2011 Spanish local elections

none regional elections held in the same year 2011 Spanish regional elections the general election 2011 Spanish general election March 2020 2011 Spanish local elections Spain parliamentary no 2007 Spanish local elections 2007 2015 Spanish local elections 2015 All 68,230 councillors in 8,116 municipal councilsIncluding 50 seats in the assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla.All 1,422 provincial/island seats in 44 provincesIncluding: 1,040 seats in 38 provincial deputations; 157 seats in 7 Canarian island cabildos; 153 seats in 3 Basque foral deputations; 72 seats in 4 Balearic island councils. Opinion polling for the 2011 Spanish local elections 34,713,813 10px 1.3% 22,968,281 (66.2%)10px 2.2 pp 22 May 2011"ByElections" By-elections were held on 20 November 2011 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.Royal Decree 1309/2011 2011 art. 1. 170x170px Mariano Rajoy People's Party (Spain) 2 October 2004 23,008 c. Municipal councillors, 35.1%Results for PP in the 2007 elections, not including Formentera.526 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 26,507 c. Municipal councillors618 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 10px 3,499 c. Municipal councillors10px 92 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 8,476,138 37.5% 10px 2.4 pp 170x170px José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 22 July 2000 24,029 c. Municipal councillors, 34.9%590 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 21,766 c. Municipal councillors487 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 10px 2,263 c. Municipal councillors10px 103 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 6,275,314 27.8% 10px 7.1 pp 170x170px Artur Mas Convergence and Union 27 November 2004 3,387 c. Municipal councillors, 3.3%51 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 3,867 c. Municipal councillors63 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 10px 480 c. Municipal councillors10px 12 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 779,188 3.5% 10px 0.2 pp 170x170px Cayo Lara United Left (Spain) 14 December 2008 2,562 c. Municipal councillors, 7.0%Results for IU (6.6%, 2,450 c. Municipal councillors and 29 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors) and totals within the EB–B–Aralar (0.4%, 112 c. Municipal councillors and 8 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors) and Bloc (1 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors) alliances in the 2007 elections.38 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 2,649 c. Municipal councillors29 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 10px 87 c. Municipal councillors10px 9 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 1,679,082 7.4% 10px 0.4 pp 170x170px Joan Puigcercós 7 June 2008 ERC–AM 1,591 c. Municipal councillors, 1.6%13 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 1,392 c. Municipal councillors11 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 10px 199 c. Municipal councillors10px 2 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 271,503 1.2% 10px 0.4 pp 170x170px Collective leadership Bildu–EA–Alternatiba 3 April 2011 687 c. Municipal councillors, 0.8%Results for ANV (0.4%, 432 c. Municipal councillors and 5 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors) and EA (0.3%, 255 c. Municipal councillors and 10 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors) in the 2007 elections.15 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 1,139 c. Municipal councillors45 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 10px 452 c. Municipal councillors10px 30 p. Provincial deputies and island councillors 313,238 1.4% 10px 0.6 pp SpainProvinceMapMunicipal2011.png 435px Provincial results map for municipal elections Local elections were held in Spain on 22 May 2011"ByElections" to elect all 68,230 councillors in the 8,116 Spanish municipalities (including 50 seats in the assemblies of the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla),December 2014 https://www.interior.gob.es/documents/642317/1201381/Elecciones_municipales_en_Espa%C3%B1a_1979-2011_126141495.pdf/f1dec2dd-164e-46df-94d9-502dafc43a54 Elecciones Municipales en España 1979-2011 es Ministry of the Interior 9 April 2026 12 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170812212355/https://www.interior.gob.es/documents/642317/1201381/Elecciones_municipales_en_Espa%C3%B1a_1979-2011_126141495.pdf/f1dec2dd-164e-46df-94d9-502dafc43a54 bot: unknown all 1,193 provincial seats in 41 provinces (including 38 indirectly-elected provincial deputations and the three foral deputations in the Basque Country) and 229 seats in ten island councils (seven Canarian and four Balearic ones). They were held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities. The days before the elections were marked by the 2011 Spanish protests which had been held in different cities across Spain since 15 May. The elections resulted in a landslide victory for the opposition People's Party (PP) and other centre-right parties, which won control of all of Spain's largest cities. In Barcelona, held by PSOE-sister party, the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), since the first local elections in 1979, was won for the first time by the nationalist Convergence and Union (CiU), which also won in Girona. The PSOE only won only in 5 out of Spain's 50 provincial capitals. In the popular vote, it scored its worst result