2007 Spanish local elections

Local elections were held in Spain on 27 May 2007[a] to elect all 66,131 councillors in the 8,111 Spanish municipalities (including 50 seats in the assemblies of the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla),[2] all 1,191 provincial seats in 41 provinces (including 38 indirectly-elected provincial deputations and the three foral deputations in the Basque Country) and 225 seats in ten island councils (seven Canarian and four Balearic ones). They were held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities.

2007 Spanish local elections

 2003
27 May 2007[a]
2011 

All 66,131 councillors in 8,111 municipal councils[b]
All 1,416 provincial/island seats in 44 provinces[c]
Opinion polls
Registered35,153,523 Increase 2.2%
Turnout22,488,232 (64.0%)
Decrease 3.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Mariano Rajoy Artur Mas
Party PSOE PP CiU
Leader since 22 July 2000 2 October 2004 27 November 2004
Last election 23,257 c., 34.9%[d]
560 p.
23,670 c., 34.3%[e]
527 p.
3,687 c., 3.4%
50 p.
Seats won 24,029 c.
590 p.
23,348 c.
530 p.
3,387 c.
51 p.
Seat change Increase 772 c.
Increase 30 p.
Decrease 322 c.
Increase 3 p.
Decrease 300 c.
Increase 1 p.
Popular vote 7,760,865 7,916,075 723,325
Percentage 34.9% 35.6% 3.3%
Swing Steady 0.0 pp Increase 1.3 pp Decrease 0.1 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Gaspar Llamazares Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira Josu Jon Imaz
Party IU ERC–AM EAJ/PNV
Leader since 29 October 2000 25 November 1996 18 January 2004
Last election 2,622 c., 7.5%[f]
49 p.
1,282 c., 1.8%
13 p.
1,499 c., 52 p.
(PNV–EA)[g]
Seats won 2,595 c.
41 p.
1,591 c.
13 p.
1,043 c.
53 p.
Seat change Decrease 27 c.
Decrease 8 p.
Increase 309 c.
Steady 0 p.
Decrease 456 c.
Increase 1 p.
Popular vote 1,554,180 347,601 310,036
Percentage 7.0% 1.6% 1.4%
Swing Decrease 0.5 pp Decrease 0.2 pp n/a

Provincial results map for municipal elections

The results saw few changes overall; most incumbent governments retained their majority, with only a few exceptions. The PP government in the Balearics fell, and a coalition led by PSOE took power. While the elections were seen as a first indication of how the 2008 Spanish general election might turn out, the results proved to be inconclusive. In 2003, the PSOE had a slight edge with 34.8 against the PP's 34.3; in this election, the PP had 35.6 to the PSOE's 34.9. Turnout was slightly lower, with 63.8 instead of 67.7 four years earlier.

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, Ibiza and Formentera, its name was consejo insular (Catalan: consell insular).[7] The three Basque provinces had foral deputations instead (called General Assemblies, or Juntas Generales).[8]

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. 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).[9] The previous local elections were held on 25 May 2003, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 27 May 2007.

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.[10]

Elections to the assemblies of local entities were officially called on 3 April 2007 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOE, setting election day for 27 May.[11] Subsequent by-elections were called on 4 September, for 28 October.[1]

Electoral system

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Voting for local assemblies and 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.[12]

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.[13] Each municipality or council was a multi-member constituency, with a number of seats based on the following scale:[14]

Population Councillors
Municipalities Canary Islands Balearic Islands[h]
<250 5 No island below 5,000
inhabitants
Fixed number:
Ibiza: 13
Menorca: 13
Mallorca: 33
Formentera: Same as homonymous city council
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.

Amendments in 2007 required a balanced composition of men and women in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition.[21]

