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1999 Spanish local elections

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13 June 1999[a]
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All 65,201 councillors in 8,104 municipal councils[b]
All 1,385 provincial/island seats in 44 provinces[c]
Registered33,585,957 Increase 5.1%
Turnout21,491,984 (64.0%)
Decrease 5.9 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José María Aznar Joaquín Almunia Jordi Pujol
Party PP PSOEp CiU
Leader since 4 September 1989 21 June 1997 19 September 1978
Last election 24,772 c., 35.3%
553 p.
21,160 c., 30.8%[d]
475 p.
4,265 c., 4.4%
64 p.
Seats won 24,623 c.
547 p.
21,917 c.
509 p.
4,089 c.
57 p.
Seat change Decrease 149 c.
Decrease 6 p.
Increase 757 c.
Increase 34 p.
Decrease 176 c.
Decrease 7 p.
Popular vote 7,334,135 7,296,484 774,074
Percentage 34.4% 34.3% 3.6%
Swing Decrease 0.9 pp Increase 3.5 pp Decrease 0.8 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Julio Anguita Xabier Arzalluz José María Mur
Party IU EAJ/PNV PAR
Leader since 12 February 1989 18 January 1985 July 1987
Last election 3,101 c., 9.9%[e]
75 p.
1,421 c., 2.0%[f]
62 p.
1,050 c., 0.5%
11 p.
Seats won 2,295 c.
39 p.
1,206 c.
56 p.
925 c.
10 p.
Seat change Decrease 806 c.
Decrease 36 p.
Decrease 215 c.
Decrease 6 p.
Decrease 125 c.
Decrease 1 p.
Popular vote 1,387,900 411,274 87,493
Percentage 6.5% 1.9% 0.4%
Swing Decrease 3.4 pp Decrease 0.1 pp Decrease 0.1 pp

Provincial results map for municipal elections

Local elections were held in Spain on 13 June 1999[a] to elect all 65,201 councillors in the 8,104 Spanish municipalities (including 50 seats in the assemblies of the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla),[2] all 1,187 provincial seats in 41 provinces (including 38 indirectly-elected provincial deputations and the three foral deputations in the Basque Country) and 198 seats in ten island councils (seven Canarian and three Balearic ones). They were held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election.

Overview

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Local government

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Under the 1978 Constitution, the governance of municipalities in Spain was centered on the figure of city councils (Spanish: ayuntamientos), local corporations with independent legal personality composed of a mayor, a government council and an elected legislative assembly.[3] The mayor was indirectly elected by the local assembly, requiring an absolute majority; otherwise, the candidate from the most-voted party automatically became mayor (ties were resolved by drawing lots).[4] The concejo abierto system (English: open council), under which voters directly elected the local mayor by plurality voting, was reserved for municipalities under 100 inhabitants and some minor local entities.[5]

Provincial deputations were the governing bodies of provinces in Spain—except for single-province autonomous communities—having an administration role of municipal activities and composed of a provincial president, an administrative body, and a plenary.[6] 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 Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma, this figure was referred to in Spanish as cabildo insular, whereas for Mallorca, Menorca and IbizaFormentera, its name was consejo insular (Catalan: consell insular).[7][g] The three Basque provinces had foral deputations instead (called General Assemblies, or Juntas Generales).[9]

Date

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The term of local assemblies in Spain expired four years after the date of their previous election, with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years, but a 1998 amendment allowed for local elections held in May 1995 to be held concurrently with European Parliament elections, provided that they were scheduled for within a four month-timespan. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 54 days before the scheduled election date and published on the following day in the Official State Gazette (BOE).[10] The previous local elections were held on 28 May 1995, setting the date for election day concurrently with that year's European Parliament election on 13 June 1999.

Local assemblies could not be dissolved before the expiration of their term, except in cases of mismanagement that seriously harmed the public interest and implied a breach of constitutional obligations, in which case the Council of Ministers could—optionally—decide to call a by-election.[11]

Elections to the assemblies of local entities were officially called on 20 April 1999 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOE, setting election day for 13 June.[12] Subsequent by-elections were called on 4 October, for 28 November.[1]

Electoral system

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Voting for local assemblies and Canarian island councils was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the municipality or council and with full political rights (provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated), as well as resident non-national European citizens, and those whose country of origin allowed reciprocal voting by virtue of a treaty.[13]

Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency.[14] Each municipality or council was a multi-member constituency, with a number of seats based on the following scale:[15]

