2015 Spanish local elections#Overall

{{For|the regional elections held concurrently|2015 Spanish regional elections}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2015 Spanish local elections

| country = Spain

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2011 Spanish local elections

| previous_year = 2011

| next_election = 2019 Spanish local elections

| next_year = 2019

| seats_for_election = All 67,515 councillors in 8,122 municipal councils
All 1,040 seats in 38 provincial deputations

| opinion_polls = Opinion polling for the 2015 Spanish local elections

| registered = 35,099,122 {{small|File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1.1%}}

| turnout = 22,781,766 (64.9%)
File:Red Arrow Down.svg1.3 pp

| election_date = 24 May 2015

| 1blank = Councillors

| 2blank = Councillors +/–

| 3blank = Prov. seats

| 4blank = Prov. seats +/–

| image1 = 170x170px

| leader1 = Mariano Rajoy

| party1 = People's Party (Spain)

| leader_since1 = 2 September 2003

| last_election1 = 26,507 c., 37.5%
508 p. seats

| seats1 =

| seat_change1 =

| popular_vote1 = 6,070,176

| percentage1 = 27.1%

| swing1 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg10.4 pp

| 1data1 = 22,744

| 2data1 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg3,763

| 3data1 = 415

| 4data1 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg93

| image2 = 170x170px

| leader2 = Pedro Sánchez

| party2 = Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

| leader_since2 = 26 July 2014

| last_election2 = 21,766 c., 27.8%
395 p. seats

| seats2 =

| seat_change2 =

| popular_vote2 = 5,618,191

| percentage2 = 25.0%

| swing2 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg2.8 pp

| 1data2 = 20,878

| 2data2 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg888

| 3data2 = 391

| 4data2 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg4

| image3 = 170x170px

| leader3 = Pablo Iglesias

| party3 = Podemos (Spanish political party)

| leader_since3 = 15 November 2014

| last_election3 = Did not contest

| seats3 =

| seat_change3 =

| popular_vote3 = 1,762,978

| percentage3 = 7.9%

| swing3 = New party

| 1data3 = 870

| 2data3 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg870

| 3data3 = 24

| 4data3 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg24

| image4 = 170x170px

| leader4 = Cayo Lara

| party4 = United Left (Spain)

| leader_since4 = 14 December 2008

| last_election4 = 2,649 c., 7.4%
27 p. seats

| seats4 =

| seat_change4 =

| popular_vote4 = 1,593,657

| percentage4 = 7.1%

| swing4 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg0.3 pp

| 1data4 = 3,150

| 2data4 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg501

| 3data4 = 40

| 4data4 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg13

| image5 = 170x170px

| leader5 = Albert Rivera

| party5 = C's

| leader_since5 = 9 July 2006

| last_election5 = 10 c., 0.2%
0 p. seats

| seats5 =

| seat_change5 =

| popular_vote5 = 1,469,875

| percentage5 = 6.6%

| swing5 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg6.4 pp

| 1data5 = 1,516

| 2data5 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1,506

| 3data5 = 36

| 4data5 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg356

| image6 = 170x170px

| leader6 = Artur Mas

| party6 = Convergence and Union

| leader_since6 = 27 November 2004

| last_election6 = 3,867 c., 3.5%
63 p. seats

| seats6 =

| seat_change6 =

| popular_vote6 = 669,781

| percentage6 = 3.0%

| swing6 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg0.5 pp

| 1data6 = 3,336

| 2data6 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg531

| 3data6 = 51

| 4data6 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg12

| map_image = SpainProvinceMapMunicipal2015.png

| map_size = 435px

| map_caption = Provincial results map for municipal elections

}}

The 2015 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect all 67,515 councillors in the 8,122 municipalities of Spain and all 1,040 seats in 38 provincial deputations.{{cite web |url=http://www.historiaelectoral.com/diputacions83.html |title=Provincial deputation elections since 1979 |language=es |publisher=historiaelectoral.com |access-date=24 September 2017}} The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as 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.