in nationwide-held local elections, with a mere 27.8%, 10 points behind the PP, which obtained 37.5%. Following the election, the PSOE named Deputy Prime Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba as prime ministerial candidate for the next general election, initially scheduled for March 2012, and finally held in November 2011.Ross-Thomas Emma 4 April 2011 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-04-03/spain-s-deficit-fight-risks-setback-as-zapatero-quits-election Spain's Deficit Fight Risks Setback as Zapatero Bows Out of 2012 Election en Bloomberg News 19 April 2026 Overview Local government Local government in Spain Under the 1978 Constitution, the governance of municipalities in Spain was centered on the figure of city councils (es ayuntamientos), local corporations with independent legal personality composed of a mayor, a government council and an elected legislative assembly.Constitution 1978 art. 140; LBRL 1985 art. 19. 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).LBRL 1985 art. 19; LOREG 1985 art. 196. The concejo abierto system (en open council no), under which voters directly elected the local mayor by plurality voting, was reserved for some minor local entities.LBRL 1985 art. 29; LOREG 1985 arts. 179 & 199–200. 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.Constitution 1978 art. 141; LBRL 1985 arts. 31–32 & 40. 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 (ca consell insular).Constitution 1978 art. 141; LBRL 1985 art. 41.Canary Islands: EAC 1982 arts. 8 & 23; LRJAPC 1990 arts. 5 & 36. Balearic Islands: EAIB 2007 arts. 39 & 61; LCI 2000 arts. 2 & 23–26. The three Basque provinces had foral deputations instead (called General Assemblies, or Juntas Generales).Constitution 1978 repeal. prov.; Law 27/1983 1983 arts. 1 & 6–8; LBRL 1985 art. 39. 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).LOREG 1985 arts. 42, 194 & 201; EAIB 2007 art. 64. The previous local elections were held on 27 May 2007, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 22 May 2011. 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.LBRL 1985 art. 61. Elections to the assemblies of local entities were officially called on 29 March 2011 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOE, setting election day for 22 May.Royal Decree 424/2011 2011 art. 1. Subsequent by-elections were called on 27 September, for 20 November. 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, nor were legally incapacitated), as well as resident non-national European citizens, and those whose country of origin allowed reciprocal voting by virtue of a treaty.Constitution 1978 art. 13; LBRL 1985 art. 19; LOREG 1985 arts. 2–3, 176 & 201; EAIB 2007 art. 64; LRECI 2009 art. 2. 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.LOREG 1985 arts. 163, 180 & 201; LRECI 2009 art. 1 & 7 (suppl. supplemented by LEIB 1986 art. 12). Each municipality or council was a multi-member constituency, with a number of seats based on the following scale:LOREG 1985 arts. 179–180 & 201. Population Councillors Municipalities Canary Islands Balearic IslandsFor the Island Council of Formentera, councillors in the city council served as island councillors.EAIB 2007 art. 63; LRECI 2009 art. 1. <100 3 No island below 5,000inhabitants Fixed number:Ibiza: 13Menorca: 13Mallorca: 33Formentera: Same as homonymous city council 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.LOREG 1985 art. 184. Most provincial deputations were indirectly elected by applying the D'Hondt method and a three percent-threshold of valid votes to municipal results—excluding candidacies not electing any councillor—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 a maximum of three-fifths of the total number of provincial seats, with the remaining ones distributed in proportion to population):LOREG 1985 arts. 163 & 204–205. 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.Law 1/1987 1987 arts. 1–4 & 7–9. 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.LOREG 1985 arts. 46, 48, 182 & 208. Parties and candidates The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 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, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list:LOREG 1985 arts. 44 & 187. 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. Additionally, a balanced composition of men and women was required in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition.LOREG 1985 art. 44 bis. Opinion polls Opinion polling for the 2011 Spanish local elections Results Municipal Overall + ← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Spanish municipal election results → Parties and alliances Popular vote Councillors Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP)1 8,476,138 37.54 +2.43 26,507 +3,499 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 6,275,314 27.79 −7.13 21,766 −2,263 United Left (IU) 1,679,082 7.44 +0.47 2,649 +87 United Left (IU)2 1,437,061 6.36 +0.56 2,249 +143 Initiative for Catalonia Greens–EUiA–Agreement (ICV–EUiA–E) 242,021 1.07 −0.10 400 −56 Convergence and Union (CiU) 779,188 3.45 +0.20 3,867 +480 Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 464,824 2.06 New 152 +152 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 327,184 1.45 +0.06 882 −161 Unite–Basque Solidarity–Alternative (Bildu–EA–Alternatiba)3 313,238 1.39 +0.64 1,139 +452 Republican Left of Catalonia–Municipal Agreement (ERC–AM) 271,503 1.20 −0.36 1,392 −199 Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 