Population Councillors
Municipalities Canary Islands Balearic Islands[g]
<250 5 No island below 5,000
inhabitants
Fixed number:
IbizaFormentera: 13
Menorca: 13
Mallorca: 33
251–1,000 7
1,001–2,000 9
2,001–5,000 11
5,001–10,000 13 11
10,001–20,000 17 13
20,001–50,000 21 17
50,001–100,000 25 21
>100,001 +1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction
+1 if total is an even number

Councillors in municipalities between 100 and 250 inhabitants were elected using open-list partial block voting, with voters choosing up to four candidates.[16]

Most provincial deputations were indirectly elected by applying the D'Hondt method and a three percent-threshold of valid votes to municipal results—excluding candidacies not electing any councillor—in each judicial district. Seats were allocated to provincial deputations based on the following scale (with each judicial district being assigned an initial minimum of one seat and a maximum of three-fifths of the total number of provincial seats, with the remaining ones distributed in proportion to population):[17]

Population Seats
<500,000 25
500,001–1,000,000 27
1,000,001–3,500,000 31
>3,500,001 51

The General Assemblies of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa were directly elected by voters under their own, specific electoral regulations.[18]

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.[19]

Parties and candidates

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The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 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, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list:[20]

  • 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.

Results

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Municipal

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Overall

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Summary of the 13 June 1999 Spanish municipal election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Councillors
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 7,334,135 34.44 −0.83 24,623 −149
People's Party (PP) 7,243,243 34.01 −0.92 24,296 −183
Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 90,892 0.43 +0.08 327 +34
Spanish Socialist Workers' PartyProgressives (PSOE–p)1 7,296,484 34.26 +3.46 21,917 +757
United Left (IU)1 2 1,387,900 6.52 −3.41 2,295 −806
Convergence and Union (CiU) 774,074 3.63 −0.77 4,089 −176
Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNVEA)3 411,274 1.93 −0.08 1,206 −215
Andalusian Party (PA)4 355,684 1.67 +0.11 544 +120
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 290,187 1.36 +0.42 586 +158
Basque Citizens (EH)5 272,446 1.28 +0.45 890 +269
Canarian Coalition (CC) 268,846 1.26 +0.14 434 +5
Canarian Coalition (CC)6 267,773 1.26 +0.20 432 +30
Nationalist Canarian Centre (CCN) 542 0.00 −0.05 1 −18
Independents of Gran Canaria (IGC) 531 0.00 −0.01 1 −7
Initiative for Catalonia–Greens–Agreement for Municipal Progress (IC–V–EPM)7 227,045 1.07 −0.67 284 −105
Republican Left of CataloniaThe Greens–Municipal Agreement (ERC–EV–AM)1 225,576 1.06 +0.14 677 +152
Valencian Nationalist BlocThe Greens (BNV–EV)8 113,747 0.53 +0.15 234 +66
Valencian Union (UV) 108,639 0.51 −0.08 229 +14
Liberal Independent Group (GIL) 87,743 0.41 +0.25 93 +50
Aragonese Party (PAR) 87,493 0.41 −0.12 925 −125
The GreensAndalusian Left (LV–IA)1 65,564 0.31 +0.26 14 +14
Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) 62,964 0.30 −0.07 281 +20
Aragonese Union (CHA) 54,614 0.26 +0.14 80 +41
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 49,898 0.23 +0.08 217 +129
PSM–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) 41,181 0.19 +0.01 112 +15
Socialist Party of MallorcaNationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) 38,675 0.18 +0.01 105 +14
Socialist Party of MenorcaNationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) 2,506 0.01 ±0.00 7 +1
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 39,321 0.18 +0.02 167 +29
Asturian Renewal Union (URAS) 36,036 0.17 New 83 +83
Democratic Party of the New Left (PDNI) 29,300 0.14 New 67 +67
Majorcan Union (UM) 24,501 0.12 +0.04 68 +24
Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) 23,865 0.11 New 32 +32
Federation of Independents of Catalonia (FIC) 22,597 0.11 +0.02 180 +3
Canarian Nationalist Federation (FNC) 22,363 0.11 +0.05 40 −2
Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) 9,989 0.05 +0.05 2 +2
Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) 9,538 0.04 −0.01 29 −2
Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) 2,836 0.01 ±0.00 9 −2
Galician Democracy (DG) 18,085 0.08 New 36 +36
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 16,782 0.08 +0.06 45 +22
Progressive Pact+Coalition of Progressive Organizations (Pacte+COP) 16,524 0.08 +0.02 45 +9
Progressive Pact (Pacte)9 14,988 0.07 +0.01 37 +6
Coalition of Progressive Organizations (COP)10 1,536 0.01 +0.01 8 +3
Asturianist Party (PAS) 16,187 0.08 +0.02 12 +6
Basque Citizen Initiative (ICV/EHE) 15,111 0.07 −0.07 2 −3
Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN) 14,573 0.07 −0.04 25 −17
Humanist Party (PH) 13,764 0.06 +0.04 0 ±0
Party of Gran Canaria (PGC) 13,150 0.06 ±0.00 2 ±0
Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL) 13,041 0.06 +0.01 124 +26
Party for Independence (PI) 12,820 0.06 New 9 +9
Portuese Independents (IP) 11,424 0.05 −0.02 10 −6
Extremaduran Coalition (CREx–PREx) 10,548 0.05 −0.08 50 −89
Galician LeftThe Greens (EdeG–OV) 10,146 0.05 New 10 +10
Independent Initiative (II) 10,122 0.05 New 22 +22
Platform of Independents of Spain (PIE) 9,683 0.05 −0.31 35 −171
Independent Burgalese Popular Action (APBI) 9,676 0.05 New 3 +3
Alavese Unity (UA) 9,675 0.05 −0.05 9 −28
Riojan Party (PR) 9,669 0.05 ±0.00 58 −45
Independent Sorian Alternative (ALSI) 2,671 0.01 ±0.00 4 +2
Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) 2,345 0.01 ±0.00 9 +1
Others (lists at <0.05% not securing any provincial or island seat) 932,140 4.38 4,324 −925
Blank ballots 415,401 1.95 +0.49
Total 21,297,014 100.00 65,201 −668
Valid votes 21,297,014 99.09 −0.23
Invalid votes 194,970 0.91 +0.23
Votes cast / turnout 21,491,984 63.99 −5.88
Abstentions 12,093,973 36.01 +5.88
Registered voters 33,585,957
Sources[21][22]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PP
34.44%
PSOEp
34.26%
IU
6.52%
CiU
3.63%
PNV–EA
1.93%
PA
1.67%
BNG
1.36%
EH
1.28%
CC
1.26%
IC–V–EPM
1.07%
ERCEV–AM
1.06%
BNVEV
0.53%
UV
0.51%
Others
8.53%
Blank ballots
1.95%