Electoral system

=Background=

After Podemos' success in the 2014 European Parliament election, the party decided not to directly contest the local elections scheduled for May 2015 to focus on the regional and general elections to be held throughout that year. Instead, they opted for the Guanyem Barcelona formula, popular unity municipal candidacies comprising different parties and social movements. The model was reproduced in many cities under the name Ganemos (Let's Win).{{cite news |last=Carvajal |first=Álvaro |date=22 September 2014 |url=https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2014/09/22/542014ca22601dc9778b457d.html |title=Iglesias elude las municipales para llegar con fuerza a las generales |language=es |newspaper=El Mundo |location=Madrid |access-date=31 July 2022}}

United Left (IU), the traditional left-wing third party of Spain, also started debating whether to join these local coalitions.{{cite news |last=Hernández |first=Marisol |date=17 August 2014 |url=https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2014/08/17/53efd9c022601d842d8b4576.html |title=Izquierda Unida se plantea fundirse en los 'Ganemos' |language=es |newspaper=El Mundo |location=Madrid |access-date=31 July 2022}} However, this option was not well received by some party sectors, particularly their Madrid branch, who feared that the party would lose its identity if it joined these coalitions.{{cite news |last=Marcos |first=José |date=6 November 2014 |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2014/11/06/madrid/1415274740_280010.html |title=Somos IU, en contra de diluirse en Ganemos |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Madrid |access-date=31 July 2022}} The first attempt at a joint candidacy that included Podemos and United Left, among others, succeeded in Barcelona with Guanyem Barcelona, later Barcelona en Comú, under activist Ada Colau's leadership.{{cite news |agency=EFE |date=25 November 2014 |url=https://www.publico.es/politica/icv-euia-guanyem-y-proces.html |title=ICV, EUiA, Podemos, Guanyem y Procés Constituent avanzan hacia una lista conjunta |language=es |newspaper=Público |access-date=31 July 2022}}

Another national party that decided to participate in most of these unitary candidacies was Equo,{{cite news |last=Díez |first=Anabel |date=3 November 2014 |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2014/11/03/actualidad/1415048576_083175.html |title=Equo se une a las plataformas Ganemos para las municipales |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Madrid |access-date=31 July 2022}} as well as minoritary parties like For a Fairer World (PUM+J), Building the Left–Socialist Alternative (CLI–AS), Republican Alternative (ALTER), Renewal–Nationalist Brotherhood (Anova), or Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV).{{cite news |last=Blanchar |first=Clara |date=20 January 2015 |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2015/01/20/catalunya/1421744805_094700.html |title=Guanyem, ICV-EUiA y Podemos pactan su alianza en Barcelona |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Barcelona |access-date=31 July 2022}}{{cite web |url=http://www.porunmundomasjusto.es/construimos-ganemos-madrid/ |title=Somos parte de Ganemos Madrid |language=es |website=porunmundomasjusto.es |date=29 January 2015 |access-date=8 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522180736/http://www.porunmundomasjusto.es/construimos-ganemos-madrid/ |archive-date=22 May 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}{{cite news |date=23 April 2015 |url=http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/galicia/2015/04/23/eu-anova-capitanean-mareas/0003_201504G23P5991.htm |title=EU y Anova capitanean las mareas |language=es |newspaper=La Voz de Galicia |access-date=31 July 2022}} The unitary lists also included individuals from social movements like the anti-eviction PAH, 15M, o the so-called mareas (Spanish for "tides") made up of workers from different service sectors like teachers, Public Health System workers or young people forced to migrate as a consequence of the 2008–15 Spanish financial crisis.

=Municipal elections=

Municipalities in Spain were local corporations with independent legal personality. They had a governing body, the municipal council or corporation, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly.{{cite act |title=Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local |type=Law |number=7 |work=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |date=2 April 1985 |url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-5392&tn=1&p=20131230 |access-date=27 July 2021}} Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.{{cite act |title=Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General |type=Organic Law |number=5 |work=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |date=19 June 1985 |url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=20150331 |access-date=27 July 2021}}

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. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
width="110"\| Population ! width="200"\| 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 was an even number

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

width="110"| Population

! width="200"| 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 was 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 ({{langx|es|régimen de concejo abierto}}), in which voters would directly elect the local major.

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.

=Deputations and island councils=

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 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 ({{langx|ca|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:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
width="135"\| Population ! width="35"\| Seats
<500,000 \| 25
500,001–1,000,000 \| 27
1,000,001–3,500,000 \| 31
>3,500,001 \| 51

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

width="135"| Population

! width="35"| 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.

Opinion polls

Municipal elections

=Overall=

{{Pie chart

|caption = Councillor share for different parties in the elections.

