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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ 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

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

33.25style="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

22.38style="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

13.72New

| 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

13.61style="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

9.33style="color:red;"| –4.99

| 17

style="color:red;"| –11
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Irabazi}}"|

| align="left"| Winning (Irabazi)

| 29,148

2.69New

| 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

2.05New

| 1

style="color:green;"| +1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"|

| align="left"| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)

| 5,595

0.52style="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

0.31New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Ikune}}"|

| align="left"| Joint Initiative (IKune)

| 3,288

0.30New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Vox–Family and Life Party (Vox–PFyV)

| 2,093

0.19New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Humanist Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Humanist Party (PH)

| 561

0.05style="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

0.05New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Left–Greens}}"|

| align="left"| United Left–Greens (EB–B)

| n/a

n/astyle="color:red;"| –3.32

| 0

style="color:red;"| –2
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 16,779

1.55style="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

98.77style="color:green;"| +0.23

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 13,520

1.23style="color:red;"| –0.23
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 1,096,984

63.76style="color:green;"| +0.21
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 623,387

36.24style="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 GatherBasque SolidarityAlternative and Aralar in the 2011 elections.}}}}

{{bar box

|title=Popular vote

|titlebar=#ddd

|width=550px

|barwidth=500px

|bars=

{{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}}

{{bar percent|Blank ballots|#DDDDDD|1.55}}

}}

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.

class="wikitable sortable"
Deputation

! colspan="2" style="width:375px;"| Previous control

! colspan="2" style="width:375px;"| New control

{{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=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ 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

21.99style="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

21.60style="color:red;"| –2.12

| 13

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|EH Bildu}}"|

| align="left"| Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)1

| 32,716

20.36style="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

14.56New

| 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

11.20style="color:red;"| –5.11

| 5

style="color:red;"| –4
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Irabazi}}"|

| align="left"| Winning (Irabazi)

| 5,953

3.70New

| 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

3.10New

| 1

style="color:green;"| +1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Ikune}}"|

| align="left"| Joint Initiative (IKune)

| 1,764

1.10New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"|

| align="left"| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)

| 1,079

0.67style="color:red;"| –1.13

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Vox (Vox)

| 118

0.07New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Left–Greens}}"|

| align="left"| United Left–Greens (EB–B)

| n/a

n/astyle="color:red;"| –4.09

| 0

style="color:red;"| –2
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 2,653

1.65style="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

98.40style="color:green;"| +0.74

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 2,621

1.60style="color:red;"| –0.74
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 163,310

65.65style="color:green;"| +2.02
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 85,450

34.35style="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 GatherBasque SolidarityAlternative and Aralar in the 2011 election.}}}}

=Biscay=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ 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

37.63style="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

18.86style="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

14.53New

| 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

12.45style="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

8.20style="color:red;"| –5.59

| 4

style="color:red;"| –4
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Irabazi}}"|

| align="left"| Winning (Irabazi)

| 14,773

2.61New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)

| 12,012

2.13New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"|

| align="left"| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)

| 3,389

0.60style="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

0.60New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Vox–Family and Life Party (Vox–PFyV)

| 1,975

0.35New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Ikune}}"|

| align="left"| Joint Initiative (IKune)

| 1,524

0.27New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Humanist Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| Humanist Party (PH)

| 561

0.10style="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

0.09New

| 0

±0
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 8,923

1.58style="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

98.67style="color:green;"| +0.08

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 7,644

1.33style="color:red;"| –0.08
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 572,746

62.57style="color:red;"| –1.45
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 342,598

37.43style="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 GatherBasque SolidarityAlternative and Aralar in the 2011 election.}}}}

=Gipuzkoa=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ 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

31.57style="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

28.84style="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

16.52style="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

12.06New

| 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

5.42style="color:red;"| –4.61

| 1

style="color:red;"| –3
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Irabazi}}"|

| align="left"| Winning (Irabazi)

| 8,422

2.35New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)

| 5,262

1.47New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"|

| align="left"| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)

| 1,127

0.32style="color:red;"| –0.40

| 0

±0
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots

| 5,203

1.45style="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

99.10style="color:green;"| +0.26

| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"|

align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes

| 3,255

0.90style="color:red;"| –0.26
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout

| 360,928

64.88style="color:green;"| +2.15
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 195,339

35.12style="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 GatherBasque SolidarityAlternative and Aralar in the 2011 election.}}}}

References

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