261,466 1.16 −0.26 589 −72 Andalusian Party–Socialist Party–Andalusian Plural Space (PA–PSA–EPAnd)4 232,375 1.03 −0.26 476 −115 Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN) 214,185 0.95 −0.21 409 −42 Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN)5 211,988 0.94 −0.21 397 −43 Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) 2,197 0.01 ±0.00 12 +1 Bloc–Initiative–Greens: Commitment Municipal Coalition (Compromís)6 201,006 0.89 +0.41 381 +104 Forum of Citizens (FAC) 121,713 0.54 New 158 +158 Ecolo–Greens (Ecolo) 115,817 0.51 +0.18 45 +21 Ecolo–Greens (Ecolo)7 94,015 0.42 +0.09 43 +19 Greens and Eco-pacifists (VyE) 11,425 0.05 New 1 +1 The Greens–European Green Group (EV–GVE) 10,377 0.05 New 1 +1 Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 88,156 0.39 −0.11 323 −13 Aragonese Party (PAR) 77,593 0.34 −0.08 991 +8 Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 70,634 0.31 −0.02 319 +16 Platform for Catalonia (PxC) 66,007 0.29 +0.23 67 +50 Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) 62,409 0.28 +0.18 101 +77 New Canaries (NC) 56,947 0.25 −0.01 62 +1 Aragonese Union (CHA) 53,149 0.24 −0.02 185 −43 Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 43,245 0.19 −0.13 12 −1 Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB) 37,648 0.17 New 4 +4 Navarre Yes 2011 (NaBai 2011) 36,262 0.16 −0.08 70 −63 Aralar (Aralar) 32,660 0.14 +0.11 42 +9 Catalan Solidarity for Independence (SI) 31,793 0.14 New 47 +48 Castilian Party–Independent Candidacy (PCAS–CI)8 31,572 0.14 −0.01 195 −47 PSM–Initiative Greens–Agreement (PSM–IV–ExM)9 31,495 0.14 n/a 74 +16 Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) 27,220 0.12 +0.06 52 +14 Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 27,203 0.12 +0.07 0 ±0 Cordobese Union (UCOR) 24,805 0.11 New 5 +5 For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 21,631 0.10 New 0 ±0 Leonese People's Union (UPL) 19,748 0.09 −0.06 134 −54 Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative (ACSSP)10 17,897 0.08 +0.05 20 +15 Convergence for the Isles (CxI)11 15,194 0.07 −0.09 58 −41 Galician Land (TeGa) 13,986 0.06 −0.09 23 −43 Vallès Alternative Candidacies (CAV) 13,781 0.06 ±0.00 16 +3 Citizen Forum of Jerez (FCJ) 13,763 0.06 New 4 +4 Commitment to Gran Canaria (CGCa) 13,557 0.06 +0.01 4 +2 Union for Leganés (ULEG) 13,424 0.06 +0.04 4 +3 Spain 2000 (E–2000) 12,851 0.06 +0.04 5 +3 Federation of Independents of Catalonia (FIC) 12,607 0.06 −0.02 86 ±0 Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 11,568 0.05 +0.01 1 +1 Valencian Coalition (CVa) 10,737 0.05 −0.05 10 −10 Zamoran Independent Electors–Zamoran People's Union (ADEIZA–UPZ) 6,233 0.03 ±0.00 86 +23 Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) 4,997 0.02 −0.02 16 −6 Majorero Progressive Party (PPMAJO) 4,545 0.02 New 17 +17 Socialist Party of Menorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) 3,420 0.02 +0.01 7 +2 Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura (AMF) 2,497 0.01 New 6 +6 Sorian People's Platform (PPSO) 2,144 0.01 New 20 +20 25 May Citizens' Alternative (AC25M) 1,690 0.01 ±0.00 2 ±0 People for Formentera (GxF) 1,662 0.01 ±0.00 6 +1 The Union of Formentera (Sa Unió)12 1,308 0.01 ±0.00 5 −1 Others (lists at <0.05% not securing any provincial or island seat) 1,246,037 5.52 — 4,739 −28 Blank ballots 584,012 2.59 +0.67 Total 22,581,120 100.00 68,230 +2,099 Valid votes 22,581,120 98.31 −0.52 Invalid votes 387,161 1.69 +0.52 Votes cast / turnout 22,968,281 66.16 +2.19 Abstentions 11,745,532 33.84 −2.19 Registered voters 34,713,813 SourcesLozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/muni.html Elecciones Municipales (1979-2011) es Historia Electoral.com 10 April 2026https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/es/elecciones-celebradas/resultados-electorales/ Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales es Ministry of the Interior 10 April 2026 5 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240805154842/https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/es/elecciones-celebradas/resultados-electorales/ dead left Footnotes: 1 People's Party does not include results in Formentera. 2 Including results within the United Left–Greens–Aralar alliance in the 2007 elections. 3 Unite–Basque Solidarity–Alternative results are compared to the combined totals of Basque Nationalist Action and Basque Solidarity in the 2007 elections. 4 Andalusian Party–Socialist Party of Andalusia–Andalusian Plural Space results are compared to the combined totals of Andalusian Party and Socialist Party of Andalusia in the 2007 elections. 5 Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party and Canarian Centre in the 2007 elections. 6 Bloc–Initiative–Greens: Commitment Municipal Coalition results are compared to Valencian Nationalist Bloc–The Greens Ecologist Left totals in the 2007 elections. 7 Ecolo–Greens results are compared to The Greens totals in the 2007 elections. 8 Castilian Party–Independent Candidacy results are compared to the combined totals of Independent Candidacy–The Party of Castile and León and Commoners' Land in the 2007 elections. 9 Within the Bloc for Mallorca alliance in the 2007 elections. 10 Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative results are compared to Yes We Can Alternative for Tenerife totals in the 2007 elections. 11 Convergence for the Isles results are compared to Majorcan Union totals in the 2007 elections. 