|other = yes

|value1 = 33.37

|label1 = PP

|color1 = {{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}

|value2 = 30.92

|label2 = PSOE

|color2 = {{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}

|value3 = 4.94

|label3 = CiU

|color3 = {{party color|Convergence and Union}}

|value4 = 4.67

|label4 = IU–Entesa

|color4 = {{party color|United Left (Spain)}}

|value5 = 3.52

|label5 = ERC–AM

|color5 = {{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}

|value6 = 2.24

|label6 = Cs

|color6 = {{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}

|value7 = 1.76

|label7 = EH Bildu

|color7 = {{party color|EH Bildu}}

|value8 = 1.51

|label8 = EAJ/PNV

|color8 = {{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}

|value9 = 1.35

|label9 = PAR

|color9 = {{party color|Aragonese Party}}

|value10 = 1.28

|label10 = Podemos

|color10 = {{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}

|value11 = 1.06

|label11 = Compromís

|color11 = {{party color|Coalició Compromís}}

}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" \|+ ← Summary of the 24 May 2015 municipal election results in Spain →
style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"\| Parties and alliances ! colspan="2"\| Popular vote ! colspan="2"\| Seats
width="75"\| Votes ! width="45"\| % ! width="55"\| {{abbrv\|Counc.\|Councillors}} ! width="45"\| {{abbrv\|Prov. dep\|Provincial deputies}}
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| align="left"\| People's Party (PP) \| 6,070,176	27.06 \| 22,744 \| 415
style="line-height:22px;" \| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| align="left"\| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| 5,618,191	25.04 \| 20,878 \| 391
style="border-bottom-style:hidden; border-top-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| 5,613,733	25.02 \| 20,858 \| 391
style="line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| PSOE-led coalitions (PSOE–x) \| 4,458	0.02 \| 20 \| 0
style="line-height:22px;" \| rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"\| \| align="left"\| We Can-supported candidacies (Podemos) \| 1,762,978	7.86 \| 870 \| 24
style="border-bottom-style:hidden; border-top-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| We Can-supported candidacies (Podemos/Podemos–x) \| 1,322,016	5.89 \| 643 \| 8
style="border-bottom-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| We Can/United Left-supported candidacies (Podemos–IU/Podemos–IU–x) \| 233,770	1.04 \| 185 \| 12
style="line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| We Can–Initiative for Catalonia Greens (Entesa) \| 207,192	0.92 \| 42 \| 4
style="line-height:22px;" \| rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|United Left (Spain)}}"\| \| align="left"\| United Left (IU) \| 1,593,657	7.10 \| 3,150 \| 40
style="border-bottom-style:hidden; border-top-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| United Left (IU) \| 1,277,430	5.69 \| 2,584 \| 36
style="border-bottom-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left (Entesa) \| 165,666	0.74 \| 328 \| 3
style="border-bottom-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| United Left–Equo (IU–Equo) \| 93,525	0.42 \| 163 \| 0
style="line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| Galician Left Alternative (AGE) \| 57,036	0.25 \| 75 \| 1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"\| \| align="left"\| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) \| 1,469,875	6.55 \| 1,516 \| 36
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Convergence and Union}}"\| \| align="left"\| Convergence and Union (CiU) \| 669,781	2.99 \| 3,336 \| 51
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes}}"\| \| align="left"\| Republican Left of Catalonia–Municipal Agreement (ERC–AM) \| 513,529	2.29 \| 2,387 \| 32
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Coalició Compromís}}"\| \| align="left"\| Commitment Coalition (Compromís) \| 382,876	1.71 \| 721 \| 11
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Basque Nationalist Party}}"\| \| align="left"\| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) \| 360,434	1.61 \| 1,019 \| —
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|EH Bildu}}"\| \| align="left"\| Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu) \| 309,315	1.38 \| 1,195 \| —
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Popular Unity Candidacy}}"\| \| align="left"\| Popular Unity Candidacy–Active People (CUP–PA) \| 239,482	1.07 \| 385 \| 6
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Union, Progress and Democracy}}"\| \| align="left"\| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) \| 232,478	1.04 \| 128 \| 2
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}"\| \| align="left"\| Galician Nationalist Bloc–Open Assemblies (BNG) \| 190,158	0.85 \| 468 \| 12
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Agreement of Nationalist Unity}}"\| \| align="left"\| Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC) \| 151,421	0.67 \| 300 \| —
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Andalusian Party}}"\| \| align="left"\| Andalusian Party (PA) \| 151,069	0.67 \| 319 \| 1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Ganemos (2015)}}"\| \| align="left"\| Let's Win (Ganemos) \| 147,646	0.66 \| 130 \| 0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Navarrese People's Union}}"\| \| align="left"\| Navarrese People's Union (UPN) \| 81,164	0.36 \| 288 \| —
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|New Canaries}}"\| \| align="left"\| New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA) \| 75,010	0.33 \| 90 \| —
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Regionalist Party of Cantabria}}"\| \| align="left"\| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) \| 71,926	0.32 \| 325 \| —
style="line-height:22px;" \| rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Més per Mallorca}}"\| \| align="left"\| More for the Balearic Islands (Més–MpM) \| 66,850	0.30 \| 158 \| —
