Jun 202453.438.2
(13)
31.4
(11)
9.4
(3)
3.8
(0)
5.7
(2)
5.9
(2)
6.8
2023 general election 23 Jul 202371.637.3
(12)
33.6
(11)
12.3
(4)
[b] [b] 14.2
(4)
2.7
2023 municipal election 28 May 202361.341.2
14
34.2
12
8.9
3
7.1
2
[a] 3.7
0
7.0

Notes

References

Opinion poll sources
  1. "José Luis Sanz volvería a ser alcalde y rozaría la mayoría absoluta". Viva Sevilla. 16 June 2025.
  2. "Sanz amplía la mayoría del PP en el Ayuntamiento de Sevilla y frena las opciones de gobierno de la izquierda". El Español. 27 February 2025.
  3. "José Luis Sanz roza la mayoría absoluta y volvería a repetir como alcalde de Sevilla". ABC Sevilla (in Spanish). 24 February 2025.
  4. "El PP perdería Sevilla: el PSOE podría recuperar la Alcaldía a costa de un José Luis Sanz en caída libre". OKDiario (in Spanish). 25 November 2024.
  5. "Sanz aguanta la Alcaldía de Sevilla y se beneficia de nuevo del castigo al sanchismo". Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). 1 December 2024.
Other
  1. 1 2 3 Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local (Law 7) (in Spanish). 2 April 1985. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 15 May 2024.