2011 Spanish local elections in Extremadura

This article presents the results breakdown of the local elections held in Extremadura on 22 May 2011. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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
Almendralejo	30,741	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP)
Badajoz	150,376	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Cáceres	94,179	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP)
Mérida	57,127	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP)
Plasencia	41,447	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	People's Party (PP)

Municipalities

Almendralejo

Population: 30,741

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 City Council of Almendralejo election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	9,007	52.91	+25.40	12	+6
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	6,302	37.02	−27.84	8	−6
	United Left–Greens–Independent Socialists of Extremadura (IU–V–SIEx)	898	5.28	−0.10	1	±0

	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	163	0.96	New	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	150	0.88	New	0	±0
	United Extremadura (EU)	136	0.80	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		366	2.15	−0.10

Total		17,022			21	±0

Valid votes		17,022	98.98	−0.02
Invalid votes		175	1.02	+0.02
Votes cast / turnout		17,197	70.87	+3.32
Abstentions		7,070	29.13	−3.32
Registered voters		24,267

Sources^[1]^[4]^[5]

Badajoz

Population: 150,376

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 City Council of Badajoz election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	41,441	56.82	+7.23	17	+2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	20,404	27.98	−9.95	8	−3
	United Left–Greens–Independent Socialists of Extremadura (IU–V–SIEx)¹	5,245	7.19	+0.81	2	+1

	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	2,603	3.57	New	0	±0
	Ecolo–Greens (Ecolo)	504	0.69	New	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	491	0.67	New	0	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	284	0.39	New	0	±0
	United Extremadura (EU)	206	0.28	New	0	±0
	Spanish Alternative (AES)	129	0.18	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	101	0.14	−0.08	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,525	2.09	+0.23

Total		72,933			27	±0

Valid votes		72,933	98.87	−0.62
Invalid votes		836	1.13	+0.62
Votes cast / turnout		73,769	63.57	+3.24
Abstentions		42,268	36.43	−3.24
Registered voters		116,037

Sources^[1]^[4]^[5]
Footnotes: ¹ United Left–Greens–Independent Socialists of Extremadura results are compared to the combined totals of United Left and The Greens of Extremadura in the 2007 election.

Cáceres

Population: 94,179

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 City Council of Cáceres election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party–United Extremadura (PP–EU)	29,013	56.57	+10.37	16	+4
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	12,450	24.28	−15.30	7	−4
	United Left–Greens–Independent Socialists of Extremadura (IU–V–SIEx)	4,022	7.84	+2.44	2	+1

	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	2,294	4.47	New	0	±0
	Ecolo–Greens (Ecolo)	914	1.78	New	0	±0
	Citizen Forum of Cáceres (FCC)	824	1.61	−4.94	0	−1
	Convergence for Extremadura (CEx)	343	0.67	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,424	2.78	+0.52

Total		51,284			25	±0

Valid votes		51,284	97.77	−1.45
Invalid votes		1,171	2.23	+1.45
Votes cast / turnout		52,455	70.22	+1.09
Abstentions		22,247	29.78	−1.09
Registered voters		74,702

Sources^[1]^[4]^[6]

Mérida

Population: 57,127

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 City Council of Mérida election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	13,848	44.98	−0.29	13	+1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	11,357	36.89	−10.91	10	−3
	United Left–Greens (IU–V)¹	1,843	5.99	+1.70	1	+1
	Independent Socialists of Extremadura (SIEx)	1,555	5.05	New	1	+1

	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	556	1.81	New	0	±0
	Ecolo–Greens (Ecolo)	463	1.50	New	0	±0
	United Extremadura (EU)	222	0.72	New	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	129	0.42	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		817	2.65	+0.88

Total		30,790			25	±0

Valid votes		30,790	98.62	−0.87
Invalid votes		430	1.38	+0.87
Votes cast / turnout		31,220	69.58	−1.34
Abstentions		13,646	30.42	+1.34
Registered voters		44,866

Sources^[1]^[4]^[5]
Footnotes: ¹ United Left–Greens results are compared to the combined totals of United Left–Independent Socialists of Extremadura and The Greens of Extremadura in the 2007 election.

Plasencia

Population: 41,447

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 City Council of Plasencia election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party–United Extremadura (PP–EU)	11,959	55.21	+13.89	13	+3
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	5,275	24.35	−20.33	6	−4
	United Left–Greens–Independent Socialists of Extremadura (IU–V–SIEx)	1,680	7.76	+3.03	1	+1
	Extremaduran People's Union (UPEx)	1,262	5.83	−1.38	1	±0

	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	629	2.90	New	0	±0
	Convergence for Extremadura (CEx)	285	1.32	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		571	2.64	+0.58

Total		21,661			21	±0

Valid votes		21,661	97.97	−0.83
Invalid votes		449	2.03	+0.83
Votes cast / turnout		22,110	68.12	−0.14
Abstentions		10,347	31.88	+0.14
Registered voters		32,457

Sources^[1]^[4]^[6]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales en Extremadura (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
↑ "Elecciones Municipales. 22 de mayo de 2011. Extremadura". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
↑ "Elecciones Municipales 2011. Extremadura". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
1 2 3 4 5 "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
1 2 3 "Acuerdo de 30 de junio de 2011, 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 424/2011, de 28 de marzo, y celebradas el 22 de mayo de 2011, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona. Provincias: Álava, Albacete, Alicante, Almería, Asturias, Ávila, Badajoz y Baleares" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (169): 79143–79368. 15 July 2011. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
1 2 "Acuerdo de 30 de junio de 2011, 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 424/2011, de 28 de marzo, y celebradas el 22 de mayo de 2011, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona. Provincias: Barcelona, Burgos, Cáceres, Cádiz, Cantabria, Castellón, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, A Coruña, Cuenca, Girona, Granada, Guadalajara, Guipúzcoa, Huelva, Huesca y Jaén" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (177): 82813–83650. 25 July 2011. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 23 December 2025.

[HE-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales en Extremadura (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.

[2] "Elecciones Municipales. 22 de mayo de 2011. Extremadura". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.

[3] "Elecciones Municipales 2011. Extremadura". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.

[InfoE-4] 1 2 3 4 5 "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 23 December 2025.

[Badajoz-5] 1 2 3 "Acuerdo de 30 de junio de 2011, 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 424/2011, de 28 de marzo, y celebradas el 22 de mayo de 2011, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona. Provincias: Álava, Albacete, Alicante, Almería, Asturias, Ávila, Badajoz y Baleares" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (169): 79143–79368. 15 July 2011. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 23 December 2025.

[Cáceres-6] 1 2 "Acuerdo de 30 de junio de 2011, 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 424/2011, de 28 de marzo, y celebradas el 22 de mayo de 2011, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona. Provincias: Barcelona, Burgos, Cáceres, Cádiz, Cantabria, Castellón, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, A Coruña, Cuenca, Girona, Granada, Guadalajara, Guipúzcoa, Huelva, Huesca y Jaén" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (177): 82813–83650. 25 July 2011. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 23 December 2025.

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