style="border-bottom-style:hidden; border-top-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| More for Majorca (Més–APIB) \| 58,112	0.26 \| 128 \| —
style="border-bottom-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| More for Menorca (MpM) \| 6,372	0.03 \| 23 \| —
style="line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| United Left–More for Majorca (EU–Més) \| 2,366	0.01 \| 7 \| —
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Asturias Forum}}"\| \| align="left"\| Asturias Forum (FAC) \| 65,544	0.29 \| 83 \| —
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Vox (political party)}}"\| \| align="left"\| Vox–Family and Life Party (Vox–PFyV) \| 64,385	0.29 \| 17 \| 0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Aragonese Party}}"\| \| align="left"\| Aragonese Party (PAR) \| 59,420	0.26 \| 918 \| 9
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals}}"\| \| align="left"\| Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) \| 55,641	0.25 \| 0 \| 0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Participatory Democracy}}"\| \| align="left"\| Participatory Democracy (Participa) \| 43,437	0.19 \| 11 \| 1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Chunta Aragonesista}}"\| \| align="left"\| Aragonese Union (CHA) \| 42,110	0.19 \| 164 \| 2
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Equo}}"\| \| align="left"\| Equo (Equo) \| 33,967	0.15 \| 39 \| 1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Proposta per les Illes}}"\| \| align="left"\| Proposal for the Isles (El Pi) \| 32,234	0.14 \| 91 \| —
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Geroa Bai}}"\| \| align="left"\| Yes to the Future (GBai) \| 29,635	0.13 \| 59 \| —
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Citizens of Democratic Centre}}"\| \| align="left"\| Citizens of Democratic Centre (CCD) \| 28,846	0.13 \| 46 \| 0
style="line-height:22px;" \| rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|United for Gran Canaria}}"\| \| align="left"\| United (Unidos) \| 27,423	0.12 \| 28 \| —
style="border-bottom-style:hidden; border-top-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| United for Gran Canaria (UxGC) \| 20,570	0.09 \| 12 \| —
style="border-bottom-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| Majorero Progressive Party (PPMAJO) \| 3,384	0.02 \| 9 \| —
style="border-bottom-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) \| 3,153	0.01 \| 7 \| —
style="line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| Commitment to Gran Canaria (CGCa) \| 316	0.00 \| 0 \| —
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Platform for Catalonia}}"\| \| align="left"\| Platform for Catalonia (PxC) \| 27,384	0.12 \| 8 \| 0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Alternativa Sí se puede}}"\| \| align="left"\| Yes We Can (SSP) \| 25,794	0.11 \| 41 \| —
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Yes We Can, Citizens' Alternative for Madrid}}"\| \| align="left"\| Yes We Can, Citizens' Alternative for Madrid (SSPACxM) \| 25,680	0.11 \| 28 \| —
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Union for Leganés}}"\| \| align="left"\| Union for Leganés (ULEG) \| 19,733	0.09 \| 6 \| —
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Blank Seats}}"\| \| align="left"\| Blank Seats (EB) \| 17,783	0.08 \| 1 \| 0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Commitment to Galicia}}"\| \| align="left"\| Commitment to Galicia–Transparent Councils (CxG–CCTT) \| 17,686	0.08 \| 41 \| 0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Leonese People's Union}}"\| \| align="left"\| Leonese People's Union (UPL) \| 16,946	0.08 \| 139 \| 1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Ourensan Democracy}}"\| \| align="left"\| Ourensan Democracy (DO) \| 14,746	0.07 \| 12 \| 2
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Citizens' Movement of Cartagena}}"\| \| align="left"\| Citizens' Movement of Cartagena (MCC) \| 14,700	0.07 \| 5 \| —
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Neighbors' Alternative}}"\| \| align="left"\| Neighbors' Alternative (AV) \| 14,362	0.06 \| 18 \| 1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Extremaduran Coalition}}"\| \| align="left"\| Extremadurans (eXtremeños) \| 14,297	0.06 \| 95 \| 0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Coalition for El Bierzo}}"\| \| align="left"\| Coalition for El Bierzo (CB) \| 7,846	0.03 \| 38 \| 1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Independents of La Selva}}"\| \| align="left"\| Independents of La Selva (APB–IdS) \| 6,943	0.03 \| 43 \| 1
bgcolor="white"\| \| align="left"\| Others \| 1,197,229	5.34 \| 5,177 \| 0
align="left" colspan="2"\| Blank ballots \| 371,375	1.66 \| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"\|
colspan="6" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"\|
style="font-weight:bold;" \| align="left" colspan="2"\| Total \| 22,433,162	100.00 \| 67,515 \| 1,040
colspan="6" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"\|
align="left" colspan="2"\| Valid votes \| 22,433,162	98.47 \| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"\|
align="left" colspan="2"\| Invalid votes \| 348,604	1.53
style="font-weight:bold;" \| align="left" colspan="2"\| Votes cast / turnout \| 22,781,766	64.91
align="left" colspan="2"\| Abstentions \| 12,317,356	35.09
style="font-weight:bold;" \| align="left" colspan="2"\| Registered voters \| 35,099,122	bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"\|
colspan="6" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"\|
align="left" colspan="6"\| Sources{{cite web \|url=https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/opencms/es/elecciones-celebradas/resultados-electorales/ \|title=Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales \|language=es \|website=Ministry of the Interior \|access-date=15 April 2022}}

