2023 Spanish local 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 provincial deputations and three Basque General Assemblies) and 233 seats in eleven island councils (seven Canarian island cabildos and four Balearic island councils). The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country, the four island councils in the Balearic Islands and the seven island cabildos in the Canary Islands.

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
Registered35,534,425 Green arrow up0.7%
Turnout22,714,076 (63.9%)
Red arrow down1.3 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 Green arrow up8.9 pp Red arrow down1.3 pp Green arrow up3.5 pp
Councillors 23,451 20,805 1,671
Councillors +/– Green arrow up3,069 Red arrow down1,572 Green arrow up1,124
Prov. seats 527 492 49
Prov. seats +/– Green arrow up110 Red arrow down56 Green arrow up36

  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 2,665 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 Red arrow down2.5 pp Blue arrow right0.0 pp Red arrow down1.2 pp
Councillors 1,938 2,687 2,906
Councillors +/– Red arrow down721 Red arrow down117 Red arrow down219
Prov. seats 31 40 36
Prov. seats +/– Red arrow down39 Green arrow up5 Red arrow down11

Provincial results map for municipal elections

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 force and, despite winning the popular vote to the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) by just three percentage points, was able to flip the control of a large number of major cities. 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 as PM.

Electoral system

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Municipal elections

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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] Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.[2]

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. 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. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:

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.[1][2]

The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. 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.

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.[2]

Deputations and island councils

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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. 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. 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.

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:

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.[2]

Campaign

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Party slogans

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Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Ref.
PSOE « Vota lo que piensas » "Vote for what you think" [3]
PP « Entre todos » "Between everyone" [4]
Cs « Libérate » "Free yourself" [5]
Unidas Podemos « Valentía para transformar » "Courage to transform" [6]
Vox « Vota seguro » "Vote safely" [7]

Alleged vote-buying

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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.[8][9]

Timetable

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The key dates are listed below (all times are CET. The Canary Islands use WET (UTC+0) instead):[2]

  • 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

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Results

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Overall

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Summary of the 28 May 2023 local election results in Spain
Parties and alliances Popular vote Counc. 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 (PodemosIUAV) 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 CountryGreens Equo (MP–VQ) 452,511 2.02 –0.50 89 +48 0 0 0 ±0
More CountryGreens 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[10][11]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PP
31.62%
PSOE
28.14%
Vox
7.18%
Unidas Podemos
6.28%
CM
2.47%
ERC–AM
2.35%
MPVQ
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

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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)
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

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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)

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Notes

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

References

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