12 The Union of Formentera results are compared to the combined totals of People's Party (in Formentera) and Independents of Formentera Group in the 2007 elections. Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PP People's Party (Spain) 37.54 PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 27.79 IU United Left (Spain) 7.45 CiU Convergence and Union 3.45 UPyD Union, Progress and Democracy 2.06 EAJ/PNV Basque Nationalist Party 1.45 Bildu–EA–A Bildu 1.39 ERC–AM Republican Left of Catalonia 1.20 BNG Galician Nationalist Bloc 1.16 PA–PSA–EPAnd Andalusian Party 1.03 CC–PNC–CCN Canarian Coalition 0.95 Compromís Coalició Compromís 0.89 FAC Asturias Forum 0.54 Ecolo Ecolo–Greens 0.51 Others #777777 10.03 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 2.59 City control The following table lists party control in provincial capitals (highlighted in bold), as well as in municipalities above 75,000.Lozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/muni4.html Elecciones Municipales (alcaldes de ciudades por partido) es Historia Electoral.com 10 April 2026 Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour. Municipality Population Previous control New control A Coruña 246,047 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Albacete 170,475 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Alcalá de Henares 204,120 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Alcobendas 110,080 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Alcorcón 168,299 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Algeciras 116,417 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Alicante 334,418 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Almería 190,013 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Arona 79,377 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC) Ávila 58,245 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Avilés 84,202 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Badajoz 150,376 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Badalona 218,886 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) People's Party (PP) Barakaldo 99,321 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Barcelona 1,619,337 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Convergence and Union (CiU) Bilbao 353,187 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Burgos 178,574 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Cáceres 94,179 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Cádiz 125,826 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Cartagena 214,165 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Castellón de la Plana 180,690 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Chiclana de la Frontera 78,591 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Ciudad Real 74,345 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Córdoba 328,547 United Left (IU) People's Party (PP) Cornellà de Llobregat 87,240 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Coslada 91,218 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Cuenca 56,189 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Donostia-San Sebastián 185,506 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Unite (Bildu) Dos Hermanas 125,086 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) El Ejido 85,389 Party of Almería (PdeAL) People's Party (PP) El Puerto de Santa María 88,503 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Elche 230,822 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Ferrol 73,638Reached 75,000 in 1970–2007.https://www.foro-ciudad.com/la-coruna/ferrol/habitantes.html#EvolucionTabla Demografia de Ferrol (La Coruña). Tabla año a año es Foro-Ciudad.com 9 May 2026 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Fuenlabrada 198,973 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Gandía 79,430 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Getafe 169,130 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Getxo 80,277 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Gijón 277,198 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Forum of Citizens (FAC) Girona 96,236 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Convergence and Union (CiU) Granada 239,154 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Guadalajara 83,789 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Huelva 149,310 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Huesca 52,347 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Jaén 116,790 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Jerez de la Frontera 208,896 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 258,642 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 383,308 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Las Rozas de Madrid 88,065 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Leganés 187,227 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) León 134,012 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Lleida 137,387 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Logroño 152,650 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Lorca 92,694 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Lugo 97,635 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Madrid 3,273,049 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Málaga 568,507 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Manresa 76,209 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Convergence and Union (CiU) Marbella 136,322 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Mataró 122,905 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Convergence and Union (CiU) Mijas 76,362 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Móstoles 206,015 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Murcia 441,345 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Orihuela 87,113 People's Party (PP) The Greens (LV) Ourense 108,673 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Oviedo 225,155 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Palencia 82,169 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) PalmaRenamed from Palma de Mallorca in June 2008.Law 8/2008 2008 art. 1. 