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|+ ← Summary of the 24 May 2015 municipal election results in Spain →

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="525"| Parties and alliances

! colspan="2"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="75"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="55"| {{abbrv|Counc.|Councillors}}

! width="45"| {{abbrv|Prov. dep|Provincial deputies}}

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| People's Party (PP)

| 6,070,176

27.06

| 22,744

| 415

style="line-height:22px;"

| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| 5,618,191

25.04

| 20,878

| 391

style="border-bottom-style:hidden; border-top-style:hidden; line-height:16px;"

| align="left"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| 5,613,733

25.02

| 20,858

| 391

style="line-height:16px;"

| align="left"| PSOE-led coalitions (PSOE–x)

| 4,458

0.02

| 20

| 0

style="line-height:22px;"

| rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"|

| align="left"| We Can-supported candidacies (Podemos)

| 1,762,978

7.86

| 870

| 24

style="border-bottom-style:hidden; border-top-style:hidden; line-height:16px;"

| align="left"| We Can-supported candidacies (Podemos/Podemos–x)

| 1,322,016

5.89

| 643

| 8

style="border-bottom-style:hidden; line-height:16px;"

| align="left"| We Can/United Left-supported candidacies (Podemos–IU/Podemos–IU–x)

| 233,770

1.04

| 185

| 12

style="line-height:16px;"

| align="left"| We Can–Initiative for Catalonia Greens (Entesa)

| 207,192

0.92

| 42

| 4

style="line-height:22px;"

| rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Left (Spain)}}"|

| align="left"| United Left (IU)

| 1,593,657

7.10

| 3,150

| 40

style="border-bottom-style:hidden; border-top-style:hidden; line-height:16px;"

| align="left"| United Left (IU)

| 1,277,430

5.69

| 2,584

| 36

style="border-bottom-style:hidden; line-height:16px;"

| align="left"| Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left (Entesa)

| 165,666

0.74

| 328

| 3

style="border-bottom-style:hidden; line-height:16px;"

| align="left"| United Left–Equo (IU–Equo)

| 93,525

0.42

| 163

| 0

style="line-height:16px;"

| align="left"| Galician Left Alternative (AGE)

| 57,036

0.25

| 75

| 1

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

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

| 1,469,875

6.55

| 1,516

| 36

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}"|

| align="left"| Convergence and Union (CiU)

| 669,781

2.99

| 3,336

| 51

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes}}"|

| align="left"| Republican Left of Catalonia–Municipal Agreement (ERC–AM)

| 513,529

2.29

| 2,387

| 32

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Coalició Compromís}}"|

| align="left"| Commitment Coalition (Compromís)

| 382,876

1.71

| 721

| 11

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}"|

| align="left"| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)

| 360,434

1.61

| 1,019

| —

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

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

| 309,315

1.38

| 1,195

| —

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}}"|

| align="left"| Popular Unity Candidacy–Active People (CUP–PA)

| 239,482

1.07

| 385

| 6

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

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

| 232,478

1.04

| 128

| 2

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}"|

| align="left"| Galician Nationalist Bloc–Open Assemblies (BNG)

| 190,158

0.85

| 468

| 12

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Agreement of Nationalist Unity}}"|

| align="left"| Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC)

| 151,421

0.67

| 300

| —

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Andalusian Party}}"|

| align="left"| Andalusian Party (PA)

| 151,069

0.67

| 319

| 1

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Ganemos (2015)}}"|

| align="left"| Let's Win (Ganemos)

| 147,646

0.66

| 130

| 0

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Navarrese People's Union}}"|

| align="left"| Navarrese People's Union (UPN)

| 81,164

0.36

| 288

| —

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Canaries}}"|

| align="left"| New Canaries–Broad Front (NC–FA)

| 75,010

0.33

| 90

| —

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Regionalist Party of Cantabria}}"|

| align="left"| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)

| 71,926

0.32

| 325

| —

style="line-height:22px;"

| rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Més per Mallorca}}"|

| align="left"| More for the Balearic Islands (Més–MpM)

