2019 Basque foral elections
{{Short description|Elections in the Spanish region of the Basque Country}}
The 2019 Basque foral elections were held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 11th 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 twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.
Opinion polls
{{Main|Opinion polling for the 2019 Spanish local elections (Basque Country)#General Assemblies}}
Overall
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|+ ← Summary of the 26 May 2019 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) | 434,239 | 38.68 | style="color:green;"| +5.43
| 62 | style="color:green;"| +8 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|EH Bildu}}"|
| align="left"| Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu) | 266,946 | 23.78 | style="color:green;"| +1.40
| 39 | ±0 |
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)) | 191,054 | 17.02 | style="color:green;"| +3.41
| 27 | style="color:green;"| +6 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Elkarrekin Podemos}}"|
| align="left"| United We Can (Podemos, Ezker Anitza–IU, Equo Berdeak)1 | 111,315 | 9.92 | style="color:red;"| –6.49
| 14 | style="color:red;"| –7 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party of the Basque Country}}"|
| align="left"| People's Party (PP) | 80,743 | 7.19 | style="color:red;"| –2.14
| 11 | style="color:red;"| –6 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|
| align="left"| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 14,440 | 1.29 | style="color:red;"| –0.76
| 0 | style="color:red;"| –1 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|
| align="left"| Vox (Vox) | 7,807 | 0.70 | style="color:green;"| +0.51
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Omnia}}"|
| align="left"| Omnia (Omnia) | 1,206 | 0.11 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|European Solidarity Action Party}}"|
| align="left"| European Solidarity Action Party (Solidaria) | 1,183 | 0.11 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free for the Basque Country}}"|
| align="left"| Free for the Basque Country (LxE) | 952 | 0.08 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Bilbainos}}"|
| align="left"| Bilbaine People, Initiative for Bilbao (BIB) | 933 | 0.08 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Blank Seats}}"|
| align="left"| Blank Seats (EB/AZ) | 602 | 0.05 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Goazen Bilbao}}"|
| align="left"| Let's Win Bilbao (GGB) | 557 | 0.05 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Humanist Party (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| Humanist Party (PH) | 507 | 0.05 | ±0.00
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|For a Fairer World}}"|
| align="left"| For a Fairer World (PUM+J) | 328 | 0.03 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Workers of Spain}}"|
| align="left"| Communist Party of the Workers of the Basque Country (PCTE/ELAK) | 285 | 0.03 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots
| 9,512 | 0.85 | style="color:red;"| –0.70
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"| | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total | 1,122,609 | bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
| 153 | ±0 | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes
| 1,122,609 | 99.17 | style="color:green;"| +0.40
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"| | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes
| 9,423 | 0.83 | style="color:red;"| –0.40 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout | 1,132,032 | 65.95 | style="color:green;"| +2.19 | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions
| 584,576 | 34.05 | style="color:red;"| –2.19 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters | 1,716,608 | 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=https://www.historiaelectoral.com/juntas.html |title=Elecciones a las Juntas Generales (1979 - 2019) |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 United We Can results are compared to the combined totals of We Can and Winning in the 2015 elections.}}}} |
{{bar box
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{{bar percent|EAJ/PNV|{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}|38.68}}
{{bar percent|EH Bildu|{{party color|EH Bildu}}|23.78}}
{{bar percent|PSE–EE (PSOE)|{{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}}|17.02}}
{{bar percent|E. Podemos|{{party color|Elkarrekin Podemos}}|9.92}}
{{bar percent|PP|{{party color|People's Party of the Basque Country}}|7.19}}
{{bar percent|Cs|{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}|1.29}}
{{bar percent|Others|#777777|1.28}}
{{bar percent|Blank ballots|#DDDDDD|0.85}}
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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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Álava
| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}"| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 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) |
Gipuzkoa
| 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) |
Historical territories
=Álava=
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|+ ← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Álava General Assembly election results → | |||
colspan="7"| File:ÁlavaJuntasGeneralesDiagram2019.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) | 47,686 | 29.43 | style="color:green;"| +7.83
| 17 | style="color:green;"| +4 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|EH Bildu}}"|
| align="left"| Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu) | 33,954 | 20.96 | style="color:green;"| +0.60
| 12 | style="color:green;"| +1 |
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)) | 30,555 | 18.86 | style="color:green;"| +7.66
| 10 | style="color:green;"| +5 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party of the Basque Country}}"|
| align="left"| People's Party (PP) | 24,256 | 14.97 | style="color:red;"| –7.02
| 8 | style="color:red;"| –4 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Elkarrekin Podemos}}"|
| align="left"| United We Can (Podemos, Ezker Anitza–IU, Equo Berdeak)1 | 16,027 | 9.89 | style="color:red;"| –8.37
| 4 | style="color:red;"| –5 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|
| align="left"| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 3,721 | 2.30 | style="color:red;"| –0.80
| 0 | style="color:red;"| –1 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|
| align="left"| Vox (Vox) | 2,272 | 1.40 | style="color:green;"| +1.33
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Omnia}}"|
| align="left"| Omnia (Omnia) | 1,206 | 0.74 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free for the Basque Country}}"|