City control

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The following table lists party control in provincial capitals (highlighted in bold), as well as in municipalities above 75,000.[23] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Municipality Population Previous control New control
A Coruña 243,134 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete 145,454 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcalá de Henares 163,831 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcobendas 86,146 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcorcón 143,970 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Algeciras 101,972 Andalusian Party (PA) Andalusian Party (PA)
Alicante 272,432 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Almería 168,025 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ávila 47,650 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Avilés 84,835 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Badajoz 134,710 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Badalona 209,606 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Barakaldo 98,649 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona 1,505,581 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Bilbao 358,467 Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)
Burgos 161,984 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cáceres 78,614 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Cádiz 143,129 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Cartagena 175,628 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Castellón de la Plana 137,741 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real 61,138 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Córdoba 309,961 People's Party (PP) United Left (IU)
Cornellà de Llobregat 80,329 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Coslada 73,732[h] United Left (IU) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cuenca 44,558 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Donostia-San Sebastián 178,229 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Dos Hermanas 92,506 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Elche 191,713 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ferrol 82,548 People's Party (PP) Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
Fuenlabrada 167,458 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getafe 143,629 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getxo 82,974 Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)
Gijón 265,491 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona 71,858 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Granada 241,471 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Guadalajara 64,439 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Huelva 139,991 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Huesca 45,485 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén 107,184 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Jerez de la Frontera 181,602 Andalusian Party (PA) Andalusian Party (PA)
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 248,521 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 352,641 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Leganés 173,163 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León 139,809 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Lleida 112,207 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Logroño 125,617 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Lugo 86,620 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Madrid 2,881,506 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Málaga 528,079 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Marbella 98,377 Liberal Independent Group (GIL) Liberal Independent Group (GIL)
Mataró 103,265 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Móstoles 195,311 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Murcia 349,040 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Ourense 107,965 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Oviedo 199,549 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Palencia 79,745 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Palma de Mallorca 319,181 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Pamplona 179,145 Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN) Navarrese People's Union (UPN)
Pontevedra 73,871 People's Party (PP) Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
Reus 89,034 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sabadell 184,859 Initiative for Catalonia (IC) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Salamanca 158,457 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna 127,945 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
San Fernando 84,014 Andalusian Party (PA) Andalusian Party (PA)
Sant Boi de Llobregat 78,632 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Coloma de Gramenet 120,958 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife 211,930 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
Santander 184,165 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Santiago de Compostela 93,584 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Segovia 54,012 People's Party (PP) Centrist Unity–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)
Seville 701,927 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria 33,882 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Talavera de la Reina 72,208[i] People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Tarragona 112,795 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Telde 83,733 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
Terrassa 165,654 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Teruel 29,320 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Toledo 66,989 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Torrejón de Ardoz 91,186 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Valencia 739,412 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Valladolid 319,946 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Vigo 283,110 People's Party (PP) Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
Vitoria-Gasteiz 216,527 Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) People's Party (PP)
Zamora 64,421 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Zaragoza 603,367 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)

