Badalona is a municipality in Barcelonès county,in Catalonia (Spain). It is located to the north east of Barcelona,on the left bank of the Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea,in the Barcelona metropolitan area. By population,it is the third largest city in Catalonia and the twenty-third in Spain. It became a city in 1897.
The Popular Unity Candidacy is a left-wing to far-left pro-Catalan independence political party active primarily in Catalonia,where it has political representation,but also in other autonomous communities in Spain it considers to be part of the Catalan Countries. The CUP traditionally has focused on municipal politics,and is made up of a series of autonomous candidatures that run in local elections. Its presence is strongest within the borders of Catalonia.
En ComúPodem is an electoral coalition in Catalonia,originally formed in October 2015 by Podemos,Barcelona en Comú,Initiative for Catalonia Greens,United and Alternative Left,and Equo,and led by the Mayor of Barcelona,Ada Colau,to contest the 2015 Spanish general election.
Left Movement of Catalonia is a social-democratic,pro-independence political party in Catalonia. The party was founded in November 2014 from the merger of New Catalan Left (NECat) and Catalonia Movement,which had both been formed by dissident members of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) who were dissatisfied with what they saw as the party's lack of support for the independence movement. Its founders included Marina Geli and Ernest Maragall (NECat),but both have ever since left for other parties—Geli joined the Together for Catalonia alliance ahead of the 2017 Catalan regional election,whereas Maragall defected to Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) in 2018.
Xavier García Albiol is a Spanish politician and member of the People's Party. He has been the president of the Badalona branch of his party since 1990,and he was the mayor of Badalona between 2011 and 2015,and again from 2020 to 2021. He was reelected mayor by an absolute margin in 2023.
Catalunya en Comú,previously Un País en Comú and collectively dubbed as Comuns,is a Catalan-based political party established in December 2016 as an umbrella for Barcelona en Comú,Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV),United and Alternative Left (EUiA) and Equo,which until then had been collaborating through electoral alliances under the Catalunya Síque es Pot and En ComúPodem labels in the September 2015 regional and December 2015 and June 2016 general elections.
The 2021 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,14 February 2021,to elect the 13th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
Catalunya en Comú–Podem,alternatively spelled out as Catalunya–En ComúPodem,was a left-wing and self-governance electoral and parliamentary alliance in Catalonia formed by Catalunya en Comúand Podem ahead of the 2017 Catalan regional election. It was the successor of the 2015 Catalunya Síque es Pot alliance,and its leading candidate was Xavier Domènech.
In the run up to the 2019 Spanish local elections,various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in local entities in Spain. Results of such polls for municipalities in Catalonia are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous local elections,held on 24 May 2015,to the day the next elections were held,on 26 May 2019.
This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Catalonia on 26 May 2019. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities,sorted alphabetically.
Iván Redondo Bacaicoa is a Spanish political advisor who served as the 11th Moncloa Chief of Staff from 2018 to 2021.
In the run up to the 2015 Spanish local elections,various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in local entities in Spain. Results of such polls for municipalities in Catalonia are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous local elections,held on 22 May 2011,to the day the next elections were held,on 24 May 2015.
El Manresà is a neighbourhood of Badalona,located next the sea in the north limit of city with Montgat. It belongs to district 1.
Guanyem Catalunya is a political party in Catalonia founded by the former mayor of Badalona,Dolors Sabater.
Alejandro Fernández Álvarez is a Spanish politician and political scientist who has been the leader of the People's Party of Catalonia since 2018.
On 16 February 2021,the Catalan rapper Pablo Hasél was arrested and imprisoned in his hometown of Lleida,Catalonia for two final sentences by order of the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid:a 2-year prison sentence for glorification of terrorism in his songs and a second sentence of 9 months in prison for glorification of terrorism in a song and several tweets,as well as a fine of 10,800 euros for Lèse-majestéand another of 6,750 euros for insulting state institutions,which add up to days in prison for each instalment he fails to pay. His imprisonment sparked a wave of protests and has coincided with the government's announcement of a reform of crimes related to freedom of expression.
Alejandro Pastor López is a former Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) politician. First elected to Badalona City Council in 2015,he became mayor in 2018. He resigned on 22 April 2020 after being arrested and eventually convicted of drink driving and assaulting the police.
In the run up to the 2023 Spanish local elections,various organisations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in local entities in Spain. Results of such polls for municipalities in Catalonia are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous local elections,held on 26 May 2019,to the day the next elections will be held,on 28 May 2023.
Andrea Levy Soler is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. She served in the Parliament of Catalonia from 2015 to 2019,and on the City Council of Madrid from 2019.