| align="left"| Free for the Basque Country (LxE) | 952 | 0.59 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots
| 1,402 | 0.87 | style="color:red;"| –0.78
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"| | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total | 162,031 | bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
| 51 | ±0 | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes
| 162,031 | 98.96 | style="color:green;"| +0.56
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"| | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes
| 1,696 | 1.04 | style="color:red;"| –0.56 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout | 163,727 | 65.26 | style="color:red;"| –0.39 | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions
| 87,155 | 34.74 | style="color:green;"| +0.39 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters | 250,882 | 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 United We Can results are compared to the combined totals of We Can and Winning in the 2015 election.}}}} |
=Biscay=
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|+ ← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Biscay General Assembly election results → | |||
colspan="7"| File:BiscayJuntasGeneralesDiagram2019.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) | 255,754 | 43.12 | style="color:green;"| +5.49
| 25 | style="color:green;"| +2 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|EH Bildu}}"|
| align="left"| Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu) | 116,794 | 19.69 | style="color:green;"| +0.83
| 10 | style="color:red;"| –1 |
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)) | 97,653 | 16.46 | style="color:green;"| +4.01
| 8 | style="color:green;"| +1 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Elkarrekin Podemos}}"|
| align="left"| United We Can (Podemos, Ezker Anitza–IU, Equo Berdeak)1 | 62,430 | 10.53 | style="color:red;"| –6.61
| 6 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party of the Basque Country}}"|
| align="left"| People's Party (PP) | 39,197 | 6.61 | style="color:red;"| –1.59
| 2 | style="color:red;"| –2 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|
| align="left"| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 7,034 | 1.19 | style="color:red;"| –0.94
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|
| align="left"| Vox (Vox) | 5,535 | 0.93 | style="color:green;"| +0.58
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|European Solidarity Action Party}}"|
| align="left"| European Solidarity Action Party (Solidaria) | 1,183 | 0.20 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Bilbainos}}"|
| align="left"| Bilbaine People, Initiative for Bilbao (BIB) | 933 | 0.16 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Goazen Bilbao}}"|
| align="left"| Let's Win Bilbao (GGB) | 557 | 0.09 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Humanist Party (Spain)}}"|
| align="left"| Humanist Party (PH) | 507 | 0.09 | style="color:red;"| –0.01
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|For a Fairer World}}"|
| align="left"| For a Fairer World (PUM+J) | 328 | 0.06 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Workers of Spain}}"|
| align="left"| Communist Party of the Workers of the Basque Country (PCTE/ELAK) | 285 | 0.05 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots
| 4,905 | 0.83 | style="color:red;"| –0.75
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"| | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total | 593,095 | bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
| 51 | ±0 | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes
| 593,095 | 99.23 | style="color:green;"| +0.56
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"| | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes
| 4,613 | 0.77 | style="color:red;"| –0.56 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout | 597,708 | 65.71 | style="color:green;"| +3.14 | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions
| 311,956 | 34.29 | style="color:red;"| –3.14 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters | 909,664 | 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 United We Can results are compared to the combined totals of We Can and Winning in the 2015 election.}}}} |
=Gipuzkoa=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|+ ← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Gipuzkoa General Assembly election results → | |||
colspan="7"| File:GipuzkoaJuntasGeneralesDiagram2019.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) | 130,799 | 35.59 | style="color:green;"| +4.02
| 20 | style="color:green;"| +2 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|EH Bildu}}"|
| align="left"| Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu) | 116,198 | 31.62 | style="color:green;"| +2.78
| 17 | ±0 |
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)) | 62,846 | 17.10 | style="color:green;"| +0.58
| 9 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Elkarrekin Podemos}}"|
| align="left"| United We Can (Podemos, Ezker Anitza–IU, Equo Berdeak)1 | 32,858 | 8.94 | style="color:red;"| –5.47
| 4 | style="color:red;"| –2 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party of the Basque Country}}"|
| align="left"| People's Party (PP) | 17,290 | 4.70 | style="color:red;"| –0.72
| 1 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}"|
| align="left"| Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 3,685 | 1.00 | style="color:red;"| –0.47
| 0 | ±0 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Blank Seats}}"|
| align="left"| Blank Seats (EB/AZ) | 602 | 0.16 | New
| 0 | ±0 |
align="left" colspan="2"| Blank ballots
| 3,205 | 0.87 | style="color:red;"| –0.58
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"| | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total | 367,483 | bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|
| 51 | ±0 | |
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | |||
align="left" colspan="2"| Valid votes
| 367,483 | 99.16 | style="color:green;"| +0.06
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"| | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes
| 3,114 | 0.84 | style="color:red;"| –0.06 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout | 370,597 | 66.65 | style="color:green;"| +1.77 | |
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions
| 185,465 | 33.35 | style="color:red;"| –1.77 | |
style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Registered voters | 556,062 | 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 United We Can results are compared to the combined totals of We Can and Winning in the 2015 election.}}}} |