404,681 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Pamplona 197,488 Navarrese People's Union (UPN) Navarrese People's Union (UPN) Parla 120,182 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Pontevedra 81,981 Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) Pozuelo de Alarcón 82,804 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Reus 106,622 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Convergence and Union (CiU) Roquetas de Mar 85,808 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Sabadell 207,338 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Salamanca 154,462 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) San Cristóbal de La Laguna 152,222 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC) San Fernando 96,689 Andalusian Party (PA) People's Party (PP) San Sebastián de los Reyes 78,157 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Sant Boi de Llobregat 82,411 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Sant Cugat del Vallès 81,745 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU) Santa Coloma de Gramenet 119,056 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Santa Cruz de Tenerife 222,643 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC) Santander 181,589 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Santiago de Compostela 94,824 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Segovia 55,748 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Seville 704,198 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Soria 39,838 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Talavera de la Reina 88,986 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Tarragona 134,933 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Telde 100,900 New Canaries (NC) People's Party (PP) Terrassa 212,724 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Teruel 35,241 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Toledo 82,489 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Torrejón de Ardoz 118,441 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Torrent 79,843 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Torrevieja 101,091 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Valencia 809,267 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Valladolid 315,522 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Vélez-Málaga 75,623 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Vigo 297,124 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Vitoria-Gasteiz 238,247 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Zamora 65,998 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Zaragoza 675,121 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 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 80,579 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Melilla 76,034 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Provincial and island Summary + ← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Spanish provincial and island election results → Parties and alliances Seats PD Deputies in (indirectly-elected) provincial deputations IC Deputies in island councils FD Deputies in foral deputations Total +/− People's Party (PP)1 508 82 28 618 +92 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 395 64 28 487 −103 Convergence and Union (CiU) 63 — — 63 +12 Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN) — 53 — 53 −2 Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN)2 — 47 — 47 ±0 Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) — 6 — 6 −1 Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) — 0 — 0 −1 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) — — 49 49 −4 Gather–Basque Solidarity–Alternative (Bildu–EA–Alternatiba)3 — — 45 45 +30 United Left (IU) 27 0 2 29 −9 United Left (IU)4 23 0 2 25 −9 Initiative for Catalonia Greens–EUiA–Agreement (ICV–EUiA–E) 4 — — 4 ±0 Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 13 — — 13 −4 Republican Left of Catalonia–Municipal Agreement (ERC–AM) 11 — — 11 −2 Aragonese Party (PAR) 10 — — 10 −1 People for Formentera (GxF) — 6 — 6 +1 New Canaries (NCa) — 5 — 5 −1 The Union of Formentera (Sa Unió)5 — 5 — 5 −1 PSM–Initiative Greens–Agreement–APIB (PSM–IV–ExM–APIB)6 — 4 — 4 +2 Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) — 3 — 3 −3 Majorero Progressive Party (PPMAJO) — 3 — 3 +3 Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 2 0 0 2 +2 Andalusian Party–Socialist Party–Andalusian Plural Space (PA–PSA–EPAnd) 2 — — 2 −2 Bloc–Initiative–Greens: Commitment Municipal Coalition (Compromís)7 2 — — 2 +1 Cordobese Union (UCOR) 2 — — 2 +2 Municipal Assemblies of Fuerteventura (AMF) — 2 — 2 +2 Aragonese Union (CHA) 1 — — 1 −2 Aralar (Aralar)8 — — 1 1 −3 Leonese People's Union (UPL) 1 — — 1 ±0 Citizen Forum of Jerez (FCJ) 1 — — 1 +1 Zamoran Independent Electors–Zamoran People's Union (ADEIZA–UPZ) 1 — — 1 ±0 Socialist Party of Menorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) — 1 — 1 ±0 25 May Citizens' Alternative (AC25M) — 1 — 1 +1 Sorian People's Platform (PPSO) 1 — — 1 +1 Convergence for the Isles (CxI)9 — 0 — 0 −3 Party of Almería (PdeAL) 0 — — 0 −2 Initiative for the Development of Soria (IDES) 0 — — 0 −1 Independent Solution (SI) n/a n/a n/a 0 −1 Total 1,040 229 153 1,422 +6 SourcesLozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/diputacions83.html Elecciones a Diputaciones Provinciales (desde 1979) es Historia Electoral.com 9 April 2026 left Footnotes: 1 People's Party does not include results in Formentera. 