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

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

|+ 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

38.68style="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

23.78style="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

17.02style="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

9.92style="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

7.19style="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

1.29style="color:red;"| –0.76

| 0

style="color:red;"| –1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Vox (Vox)

| 7,807

0.70style="color:green;"| +0.51

| 0

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

| align="left"| Omnia (Omnia)

| 1,206

0.11New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|European Solidarity Action Party}}"|

| align="left"| European Solidarity Action Party (Solidaria)

| 1,183

0.11New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free for the Basque Country}}"|

| align="left"| Free for the Basque Country (LxE)

| 952

0.08New

| 0

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

| align="left"| Bilbaine People, Initiative for Bilbao (BIB)

| 933

0.08New

| 0

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

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

| 602

0.05New

| 0

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

| align="left"| Let's Win Bilbao (GGB)

| 557

0.05New

| 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

0.03New

| 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

0.03New

| 0

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

| 9,512

0.85style="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

99.17style="color:green;"| +0.40

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

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

| 9,423

0.83style="color:red;"| –0.40
style="font-weight:bold;"

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

| 1,132,032

65.95style="color:green;"| +2.19
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 584,576

34.05style="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

|title=Popular vote

|titlebar=#ddd

|width=550px

|barwidth=500px

|bars=

{{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}}

}}

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

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=

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

|+ 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

29.43style="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

20.96style="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

18.86style="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

14.97style="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

9.89style="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

2.30style="color:red;"| –0.80

| 0

style="color:red;"| –1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}"|

| align="left"| Vox (Vox)

| 2,272

1.40style="color:green;"| +1.33

| 0

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

| align="left"| Omnia (Omnia)

| 1,206

0.74New

| 0

±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free for the Basque Country}}"|

| align="left"| Free for the Basque Country (LxE)

| 952

0.59New

| 0

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

| 1,402

0.87style="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

98.96style="color:green;"| +0.56

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

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

| 1,696

1.04style="color:red;"| –0.56
style="font-weight:bold;"

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

| 163,727

65.26style="color:red;"| –0.39
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 87,155

34.74style="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=

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

|+ 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

43.12style="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

19.69style="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

16.46style="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

10.53style="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

6.61style="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

1.19style="color:red;"| –0.94

| 0

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

| align="left"| Vox (Vox)

| 5,535

0.93style="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

0.20New

| 0

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

| align="left"| Bilbaine People, Initiative for Bilbao (BIB)

| 933

0.16New

| 0

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

| align="left"| Let's Win Bilbao (GGB)

| 557

0.09New

| 0

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

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

| 507

0.09style="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

0.06New

| 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

0.05New

| 0

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

| 4,905

0.83style="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

99.23style="color:green;"| +0.56

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

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

| 4,613

0.77style="color:red;"| –0.56
style="font-weight:bold;"

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

| 597,708

65.71style="color:green;"| +3.14
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 311,956

34.29style="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

35.59style="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

31.62style="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

17.10style="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

8.94style="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

4.70style="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

1.00style="color:red;"| –0.47

| 0

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

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

| 602

0.16New

| 0

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

| 3,205

0.87style="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

99.16style="color:green;"| +0.06

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

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

| 3,114

0.84style="color:red;"| –0.06
style="font-weight:bold;"

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

| 370,597

66.65style="color:green;"| +1.77
align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions

| 185,465

33.35style="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.}}}}

References

;Opinion poll sources

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;Other

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