Opinion polls

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Results

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Municipal

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Overall

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Summary of the 27 May 2007 Spanish municipal election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Councillors
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 7,916,07535.62+1.28 23,348−322
People's Party (PP)1 7,805,16535.12+1.21 23,012−323
Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 110,9100.50+0.06 336+1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)2 7,760,86534.92+0.02 24,029+772
United Left (IU) 1,554,1806.99−0.54 2,595−27
United Left (IU)3 1,210,4785.45−0.15 1,994−122
Initiative–EUiA–Agreement for Municipal Progress (ICV–EUiA–EPM) 259,0991.17−0.29 456+59
United Left–GreensAralarStand up (EB–B–Aralar–Zutik)4 84,6030.38−0.09 145+36
Convergence and Union (CiU) 723,3253.25−0.20 3,387−300
Republican Left of Catalonia–Municipal Agreement (ERC–AM) 347,6011.56−0.27 1,591+309
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 315,2791.42±0.00 661+66
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)5 310,0361.39n/a 1,043−456
Andalusian Party (PA) 237,0981.07−0.42 527−166
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCPNC) 217,6780.98−0.32 404−65
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCPNC)6 215,0450.97−0.32 393−66
Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) 2,6330.01±0.00 11+1
Valencian Nationalist BlocThe Greens Ecologist Left (Bloc–EVEE) 105,7540.48−0.13 277−21
Basque Nationalist Action (EAE/ANV)7 8 94,2530.42+0.36 432+369
Aragonese Party (PAR) 94,0790.42+0.05 983+76
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 73,6570.33+0.04 303+27
Basque Solidarity (EA)5 72,5900.33n/a 255+152
The Greens (LV) 72,2970.33−0.19 24+5
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) 71,2260.32New 13+13
Aragonese Union (CHA) 58,4630.26−0.13 228+32
New Canaries (NC) 57,6240.26New 61+61
Navarre Yes (NaBai)9 52,3870.24+0.07 133+31
Canarian Centre (CCN) 48,9690.22+0.16 69+35
Canarian Centre (CCN)10 40,3230.18+0.13 47+40
Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) 8,6460.04−0.01 22−5
Socialist Party of Andalusia (PSA) 48,3650.22−0.04 64+7
Majorcan Union (UM) 36,5580.16±0.00 99−4
Leonese People's Union–United Zamora (UPL–ZU)11 34,0440.15−0.06 188−77
Galician Land (TeGa) 33,6260.15New 66+66
Bloc for Mallorca (PSMEN, EUEV, ERC)12 31,6700.14−0.10 58−46
Party of Almería (PdeAL) 22,5540.10New 61+61
Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) 21,8030.10+0.07 24+18
Valencian Coalition (CVa) 21,3040.10New 20+20
Independent Candidacy–The Party of Castile and León (CI–PCL) 19,8850.09+0.03 149+84
Galicianist Party (PG) 19,7390.09New 10+10
Valencian UnionThe Eco-pacifist Greens (UV–LVEP) 19,4190.09−0.29 29−102
Federation of Independents of Catalonia (FIC) 17,4780.08−0.02 86−18
Social Democratic Party (PSD) 14,6340.07New 16+16
Commoners' Land (TC) 14,3310.06−0.01 93+51
Vallès Alternative Candidacies (CAV) 13,4710.06New 13+13
Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) 12,7050.06New 38+38
Independents for Extremadura (IPEx) 12,6930.06New 85+85
Platform for Catalonia (PxC) 12,4250.06+0.05 17+13
Asturian Renewal UnionAsturianist Party (URAS–PAS)13 11,5130.05−0.06 11−21
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 11,1480.05New 0±0
Riojan Party (PR) 11,0850.05−0.01 43−22
Commitment to Gran Canaria (CGCa) 10,6880.05New 2+2
Union of the Salamancan People (UPSa) 10,1790.05+0.02 85+27
The Greens of the Community of Madrid (LVCM) 10,0610.05−0.04 5+3
Independent Solution (SI) 8,0390.04±0.00 34+24
Zamoran Independent Electors–Zamoran People's Union (ADEIZA–UPZ) 6,7050.03+0.01 63+31
Initiative for the Development of Soria (IDES) 3,7530.02±0.00 20−1
PSMNationalist AgreementThe Greens of Menorca (PSM–EN, EV–Me) 1,8000.01±0.00 5−1
People for Formentera (GxF) 1,1340.01New 5+5
Independents of Formentera Group (GUIF) 5180.00±0.00 2−1
Others (lists at <0.05% not securing any provincial or island seat) 1,124,4385.06 4,436−217
Blank ballots 427,0611.92+0.16
Total 22,225,879100.00 66,131+621
Valid votes 22,225,87998.83+0.13
Invalid votes 262,3531.17−0.13
Votes cast / turnout 22,488,23263.97−3.70
Abstentions 12,665,29136.03+3.70
Registered voters 35,153,523
Sources[22][23]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PP
35.62%
PSOE
34.92%
IU
6.99%
CiU
3.25%
ERC–AM
1.56%
BNG
1.42%
EAJ/PNV
1.39%
PA
1.07%
CC–PNC
0.98%
Others
10.87%
Blank ballots
1.92%