2 Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party and Canarian Centre in the 2007 elections. 3 Gather–Basque Solidarity–Alternative results are compared to the combined totals of Basque Solidarity and Basque Nationalist Action in the 2007 elections. 4 Including results within the United Left–Greens–Aralar and Bloc for Mallorca alliances in the 2007 elections. 5 The Union of Formentera results are compared to the combined totals of People's Party (in Formentera) and Independents of Formentera Group in the 2007 elections. 6 Within the Bloc for Mallorca alliance in the 2007 elections. 7 Bloc–Initiative–Greens: Commitment Municipal Coalition results are compared to Valencian Nationalist Bloc–The Greens Ecologist Left totals in the 2007 elections. 8 Within the United Left–Greens–Aralar alliance in the 2007 elections. 9 Convergence for the Isles results are compared to Majorcan Union totals in the 2007 elections. Indirectly-elected The following table lists party control in the indirectly-elected provincial deputations. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour. Province Population Previous control New control A Coruña 1,146,458 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Albacete 401,682 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Alicante 1,926,285 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Almería 695,560 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Ávila 171,896 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Badajoz 692,137 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Barcelona 5,511,147 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Convergence and Union (CiU) Burgos 374,355 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Cáceres 415,083 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Cádiz 1,236,739 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Castellón 604,274 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Ciudad Real 529,453 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Córdoba 805,108 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Cuenca 217,716 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Girona 753,046 Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) Convergence and Union (CiU) Granada 918,072 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Guadalajara 251,563 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Huelva 518,081 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Huesca 228,566 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Jaén 670,761 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) León 499,284 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Lleida 439,768 Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) Convergence and Union (CiU) Lugo 353,504 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Málaga 1,609,557 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Ourense 335,219 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Palencia 172,510 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Pontevedra 962,472 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Salamanca 353,619 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Segovia 164,268 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Seville 1,917,097 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Soria 95,258 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Tarragona 808,420 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU) Teruel 145,277 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Toledo 697,959 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Valencia 2,581,147 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Valladolid 533,640 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Zamora 194,214 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP) Zaragoza 973,252 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Island councils 2011 Canarian island council elections 2011 Balearic island council elections The following table lists party control in the island councils.Lozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/acanarias.html Elecciones a Cabildos insulares (desde 1979) es Historia Electoral.com 13 April 2026Lozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/abalears.html Eleccions als Consells Insulars (des de 1979) ca Historia Electoral.com 13 April 2026 Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour. Island Population Previous control New control El Hierro 10,960 Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) (PSOE in 2011) Formentera 9,962https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=2921 Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero. Resumen por Islas (2010) es National Statistics Institute 18 April 2026 People for Formentera (GxF) People for Formentera (GxF) Fuerteventura 103,492 Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) Gran