Autonomous cities

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The following table lists party control in the autonomous cities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

City Population Previous control New control
Ceuta 72,117 People's Party (PP) Liberal Independent Group (GIL) (PP in 2001)
Melilla 60,108 Independent Party of Melilla (PIM) Coalition for Melilla (CpM) (PP in 2000)

Provincial and island

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Summary

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Summary of the 13 June 1999 Spanish provincial and island election results
Parties and alliances Seats
PD IC FD Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 454 59 34 547 −6
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1 425 55 29 509 +34
Convergence and Union (CiU) 57 57 −7
Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNVEA)2 56 56 −6
Canarian Coalition (CC) 49 49 +7
United Left (IU)3 33 3 3 39 −36
Basque Citizens (EH)4 29 29 +9
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 15 15 +4
Andalusian Party (PA)5 12 12 +1
Aragonese Party (PAR) 10 10 −1
Canarian Nationalist Federation (FNC) 10 10 −2
Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) 7 7 −1
Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) 3 3 −1
Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) 7 7 +1
Progressive Pact+Coalition of Progressive Organizations (Pacte+COP) 7 7 +2
Progressive Pact (Pacte)6 6 6 +1
Coalition of Progressive Organizations (COP) 1 1 +1
Republican Left of CataloniaThe Greens–Municipal Agreement (ERC–EV–AM) 6 6 +4
Liberal Independent Group (GIL) 5 5 +2
PSM–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) 5 5 −1
Socialist Party of MallorcaNationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) 4 4 −1
Socialist Party of MenorcaNationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) 1 1 ±0
Initiative for Catalonia–Greens (IC–V)7 3 3 −4
Aragonese Union (CHA) 3 3 +3
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 3 3 +1
Majorcan Union (UM) 3 3 +1
Valencian Nationalist BlocThe Greens (BNV–EV) 2 2 +2
Alavese Unity (UA) 2 2 −7
Valencian Union (UV) 1 1 ±0
Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) 1 0 1 +1
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 1 1 +1
Independent Burgalese Popular Action (APBI) 1 1 +1
Independent Sorian Alternative (ALSI) 1 1 ±0
Basque Citizen Initiative (ICV/EHE) 0 0 −2
Independent Popular Council of Formentera (AIPF) 0 0 −1
Independent Group of Ávila (AIAV) n/a n/a n/a 0 −1
Independents (INDEP) 1 0 0 1 ±0
Total 1,034 198 153 1,385 ±0
Sources[26]
Footnotes:

Indirectly-elected

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The following table lists party control in the indirectly-elected provincial deputations.[26] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Province Population Previous control New control
A Coruña[j] 1,106,325 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Albacete 358,597 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alicante 1,388,933 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Almería 505,448 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Ávila 167,132 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Badajoz 663,803 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona 4,666,271 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Burgos 344,306 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Cáceres 405,616 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cádiz 1,107,484 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Castellón 461,712 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real 479,474 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Córdoba 767,175 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cuenca 199,086 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona 543,191 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Granada 801,177 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Guadalajara 159,331 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huelva 453,958 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huesca 204,956 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén 645,792 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León 506,365 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Lleida 357,903 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Lugo 367,751 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Málaga 1,240,580 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ourense[k] 344,170 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Palencia 179,623 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Pontevedra 906,298 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Salamanca 349,550 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Segovia 145,961 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Seville 1,714,845 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria 91,390 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Tarragona 580,245 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Teruel 136,840 People's Party (PP) Aragonese Party (PAR)
Toledo 519,664 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Valencia 2,172,796 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Valladolid 492,029 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Zamora 205,201 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Zaragoza 841,438 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Island councils