| 66,850

0.30

| 158

| —

style="border-bottom-style:hidden; border-top-style:hidden; line-height:16px;"

| align="left"| More for Majorca (Més–APIB)

| 58,112

0.26

| 128

| —

style="border-bottom-style:hidden; line-height:16px;"

| align="left"| More for Menorca (MpM)

| 6,372

0.03

| 23

| —

style="line-height:16px;"

| align="left"| United Left–More for Majorca (EU–Més)

| 2,366

0.01

| 7

| —

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Asturias Forum}}"|

| align="left"| Asturias Forum (FAC)

| 65,544

0.29

| 83

| —

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

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

| 64,385

0.29

| 17

| 0

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Aragonese Party}}"|

| align="left"| Aragonese Party (PAR)

| 59,420

0.26

| 918

| 9

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals}}"|

| align="left"| Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)

| 55,641

0.25

| 0

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Participatory Democracy}}"|

| align="left"| Participatory Democracy (Participa)

| 43,437

0.19

| 11

| 1

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Chunta Aragonesista}}"|

| align="left"| Aragonese Union (CHA)

| 42,110

0.19

| 164

| 2

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Equo}}"|

| align="left"| Equo (Equo)

| 33,967

0.15

| 39

| 1

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Proposta per les Illes}}"|

| align="left"| Proposal for the Isles (El Pi)

| 32,234

0.14

| 91

| —

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Geroa Bai}}"|

| align="left"| Yes to the Future (GBai)

| 29,635

0.13

| 59

| —

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens of Democratic Centre}}"|

| align="left"| Citizens of Democratic Centre (CCD)

| 28,846

0.13

| 46

| 0

style="line-height:22px;"

| rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United for Gran Canaria}}"|

| align="left"| United (Unidos)

| 27,423

0.12

| 28

| —

style="border-bottom-style:hidden; border-top-style:hidden; line-height:16px;"

| align="left"| United for Gran Canaria (UxGC)

| 20,570

0.09

| 12

| —

style="border-bottom-style:hidden; line-height:16px;"

| align="left"| Majorero Progressive Party (PPMAJO)

| 3,384

0.02

| 9

| —

style="border-bottom-style:hidden; line-height:16px;"

| align="left"| Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)

| 3,153

0.01

| 7

| —

style="line-height:16px;"

| align="left"| Commitment to Gran Canaria (CGCa)

| 316

0.00

| 0

| —

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Platform for Catalonia}}"|

| align="left"| Platform for Catalonia (PxC)

| 27,384

0.12

| 8

| 0

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Alternativa Sí se puede}}"|

| align="left"| Yes We Can (SSP)

| 25,794

0.11

| 41

| —

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Yes We Can, Citizens' Alternative for Madrid}}"|

| align="left"| Yes We Can, Citizens' Alternative for Madrid (SSPACxM)

| 25,680

0.11

| 28

| —

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union for Leganés}}"|

| align="left"| Union for Leganés (ULEG)

| 19,733

0.09

| 6

| —

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Blank Seats}}"|

| align="left"| Blank Seats (EB)

| 17,783

0.08

| 1

| 0

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Commitment to Galicia}}"|

| align="left"| Commitment to Galicia–Transparent Councils (CxG–CCTT)

| 17,686

0.08

| 41

| 0

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Leonese People's Union}}"|

| align="left"| Leonese People's Union (UPL)

| 16,946

0.08

| 139

| 1

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Ourensan Democracy}}"|

| align="left"| Ourensan Democracy (DO)

| 14,746

0.07

| 12

| 2

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens' Movement of Cartagena}}"|

| align="left"| Citizens' Movement of Cartagena (MCC)

| 14,700

0.07

| 5

| —

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Neighbors' Alternative}}"|

| align="left"| Neighbors' Alternative (AV)

| 14,362

0.06

| 18

| 1

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Extremaduran Coalition}}"|

| align="left"| Extremadurans (eXtremeños)

| 14,297

0.06

| 95

| 0

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Coalition for El Bierzo}}"|

| align="left"| Coalition for El Bierzo (CB)

| 7,846

0.03

| 38

| 1

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independents of La Selva}}"|

| align="left"| Independents of La Selva (APB–IdS)

| 6,943

0.03

| 43

| 1

bgcolor="white"|

| align="left"| Others

| 1,197,229

5.34

| 5,177

| 0

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

| 371,375

1.66

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

colspan="6" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|

style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 22,433,162

100.00

| 67,515

| 1,040

colspan="6" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|

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

| 22,433,162

98.47

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

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

| 348,604

1.53

style="font-weight:bold;"

