2015 Basque foral elections
The 2015 Basque foral elections were held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 10th General Assemblies of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa. All 153 seats in the three General Assemblies were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
Opinion polls
{{Main|Opinion polling for the 2015 Spanish local elections (Basque Country)#General Assemblies}}
Overall
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|+ ← Summary of the 24 May 2015 Basque General Assemblies election results → | |||
style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances
! colspan="3"| Popular vote ! colspan="2"| Seats | |||
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width="75"| Votes
! width="45"| % ! width="45"| ±pp ! width="35"| Total ! width="35"| +/− | |||
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}"|
| align="left"| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 360,279 | 33.25 | style="color:green;"| +2.32
| 54 | style="color:green;"| +5 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|EH Bildu}}"|
| align="left"| Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)1 | 242,431 | 22.38 | style="color:red;"| –6.41
| 39 | style="color:red;"| –7 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"|
| align="left"| We Can (Podemos/Ahal Dugu) | 148,626 | 13.72 | New
| 20 | style="color:green;"| +20 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}"|
| align="left"| Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 147,432 | 13.61 | style="color:red;"| –3.17
| 21 | style="color:red;"| –7 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party of the Basque Country}}"|
| align="left"| People's Party (PP) | 101,084 | 9.33 | style="color:red;"| –4.99
| 17 | style="color:red;"| –11 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Irabazi}}"|
| align="left"| Winning (Irabazi) | 29,148 | 2.69 | New
| 1 | style="color:green;"| +1 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|
| align="left"| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 22,256 | 2.05 | New
| 1 | style="color:green;"| +1 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"|
| align="left"| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 5,595 | 0.52 | style="color:red;"| –0.28
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals}}"|
| align="left"| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA/ATTKAA) | 3,377 | 0.31 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Ikune}}"|
| align="left"| Joint Initiative (IKune) | 3,288 | 0.30 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|
| align="left"| Vox–Family and Life Party (Vox–PFyV) | 2,093 | 0.19 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Humanist Party (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| Humanist Party (PH) | 561 | 0.05 | style="color:green;"| +0.04
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain}}"|
| align="left"| Basque Communists–Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (EK–PCPE) | 515 | 0.05 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Left–Greens}}"|
| align="left"| United Left–Greens (EB–B) | n/a | n/a | style="color:red;"| –3.32
| 0 | style="color:red;"| –2 |
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots
| 16,779 | 1.55 | style="color:red;"| –0.74
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"| | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total | 1,083,464 | bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
| 153 | ±0 | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes
| 1,083,464 | 98.77 | style="color:green;"| +0.23
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"| | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes
| 13,520 | 1.23 | style="color:red;"| –0.23 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout | 1,096,984 | 63.76 | style="color:green;"| +0.21 | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions
| 623,387 | 36.24 | style="color:red;"| –0.21 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters | 1,720,371 | bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"| | ||
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources{{cite web |url=http://www.euskadi.eus/ab12aAREWar/resultado/maint |title=Election Results Archive |language=es |website=euskadi.eus |publisher=Basque Government |access-date=23 February 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.historiaelectoral.com/juntas.html |title=Elecciones a las Juntas Generales (1979 - 2015) |language=es |website=Historia Electoral.com |access-date=23 February 2020}} | |||
colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"| {{hidden|ta1=left|title=Footnotes:|content={{ubl
| 1 Basque Country Gather results are compared to the combined totals of Gather–Basque Solidarity–Alternative and Aralar in the 2011 elections.}}}} |
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{{bar percent|EAJ/PNV|{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}|33.25}}
{{bar percent|EH Bildu|{{party color|EH Bildu}}|22.38}}
{{bar percent|Podemos|{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}|13.72}}
{{bar percent|PSE–EE (PSOE)|{{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}|13.61}}
{{bar percent|PP|{{party color|People's Party of the Basque Country}}|9.33}}
{{bar percent|Irabazi|{{party color|Irabazi}}|2.69}}
{{bar percent|C's|{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}|2.05}}
{{bar percent|Others|#777777|1.42}}
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Foral deputation control
The following table lists party control in the foral deputations. Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.
