2015 Spanish local elections in the Basque Country

This article presents the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Basque Country on 24 May 2015. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.[1][2][3]

Opinion polls

City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold).[1] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Municipality Population Previous control New control
Barakaldo 100,080 Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE)) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Basauri 41,624 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Bilbao 346,574 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Donostia/San Sebastián 186,126 Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Errenteria 39,230 Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu) Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)
Getxo 79,544 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Irun 61,195 Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE)) Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE))
Portugalete 47,117 Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE)) Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE))
Santurtzi 46,651 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Vitoria-Gasteiz 242,082 People's Party (PP) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)

Municipalities

Barakaldo

Population: 100,080
← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of Barakaldo election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 12,54226.94+2.02 8+1
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 12,49026.83−2.25 8±0
Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)1 6,61314.20−3.22 4±0
Winning Barakaldo (Irabazi–Ganar Barakaldo) 5,58211.99New 4+4
People's Party (PP) 4,2749.18−8.29 3−2
Barakaldo Decides (BD) 2,1264.57New 0±0
Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero) 1,0932.35New 0±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 6851.47New 0±0
Vox (Vox) 3610.78New 0±0
United Left–Greens (EB–B) n/an/a−6.09 0−1
Blank ballots 7951.71−1.21
Total 46,561 27+2
Valid votes 46,56198.55+0.24
Invalid votes 6861.45−0.24
Votes cast / turnout 47,24758.71+2.25
Abstentions 33,22741.29−2.25
Registered voters 80,474
Sources[1][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Basauri

Population: 41,624
← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of Basauri election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 8,32440.65+8.42 10+2
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 3,72418.19−13.33 4−3
Basauri Yes (Basauri Bai) 2,93014.31New 3+3
Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)1 2,64812.93−4.86 3±0
People's Party (PP) 1,5517.58−4.63 1−2
Winning Basauri (Irabazi–Ganar Basauri) 8384.09New 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 1860.91New 0±0
Blank ballots 2741.34−0.66
Total 20,475 21±0
Valid votes 20,47598.77+0.10
Invalid votes 2561.23−0.10
Votes cast / turnout 20,73160.89−0.84
Abstentions 13,31539.11+0.84
Registered voters 34,046
Sources[1][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Bilbao

Population: 346,574
← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of Bilbao election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 63,64239.34−4.82 13−2
Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)1 22,71114.04−2.08 4±0
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 19,36111.97−1.48 4±0
People's Party (PP) 19,19011.86−5.38 4−2
New City Council–Bilbao in Common (UdalBerri) 13,7018.47New 2+2
Let's Win Bilbao (Goazen Bilbao) 10,5686.53New 2+2
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 5,7013.52New 0±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA/ATTKAA) 1,9361.20+0.72 0±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 1,3570.84−0.24 0±0
Vox–Family and Life Party (Vox–PFyV)2 5990.37+0.22 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 3800.23+0.08 0±0
Blank ballots 2,6281.62−0.24
Total 161,774 29±0
Valid votes 161,77499.08−0.01
Invalid votes 1,5020.92+0.01
Votes cast / turnout 163,27659.33−1.81
Abstentions 111,94640.67+1.81
Registered voters 275,222
Sources[1][4][5][6][7]
Footnotes:

Donostia/San Sebastián

Population: 186,126
← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of Donostia/San Sebastián election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 29,02929.65+11.72 9+3
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 24,00724.52+1.89 7±0
Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)1 20,46720.91−7.67 6−2
People's Party (PP) 9,2729.47−9.52 3−3
Winning Donostia (Irabazi–Ganar Donostia) 6,9477.10New 2+2
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 3,6423.72New 0±0
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA/ATTKAA) 1,4511.48+0.90 0±0
We, the Women of the Plaza (PlaZ!) 8640.88+0.36 0±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 6750.69−0.79 0±0
Blank ballots 1,5471.58−1.11
Total 97,901 27±0
Valid votes 97,90199.22+0.29
Invalid votes 7740.78−0.29
Votes cast / turnout 98,67566.65+7.10
Abstentions 49,37733.35−7.10
Registered voters 148,052
Sources[1][4][5][8]
Footnotes:

Errenteria

Population: 39,230
← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of Errenteria election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)1 5,93831.82−6.92 7−1
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 5,27628.27+0.03 7±0
Winning Errenteria (Errenteria IrabaziZ) 3,51818.85New 4+4
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 2,72514.60+1.92 3±0
People's Party (PP) 8774.70−4.27 0−2
United Left–Greens (EB–B) n/an/a−5.41 0−1
Blank ballots 3301.77−0.47
Total 18,664 21±0
Valid votes 18,66498.96+0.11
Invalid votes 1961.04−0.11
Votes cast / turnout 18,86060.83+3.91
Abstentions 12,14239.17−3.91
Registered voters 31,002
Sources[1][4][5][8]
Footnotes:

Getxo

Population: 79,544
← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of Getxo election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 13,62534.09+1.17 9−1
People's Party (PP) 7,43218.60−11.53 5−4
Getxo Municipal Candidacy (GUK) 5,80914.53New 4+4
Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)1 5,76014.41−3.95 4±0
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 3,0447.62−2.06 2±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 2,3625.91New 1+1
Vox–Family and Life Party (Vox–PFyV) 7811.95New 0±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 3310.83−0.55 0±0
Blank ballots 8222.06−0.23
Total 39,966 25±0
Valid votes 39,96699.09+0.05
Invalid votes 3650.91−0.05
Votes cast / turnout 40,33163.46−4.26
Abstentions 23,21836.54+4.26
Registered voters 63,549
Sources[1][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Irun