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.[24] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Municipality Population Previous control New control
A Coruña 243,320 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete 161,508 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcalá de Henares 201,380 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Alcobendas 104,118 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Alcorcón 164,633 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Algeciras 112,937 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alicante 322,431 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Almería 185,309 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Ávila 53,272 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Avilés 83,538 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Badajoz 143,748 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Badalona 221,520 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Barakaldo 95,640 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona 1,605,602 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Bilbao 354,145 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Burgos 173,676 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Cáceres 90,218 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cádiz 130,561 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Cartagena 208,609 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Castellón de la Plana 172,110 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real 70,124 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Córdoba 322,867 United Left (IU) United Left (IU)
Cornellà de Llobregat 84,289 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Coslada 83,233 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cuenca 51,205 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Donostia-San Sebastián 183,308 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Dos Hermanas 114,672 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
El Ejido 75,969 Party of Almería (PdeAL) Party of Almería (PdeAL)
El Puerto de Santa María 83,101 Portuese Independents (IP) People's Party (PP)
Elche 219,032 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ferrol 76,399 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Fuenlabrada 193,715 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Gandía 74,827[i] Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getafe 156,320 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getxo 82,327 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Gijón 274,472 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona 89,890 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Granada 237,929 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Guadalajara 75,493 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Huelva 145,763 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Huesca 49,312 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén 116,769 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jerez de la Frontera 199,544 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 248,150 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 377,056 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Las Rozas de Madrid 75,719 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Leganés 182,471 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP) (PSOE in 2007)
León 136,985 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Lleida 125,677 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Logroño 147,036 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Lorca 89,936 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Lugo 93,450 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Madrid 3,128,600 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Málaga 560,631 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Marbella 125,519 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Mataró 118,748 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Móstoles 206,301 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Murcia 416,996 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Orihuela 77,979 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Ourense 108,137 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Oviedo 214,883 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Palencia 82,263 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Palma de Mallorca 375,048 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Pamplona 195,769 Navarrese People's Union (UPN) Navarrese People's Union (UPN)
Parla 95,087 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Pontevedra 80,096 Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
Pozuelo de Alarcón 79,581 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Reus 101,767 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sabadell 200,545 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Salamanca 159,754 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna 142,161 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
San Fernando 93,544 Andalusian Party (PA) Andalusian Party (PA)
Sant Boi de Llobregat 81,368 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Coloma de Gramenet 119,056 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife 223,148 Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
Santander 182,926 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Santiago de Compostela 93,458 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Segovia 55,476 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Seville 704,414 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria 38,004 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Talavera de la Reina 83,793 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Tarragona 131,158 Convergence and Union (CiU) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Telde 97,525 People's Party (PP) New Canaries (NC)
Terrassa 199,817 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Teruel 33,673 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Aragonese Party (PAR) (PP in 2010)
Toledo 77,601 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Torrejón de Ardoz 112,114 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Torrent 74,616[j] Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Torrevieja 92,034 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Valencia 805,304 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Valladolid 319,943 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Vigo 293,255 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Vitoria-Gasteiz 227,568 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Zamora 66,135 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Zaragoza 646,546 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

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 75,861 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Melilla 66,871 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)

Provincial and island

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Summary

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Summary of the 27 May 2007 Spanish provincial and island election results
Parties and alliances Seats
PD IC FD Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1 4658144 590+30
People's Party (PP) 4386329 530+3
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCPNC) 54 54−3
Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCPNC)2 46 46−3
Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) 7 7±0
Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) 1 1±0
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)3 53 53+1
Convergence and Union (CiU) 51 51+1
United Left (IU) 29012 41−8
United Left (IU)4 250 25−5
United Left–GreensAralar (EB–B–Aralar)5 12 12+2
Initiative–EUiA–Agreement for Municipal Progress (ICV–EUiA–EPM) 4 4−5
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 17 17+2
Republican Left of Catalonia–Municipal Agreement (ERC–AM) 13 13±0
Aragonese Party (PAR) 11 11+2
Basque Solidarity (EA)3 10 10−11
Canarian Centre (CCN) 7 7−3
Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) 6 6−2
Canarian Centre (CCN)6 1 1−1
New Canaries (NCa) 6 6+6
Basque Nationalist Action (EAE/ANV) 5 5+5
People for Formentera (GxF) 5 5+5
Andalusian Party (PA) 4 4−3
Aragonese Union (CHA) 3 3−1
Bloc for Mallorca (PSMEN, EUEV, ERC)7 3 3−2
Majorcan Union (UM) 3 3±0
Party of Almería (PdeAL) 2 2+2
Independents of Formentera Group (GUIF) 2 2+2
Valencian Nationalist BlocThe Greens Ecologist Left (Bloc–EVEE) 1 1±0
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 1 1−1
Independent Solution (SI) 1 1±0
Zamoran Independent Electors–Zamoran People's Union (ADEIZA–UPZ) 1 1+1
Initiative for the Development of Soria (IDES) 1 1±0
PSMNationalist AgreementThe Greens of Menorca (PSM–EN, EV–Me) 1 1±0
Socialist Party of Andalusia (PSA) 0 0−2
Valencian Union (UV) 0 0−1
Independent Group for Almería (GIAL) 0 0−1
25 May Citizens' Alternative (AC25M) 0 0−1
Liberal Independent Group (GIL) n/an/an/a 0−1
Alavese Unity (UA) n/an/an/a 0−1
Independent Popular Council of Formentera (AIPF) n/an/an/a 0−1
Independents (INDEP) 000 0−1
Total 1,038225153 1,416+19
Sources[27]
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Indirectly-elected