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Deputation
! colspan="2" style="width:375px;"| Previous control ! colspan="2" style="width:375px;"| New control |
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{{Party shading/PNV}}
| Álava | width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party of the Basque Country}}"| | People's Party (PP) | width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}"| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) |
Biscay
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}"| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}"| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) |
{{Party shading/PNV}}
| Gipuzkoa | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|EH Bildu}}"| | Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}"| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) |
Historical territories
=Álava=
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|+ ← Summary of the 24 May 2015 Álava General Assembly election results → | |||
colspan="7"| File:ÁlavaJuntasGeneralesDiagram2015.svg | |||
style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances
! colspan="3"| Popular vote ! colspan="2"| Seats | |||
---|---|---|---|
width="75"| Votes
! width="45"| % ! width="45"| ±pp ! width="35"| Total ! width="35"| +/− | |||
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party of the Basque Country}}"|
| align="left"| People's Party (PP) | 35,335 | 21.99 | style="color:red;"| –3.97
| 12 | style="color:red;"| –4 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}"|
| align="left"| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 34,705 | 21.60 | style="color:red;"| –2.12
| 13 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|EH Bildu}}"|
| align="left"| Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)1 | 32,716 | 20.36 | style="color:red;"| –3.32
| 11 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"|
| align="left"| We Can (Podemos/Ahal Dugu) | 23,393 | 14.56 | New
| 8 | style="color:green;"| +8 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}"|
| align="left"| Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 17,991 | 11.20 | style="color:red;"| –5.11
| 5 | style="color:red;"| –4 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Irabazi}}"|
| align="left"| Winning (Irabazi) | 5,953 | 3.70 | New
| 1 | style="color:green;"| +1 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|
| align="left"| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 4,982 | 3.10 | New
| 1 | style="color:green;"| +1 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Ikune}}"|
| align="left"| Joint Initiative (IKune) | 1,764 | 1.10 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"|
| align="left"| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 1,079 | 0.67 | style="color:red;"| –1.13
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|
| align="left"| Vox (Vox) | 118 | 0.07 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Left–Greens}}"|
| align="left"| United Left–Greens (EB–B) | n/a | n/a | style="color:red;"| –4.09
| 0 | style="color:red;"| –2 |
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots
| 2,653 | 1.65 | style="color:red;"| –1.09
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"| | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total | 160,689 | bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
| 51 | ±0 | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes
| 160,689 | 98.40 | style="color:green;"| +0.74
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"| | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes
| 2,621 | 1.60 | style="color:red;"| –0.74 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout | 163,310 | 65.65 | style="color:green;"| +2.02 | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions
| 85,450 | 34.35 | style="color:red;"| –2.02 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters | 248,760 | bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"| | ||
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources | |||
colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"| {{hidden|ta1=left|title=Footnotes:|content={{ubl
| 1 Basque Country Gather results are compared to the combined totals of Gather–Basque Solidarity–Alternative and Aralar in the 2011 election.}}}} |
=Biscay=
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|+ ← Summary of the 24 May 2015 Biscay General Assembly election results → | |||
colspan="7"| File:BiscayJuntasGeneralesDiagram2015.svg | |||
style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances
! colspan="3"| Popular vote ! colspan="2"| Seats | |||
---|---|---|---|
width="75"| Votes
! width="45"| % ! width="45"| ±pp ! width="35"| Total ! width="35"| +/− | |||
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}"|
| align="left"| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 212,656 | 37.63 | style="color:green;"| +0.41
| 23 | style="color:green;"| +1 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|EH Bildu}}"|
| align="left"| Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)1 | 106,575 | 18.86 | style="color:red;"| –4.87
| 11 | style="color:red;"| –1 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"|
| align="left"| We Can (Podemos/Ahal Dugu) | 82,107 | 14.53 | New
| 6 | style="color:green;"| +6 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}"|
| align="left"| Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 70,361 | 12.45 | style="color:red;"| –4.23
| 7 | style="color:red;"| –2 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party of the Basque Country}}"|