Population: 61,195
← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of Irun election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 9,40533.42+2.57 10+1
Yes We Can Irun (SPI) 5,13718.26New 5+5
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 5,13318.24+0.35 5±0
Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)1 3,49112.41−7.45 3−2
People's Party (PP) 2,1977.81−9.34 2−3
Winning Irun (Irabazi–Ganar Irun) 1,1324.02New 0±0
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 1,0423.70New 0±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 2390.85−1.90 0±0
United Left–Greens (EB–B) n/an/a−6.07 0−1
Blank ballots 3631.29−2.09
Total 28,139 25±0
Valid votes 28,13999.09+0.91
Invalid votes 2580.91−0.91
Votes cast / turnout 28,39760.48+4.79
Abstentions 18,55839.52−4.79
Registered voters 46,955
Sources[1][4][5][8]
Footnotes:

Portugalete

Population: 47,117
← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of Portugalete election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 8,02033.70−2.43 9+1
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 5,29522.25−2.44 5−1
Awake Portugalete People (Portugaluj@) 3,47714.61New 3+3
Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)1 2,86512.04−3.44 3±0
People's Party (PP) 1,7437.32−6.11 1−2
Winning Portugalete (Irabazi–Ganar Portugalete) 1,1574.86New 0±0
Party for Freedom–With Clean Hands (PxL) 7703.24New 0±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 1640.69New 0±0
United Left–Greens (EB–B) n/an/a−5.12 0−1
Blank ballots 3101.30−0.98
Total 23,801 21±0
Valid votes 23,80198.47−0.13
Invalid votes 3711.53+0.13
Votes cast / turnout 24,17261.97+1.99
Abstentions 14,83438.03−1.99
Registered voters 39,006
Sources[1][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Santurtzi

Population: 46,651
← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of Santurtzi election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 9,10440.16−8.38 10−2
Yes We Can Santurtzi (SSPStz) 3,68116.24New 4+4
Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)1 3,53515.59+0.36 3±0
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 3,46515.28−3.33 3−1
People's Party (PP) 1,3545.97−3.30 1−1
Winning Santurtzi (Irabazi–Ganar Santurtzi) 9023.98New 0±0
Always Santurtzi (Siempre Santurtzi Beti) 3061.35New 0±0
Blank ballots 3241.43−0.33
Total 22,671 21±0
Valid votes 22,67198.79+0.05
Invalid votes 2771.21−0.05
Votes cast / turnout 22,94860.48−0.13
Abstentions 14,99639.52+0.13
Registered voters 37,944
Sources[1][4][5][6]
Footnotes:

Vitoria-Gasteiz

Population: 242,082
← Summary of the 24 May 2015 City Council of Vitoria-Gasteiz election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 35,72229.80+0.61 9±0
Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)1 23,42219.54−0.56 6±0
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) 19,94516.64−2.47 5−1
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) 14,31311.94−6.79 4−2
Adding Up (Sumando–Hemen Gaude) 10,3908.67New 2+2
Winning Gasteiz (Irabazi–Ganar Gasteiz) 6,1305.11New 1+1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 3,8353.20New 0±0
Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero) 1,1240.94New 0±0
Gastoria Vitoria-Gasteiz Citizen Platform (GVG) 1,0060.84New 0±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 1,0000.83−1.45 0±0
Blank Seats (EB/AZ) 8420.70New 0±0
Vox (Vox) 3460.29New 0±0
Welcome (Ongi Etorri) 2950.25+0.09 0±0
Blank ballots 1,4851.24−1.53
Total 119,855 27±0
Valid votes 119,85598.70+0.84
Invalid votes 1,5761.30−0.84
Votes cast / turnout 121,43164.76+3.25
Abstentions 66,06435.24−3.25
Registered voters 187,495
Sources[1][4][5][9]
Footnotes:

General Assemblies

References

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  3. ↑ "Elecciones Municipales 2015. País Vasco". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Resultados Electorales" (in Spanish). Basque Government. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Acuerdo de 1 de julio de 2015, de la Junta Electoral Central, por el que se procede a la publicación del resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 233/2015, de 30 de marzo, y celebradas el 24 de mayo de 2015, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona. Provincias: Araba-Álava, Asturias, Ávila, Badajoz, Barcelona y Bizkaia" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (159): 55282–55526. 4 July 2015. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  7. ↑ Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones municipales en Bilbao (Bilbo) (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 "Acuerdo de 1 de julio de 2015, de la Junta Electoral Central, por el que se procede a la publicación del resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 233/2015, de 30 de marzo, y celebradas el 24 de mayo de 2015, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona. Provincias: Gipúzkoa, Girona, Granada, Guadalajara, Huelva, Huesca, Illes Balears, Jaén" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (181): 65519–65807. 30 July 2015. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "Acuerdo de 1 de julio de 2015, de la Junta Electoral Central, por el que se procede a la publicación del resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 233/2015, de 30 de marzo, y celebradas el 24 de mayo de 2015, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona. Provincias: Araba-Álava, Asturias, Ávila, Badajoz, Barcelona y Bizkaia" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (159): 55282–55526. 4 July 2015. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
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