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The following table lists party control in the island councils.[28][29] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Island Population Previous control New control
El Hierro 7,679 Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)
Fuerteventura 49,020 Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) Canarian Coalition (CC)
Gran Canaria 715,994 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
IbizaFormentera 89,903[30] People's Party (PP) Progressive Pact (Pacte)
La Gomera 16,790 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
La Palma 78,198 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
Lanzarote 84,849 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Mallorca 637,510[30] Majorcan Union (UM) Majorcan Union (UM)
Menorca 69,070[30] People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Tenerife 677,485 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)

Foral deputations

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The following table lists party control in the foral deputations.[31] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Province Population Previous control New control
Álava 284,595 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) People's Party (PP)
Biscay 1,137,594 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Guipúzcoa 676,019 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)

Notes

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  1. ^ a b By-elections were held on 28 November 1999 in those constituencies where results were annulled by a final sentence following an electoral petition, or where elections were not held due to a lack of candidates.[1]
  2. ^ Including 50 seats in the assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla.
  3. ^ Including:
  4. ^ Results for PSOE in the 1995 elections, not including Ibiza and Formentera.
  5. ^ Results for IU in the 1995 elections, not including Ibiza nor ICEV results in Catalonia.
  6. ^ Results for PNV (1.4%, 1,015 c. and 47 p.) and EA (0.6%, 406 c. and 15 p.) in the 1995 elections.
  7. ^ a b For the Balearic Islands, regional lawmakers served as island councillors.[8]
  8. ^ Reached 75,000 in 1992–1996, and again from 1999.[24]
  9. ^ Reached 75,000 in 1994–1995, and again from 2001.[25]
  10. ^ Renamed from La Coruña in April 1998.[27]
  11. ^ Renamed from Orense in April 1998.[27]

References

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  1. ^ a b Royal Decree 1524/1999 (1999), arts. 1–2.
  2. ^ "Elecciones Municipales en España 1979-2011" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. December 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  3. ^ Constitution (1978), art. 140; LBRL (1985), art. 19.
  4. ^ LBRL (1985), art. 19; LOREG (1985), art. 196.
  5. ^ LBRL (1985), art. 29; LOREG (1985), arts. 179 & 199–200.
  6. ^ Constitution (1978), art. 141; LBRL (1985), arts. 31–32 & 40.
  7. ^ Constitution (1978), art. 141; LBRL (1985), art. 41.
  8. ^ EAIB (1983), art. 37 (suppl. by LEIB (1986), art. 12; am. by EAIB (1999), art. 1).
  9. ^ Constitution (1978), repeal. prov.; Law 27/1983 (1983), arts. 1 & 6–8; LBRL (1985), art. 39.
  10. ^ LOREG (1985), arts. 42, 194, 201 & add. prov. 5.
  11. ^ LBRL (1985), art. 61.
  12. ^ Royal Decree 606/1999 (1999), art. 1.
  13. ^ Constitution (1978), art. 13; LBRL (1985), art. 19; LOREG (1985), arts. 2–3, 176 & 201.
  14. ^ LOREG (1985), arts. 163, 180 & 201.
  15. ^ LOREG (1985), arts. 179–180 & 201.
  16. ^ LOREG (1985), art. 184.
  17. ^ LOREG (1985), arts. 163 & 204–205.
  18. ^ Law 1/1987 (1987), arts. 1–4 & 7–9.
  19. ^ LOREG (1985), arts. 46, 48, 182 & 208.
  20. ^ LOREG (1985), arts. 44 & 187.
  21. ^ Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales (1979-2011)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  22. ^ "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  23. ^ Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales (alcaldes de ciudades por partido)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  24. ^ "Demografia de Coslada (Madrid). Tabla año a año". Foro-Ciudad.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  25. ^ "Demografia de Talavera de la Reina (Toledo)". Foro-Ciudad.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  26. ^ a b Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones a Diputaciones Provinciales (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  27. ^ a b Law 2/1998 (1998), arts. 1–2 & final prov..
  28. ^ Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones a Cabildos insulares (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  29. ^ Lozano, Carles. "Eleccions als Consells Insulars (des de 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Catalan). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  30. ^ a b c "Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero. Resumen por Islas (1998)" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  31. ^ Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones a las Juntas Generales (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2026.

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