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

| 22,781,766

64.91

align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 12,317,356

35.09

style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters

| 35,099,122

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

colspan="6" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|

align="left" colspan="6"| Sources{{cite web |url=https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/opencms/es/elecciones-celebradas/resultados-electorales/ |title=Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales |language=es |website=Ministry of the Interior |access-date=15 April 2022}}

{{bar box

|title=Popular vote

|titlebar=#ddd

|width=550px

|barwidth=500px

|bars=

{{bar percent|PP|{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}|27.06}}

{{bar percent|PSOE|{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}|25.04}}

{{bar percent|Podemos|{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}|7.86}}

{{bar percent|IU|{{party color|United Left (Spain)}}|7.10}}

{{bar percent|C's|{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}|6.55}}

{{bar percent|CiU|{{party color|Convergence and Union}}|2.99}}

{{bar percent|ERC–AM|{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes}}|2.29}}

{{bar percent|Compromís|{{party color|Coalició Compromís}}|1.71}}

{{bar percent|EAJ/PNV|{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}|1.61}}

{{bar percent|EH Bildu|{{party color|EH Bildu}}|1.38}}

{{bar percent|CUP–PA|{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}}|1.07}}

{{bar percent|UPyD|{{party color|Union, Progress and Democracy}}|1.04}}

{{bar percent|BNG|{{party color|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}|0.85}}

{{bar percent|CCa–PNC|{{party color|Agreement of Nationalist Unity}}|0.67}}

{{bar percent|PA|{{party color|Andalusian Party}}|0.67}}

{{bar percent|Ganemos|{{party color|Ganemos (2015)}}|0.66}}

}}

=City control=

The following table lists party control in provincial capitals, as well as in municipalities with a population above or around 75,000.{{cite web |url=http://www.historiaelectoral.com/muni4.html |title=Elecciones Municipales (alcaldes de ciudades por partido) |language=es |website=Historia Electoral.com |access-date=27 July 2021}} Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