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The following table lists party control in the indirectly-elected provincial deputations.[27] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Province Population Previous control New control
A Coruña 1,129,141 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete 387,658 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alicante 1,783,555 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Almería 635,850 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ávila 167,818 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Badajoz 673,474 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona 5,309,404 Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Burgos 362,964 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Cáceres 412,899 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cádiz 1,194,062 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Castellón 559,761 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real 506,864 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Córdoba 788,287 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cuenca 208,616 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona 687,331 Convergence and Union (CiU) Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)
Granada 876,184 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Guadalajara 213,505 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huelva 492,174 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huesca 218,023 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén 662,751 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León 498,223 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Lleida 407,496 Convergence and Union (CiU) Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)
Lugo 356,595 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Málaga 1,491,287 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ourense 338,671 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Palencia 173,153 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Pontevedra 943,117 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Salamanca 353,110 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Segovia 156,598 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Seville 1,835,077 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria 93,431 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Tarragona 730,466 Convergence and Union (CiU) Convergence and Union (CiU)
Teruel 142,160 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Toledo 615,618 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Valencia 2,463,592 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Valladolid 519,249 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Zamora 197,492 People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Zaragoza 917,288 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 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 10,688 Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)
Formentera 7,957[30] Newly-established People for Formentera (GxF)
Fuerteventura 89,680 Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)
Gran Canaria 807,049 People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ibiza 113,908[30] People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
La Gomera 21,952 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
La Palma 86,062 Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)
Lanzarote 127,457 Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (CC–PNC in 2009)
Mallorca 790,763[30] Majorcan Union (UM) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Menorca 88,434[30] Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Tenerife 852,945 Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC) Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CC–PNC)

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 301,926 People's Party (PP) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Biscay 1,139,863 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Guipúzcoa 691,895 Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)

Notes

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  1. 1 2 By-elections were held on 28 October 2007 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 (34.8%, 23,224 c. and 555 p.) and Pacte (0.1%, 33 c. and 5 p.) in the 2003 elections.
  5. Results for PP (34.8%, 23,615 c. and 527 p.) and EU (0.0%, 55 c. and 0 p.) in the 2003 elections.
  6. Results for IU (7.4%, 2,589 c. and 48 p.; not including Mallorca), Aralar in the Basque Country (0.1%, 30 c. and 1 p.) and UDCE (0.0%, 3 c. and 0 p.) in the 2003 elections.
  7. Within the PNV–EA alliance in the 2005 election: PNV (1,499 c. and 52 p.) and EA (103 c. and 21 p.).
  8. For the Island Council of Formentera, councillors in the city council served as island councillors.[15]
  9. Reached 75,000 in 2007.[25]
  10. Reached 75,000 in 2007.[26]

References

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  1. 1 2 Royal Decree 1137/2007 (2007), art. 1.
  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. Constitution (1978), repeal. prov.; Law 27/1983 (1983), arts. 1 & 6–8; LBRL (1985), art. 39.
  9. LOREG (1985), arts. 42, 194 & 201; EAIB (2007), art. 64 & trans. prov. 7.
  10. LBRL (1985), art. 61.
  11. Royal Decree 444/2007 (2007), art. 1.
  12. Constitution (1978), art. 13; LBRL (1985), art. 19; LOREG (1985), arts. 2–3, 176 & 201; EAIB (2007), art. 64 & trans. prov. 7.
  13. LOREG (1985), arts. 163, 180 & 201; EAIB (2007), trans. prov. 7 (suppl. by LEIB (1986), art. 12).
  14. LOREG (1985), arts. 179–180 & 201; EAIB (2007), trans. prov. 7.
  15. EAIB (2007), art. 63 & trans. prov. 7.
  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. LOREG (1985), art. 44 bis.
  22. Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales (1979-2011)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  23. "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  24. Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales (alcaldes de ciudades por partido)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  25. "Demografia de Gandia (Valencia). Tabla año a año". Foro-Ciudad.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  26. "Demografia de Torrent (Valencia). Tabla año a año". Foro-Ciudad.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  27. 1 2 Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones a Diputaciones Provinciales (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  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. 1 2 3 4 "Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero. Resumen por Islas (2006)" (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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