Canaria 845,676 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Ibiza 132,637 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) La Gomera 22,776 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (ASG in 2015) La Palma 87,324 Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) (PSOE in 2013) Lanzarote 141,437 Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) Mallorca 869,067 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Menorca 94,383 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) Tenerife 906,854 Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) Foral deputations 2011 Basque foral elections The following table lists party control in the foral deputations.Lozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/juntas.html Elecciones a las Juntas Generales (desde 1979) es Historia Electoral.com 13 April 2026 Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour. Province Population Previous control New control Álava 317,352 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) People's Party (PP) Biscay 1,153,724 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Guipúzcoa 707,263 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Gather (Bildu) Notes References Bibliography 30em y Constitución Española Constitution 27 December 1978 version as of 28 August 1992 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1978-31229 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1978-31229&tn=1&p=19920828 27 December 2016 Constitution 1978 y Ley Orgánica 10/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias Organic Law 10/1982 10 August 1982 version as of 17 July 2010 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1982-20821 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1982-20821&tn=1&p=20100717 19 April 2026 EAC 1982 y Ley 27/1983, de 25 de noviembre, de Relaciones entre las Instituciones Comunes de la Comunidad Autónoma y los Órganos Forales de sus Territorios Históricos Law 27/1983 25 November 1983 version as of 19 July 2006 Official State Gazette BOE-A-2012-5193 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2012-5193&tn=1&p=20060719 19 April 2026 Law 27/1983 1983 y Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local Law 7/1985 2 April 1985 version as of 5 March 2011 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-5392 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-5392&tn=1&p=20110305 4 November 2025 LBRL 1985 y Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General Organic Law 5/1985 19 June 1985 version as of 30 April 2011 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-11672 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=20110430 4 November 2025 LOREG 1985 y Ley 8/1986, de 26 de noviembre, Electoral de la Comunidad Autónoma de las Islas Baleares Law 8/1986 26 November 1986 version as of 3 November 2006 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1987-2903 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1987-2903&tn=1&p=20061103 19 April 2026 LEIB 1986 y Ley 1/1987, de 27 de marzo, de Elecciones para las Juntas Generales de los Territorios Históricos de Araba, Bizkaia y Gipuzkoa Law 1/1987 27 March 1987 version as of 2 March 2005 Official State Gazette BOE-A-2012-3948 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2012-3948&tn=1&p=20050302 13 April 2026 Law 1/1987 1987 y Ley 14/1990, de 26 de julio, de Régimen Jurídico de las Administraciones Públicas de Canarias Law 14/1990 26 July 1990 version as of 14 December 2001 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1990-23140 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1990-23140&tn=1&p=20011214 19 April 2026 LRJAPC 1990 y Ley 8/2000, de 27 de octubre, de Consejos Insulares Law 8/2000 27 October 2000 version as of 1 June 2001 Official State Gazette BOE-A-2000-20977 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2000-20977&tn=1&p=20010601 19 April 2026 LCI 2000 y Ley Orgánica 1/2007, de 28 de febrero, de reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de las Illes Balears Organic Law 1/2007 28 February 2007 version as of 17 July 2010 Official State Gazette BOE-A-2007-4233 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2007-4233&tn=1&p=20100717 18 April 2026 EAIB 2007 y Ley 8/2008, de 5 de junio, de modificación de la Ley 23/2006, de 20 de diciembre, de capitalidad de Palma de Mallorca Law 8/2008 5 June 2008 Official State Gazette BOE-A-2008-12052 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2008-12052 19 April 2026 Law 8/2008 2008 y Ley 7/2009, de 11 de diciembre, electoral de los Consejos Insulares Law 7/2009 11 December 2009 version as of 22 December 2009 Official State Gazette BOE-A-2010-1399 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2010-1399&tn=1&p=20091222 19 April 2026 LRECI 2009 y Real Decreto 424/2011, de 28 de marzo, por el que se convocan elecciones locales y a las Asambleas de Ceuta y Melilla para el 22 de mayo de 2011 Royal Decree 424/2011 28 March 2011 Official State Gazette BOE-A-2011-5608 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2011-5608 10 November 2025 Royal Decree 424/2011 2011 y Real Decreto 1309/2011, de 26 de septiembre, por el que se convocan elecciones locales parciales 2011 Royal Decree 1309/2011 28 March 2011 Official State Gazette BOE-A-2011-15175 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2011-15175 19 April 2026 Royal Decree 1309/2011 2011 Category:Municipal elections in Spain Category:Provincial elections in Spain