| align="left"| People's Party (PP) | 46,354 | 8.20 | style="color:red;"| –5.59
| 4 | style="color:red;"| –4 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Irabazi}}"|
| align="left"| Winning (Irabazi) | 14,773 | 2.61 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|
| align="left"| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 12,012 | 2.13 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"|
| align="left"| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 3,389 | 0.60 | style="color:green;"| +0.02
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals}}"|
| align="left"| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA/ATTKAA) | 3,377 | 0.60 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|
| align="left"| Vox–Family and Life Party (Vox–PFyV) | 1,975 | 0.35 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Ikune}}"|
| align="left"| Joint Initiative (IKune) | 1,524 | 0.27 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Humanist Party (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| Humanist Party (PH) | 561 | 0.10 | style="color:green;"| +0.08
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain}}"|
| align="left"| Basque Communists–Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (EK–PCPE) | 515 | 0.09 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots
| 8,923 | 1.58 | style="color:red;"| –0.64
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"| | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total | 565,102 | bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
| 51 | ±0 | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes
| 565,102 | 98.67 | style="color:green;"| +0.08
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"| | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes
| 7,644 | 1.33 | style="color:red;"| –0.08 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout | 572,746 | 62.57 | style="color:red;"| –1.45 | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions
| 342,598 | 37.43 | style="color:green;"| +1.45 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters | 915,344 | bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"| | ||
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources | |||
colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"| {{hidden|ta1=left|title=Footnotes:|content={{ubl
| 1 Basque Country Gather results are compared to the combined totals of Gather–Basque Solidarity–Alternative and Aralar in the 2011 election.}}}} |
=Gipuzkoa=
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|+ ← Summary of the 24 May 2015 Gipuzkoa General Assembly election results → | |||
colspan="7"| File:GipuzkoaJuntasGeneralesDiagram2015.svg | |||
style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances
! colspan="3"| Popular vote ! colspan="2"| Seats | |||
---|---|---|---|
width="75"| Votes
! width="45"| % ! width="45"| ±pp ! width="35"| Total ! width="35"| +/− | |||
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}"|
| align="left"| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 112,918 | 31.57 | style="color:green;"| +8.07
| 18 | style="color:green;"| +4 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|EH Bildu}}"|
| align="left"| Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)1 | 103,140 | 28.84 | style="color:red;"| –10.79
| 17 | style="color:red;"| –6 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}"|
| align="left"| Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 59,080 | 16.52 | style="color:red;"| –0.63
| 9 | style="color:red;"| –1 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"|
| align="left"| We Can (Podemos/Ahal Dugu) | 43,126 | 12.06 | New
| 6 | style="color:green;"| +6 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party of the Basque Country}}"|
| align="left"| People's Party (PP) | 19,395 | 5.42 | style="color:red;"| –4.61
| 1 | style="color:red;"| –3 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Irabazi}}"|
| align="left"| Winning (Irabazi) | 8,422 | 2.35 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|
| align="left"| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 5,262 | 1.47 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"|
| align="left"| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 1,127 | 0.32 | style="color:red;"| –0.40
| 0 | ±0 |
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots
| 5,203 | 1.45 | style="color:red;"| –0.76
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"| | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total | 357,673 | bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
| 51 | ±0 | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes
| 357,673 | 99.10 | style="color:green;"| +0.26
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"| | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes
| 3,255 | 0.90 | style="color:red;"| –0.26 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout | 360,928 | 64.88 | style="color:green;"| +2.15 | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions
| 195,339 | 35.12 | style="color:red;"| –2.15 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters | 556,267 | bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"| | ||
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
align="left" colspan="7"| Sources | |||
colspan="7" style="text-align:left; max-width:790px;"| {{hidden|ta1=left|title=Footnotes:|content={{ubl
| 1 Basque Country Gather results are compared to the combined totals of Gather–Basque Solidarity–Alternative and Aralar in the 2011 election.}}}} |