class="wikitable sortable"
Municipality ! Population ! colspan="2" style="width:375px;"\| Previous control ! colspan="2" style="width:375px;"\| New control
{{Party shading/Podemos}} \| A Coruña \| 244,810 \| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"\| \| Podemos (Marea)
Albacete \| 172,426 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Alcalá de Guadaíra \| 75,080 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcalá de Henares \| 200,768 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Alcobendas \| 112,188 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Alcorcón \| 170,336 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Algeciras \| 120,601 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Alicante \| 332,067 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) {{smaller\|(PP in 2018)}}
Almería \| 193,351 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Arona \| 79,928 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Canarian Coalition}}"\| \| Canarian Coalition (CCa) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ávila \| 58,358 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Avilés \| 81,659 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Badajoz \| 149,946 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/CUP}} \| Badalona \| 217,210 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Popular Unity Candidacy}}"\| \| Popular Unity Candidacy (GBC) {{smaller\|(PSC–PSOE in 2018)}}
{{Party shading/PNV}} \| Barakaldo \| 100,080 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Basque Nationalist Party}}"\| \| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
{{Party shading/Podemos}} \| Barcelona \| 1,602,386 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Convergence and Union}}"\| \| Convergence and Union (CiU) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"\| \| Podemos (BComú)
Bilbao \| 346,574 \| 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)
Burgos \| 177,100 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Cáceres \| 95,814 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/Podemos}} \| Cádiz \| 118,919 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"\| \| Podemos (PCSSP)
{{Party shading/MCC}} \| Cartagena \| 216,451 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Citizens' Movement of Cartagena}}"\| \| Citizens' Movement of Cartagena (MCC)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Castellón de la Plana \| 173,841 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ceuta \| 84,963 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Chiclana de la Frontera \| 82,645 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Ciudad Real \| 74,054 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Córdoba \| 326,609 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cornellà de Llobregat \| 86,234 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Coslada \| 88,847 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PP}} \| Cuenca \| 55,102 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PNV}} \| Donostia-San Sebastián \| 186,126 \| 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)
Dos Hermanas \| 131,855 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
El Ejido \| 84,144 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| El Puerto de Santa María \| 88,184 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Elche \| 228,647 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/IU}} \| Ferrol \| 70,389 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|United Left (Spain)}}"\| \| United Left (FeC)
Fuengirola \| 77,525 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Fuenlabrada \| 195,864 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Gandía \| 76,497 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Getafe \| 173,057 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getxo \| 79,544 \| 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)
Gijón \| 275,735 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Asturias Forum}}"\| \| Asturias Forum (FAC) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Asturias Forum}}"\| \| Asturias Forum (FAC)
Girona \| 97,227 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Convergence and Union}}"\| \| Convergence and Union (CiU) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Convergence and Union}}"\| \| Convergence and Union (CiU)
Granada \| 234,758 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) {{smaller\|(PSOE in 2016)}}
Guadalajara \| 83,633 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Huelva \| 146,318 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Huesca \| 52,555 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén \| 115,395 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Jerez de la Frontera \| 212,830 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat \| 253,518 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria \| 379,766 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Las Rozas de Madrid \| 92,784 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Leganés \| 186,696 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León \| 127,817 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Lleida \| 139,176 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Logroño \| 151,962 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Lorca \| 91,759 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Lugo \| 98,560 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/Podemos}} \| Madrid \| 3,165,235 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"\| \| Podemos (Ahora Madrid)
Málaga \| 566,913 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Manresa \| 75,297 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Convergence and Union}}"\| \| Convergence and Union (CiU) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Convergence and Union}}"\| \| Convergence and Union (CiU)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Marbella \| 139,537 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) {{smaller\|(PP in 2017)}}
{{Party shading/PSC}} \| Mataró \| 124,280 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Convergence and Union}}"\| \| Convergence and Union (CiU) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Melilla \| 84,509 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/Cs}} \| Mijas \| 79,483 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"\| \| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Móstoles \| 205,712 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Murcia \| 439,712 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PP}} \| Orihuela \| 83,417 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Confederation of the Greens}}"\| \| The Greens (LV) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PP}} \| Ourense \| 106,905 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Oviedo \| 223,765 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Palencia \| 79,595 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Palma \| 400,578 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) {{smaller\|(Més in 2017)}}
{{Party shading/EHBildu}} \| Pamplona \| 196,166 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Navarrese People's Union}}"\| \| Navarrese People's Union (UPN) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|EH Bildu}}"\| \| Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)
{{Party shading/PP}} \| Parla \| 125,323 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Pontevedra \| 82,946 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}"\| \| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}"\| \| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
Pozuelo de Alarcón \| 84,360 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Reus \| 104,962 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Convergence and Union}}"\| \| Convergence and Union (CiU) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Convergence and Union}}"\| \| Convergence and Union (CiU)
Rivas-Vaciamadrid \| 80,483 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|United Left (Spain)}}"\| \| United Left (IU) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|United Left (Spain)}}"\| \| United Left (IU)
Roquetas de Mar \| 91,682 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Rubí \| 74,353 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
{{Party shading/ERC}} \| Sabadell \| 207,444 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Republican Left of Catalonia}}"\| \| Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) {{smaller\|(CUP in 2017)}}
Salamanca \| 146,438 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna \| 152,843 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Canarian Coalition}}"\| \| Canarian Coalition (CCa) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Canarian Coalition}}"\| \| Canarian Coalition (CCa)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| San Fernando \| 95,949 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| San Sebastián de los Reyes \| 83,329 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Sant Boi de Llobregat \| 83,107 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sant Cugat del Vallès \| 87,118 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Convergence and Union}}"\| \| Convergence and Union (CiU) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Convergence and Union}}"\| \| Convergence and Union (CiU)
Santa Coloma de Gramenet \| 118,738 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife \| 203,811 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Canarian Coalition}}"\| \| Canarian Coalition (CCa) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Canarian Coalition}}"\| \| Canarian Coalition (CCa)
Santander \| 175,736 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/Podemos}} \| Santiago de Compostela \| 95,800 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"\| \| Podemos (CA)
Segovia \| 52,728 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Seville \| 693,878 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria \| 39,168 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Talavera de la Reina \| 84,119 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Tarragona \| 132,199 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
{{Party shading/NCa}} \| Telde \| 102,078 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|New Canaries}}"\| \| New Canaries (NCa)
Terrassa \| 215,517 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Teruel \| 35,675 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Toledo \| 83,459 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Torrejón de Ardoz \| 126,878 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Torrent \| 80,551 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/LV}} \| Torrevieja \| 91,415 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Confederation of the Greens}}"\| \| The Greens (LV)
{{Party shading/Compromís}} \| Valencia \| 786,424 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Coalició Compromís}}"\| \| Commitment Coalition (Compromís)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Valladolid \| 303,905 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Vélez-Málaga \| 78,166 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Vigo \| 294,997 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PNV}} \| Vitoria-Gasteiz \| 242,082 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Basque Nationalist Party}}"\| \| Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
{{Party shading/IU}} \| Zamora \| 63,831 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|United Left (Spain)}}"\| \| United Left (IU)
{{Party shading/Podemos}} \| Zaragoza \| 666,058 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}"\| \| Podemos (ZGZ)

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| A Coruña

| 244,810

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2015 Spanish local elections#Overall

Electoral system

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Opinion polls

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