Election results in Tarragona
The 2023 local election with every list's votes and councillors, and how Tarragona voted in the 2023 general election and the 2024 Catalan election, beside Catalonia as a whole. From official data, with space for the results of 29 November.
- Population
- 143,649 (1 January 2025, Idescat)
- Comarca and province
- Tarragonès · Tarragona
- Councillors
- 27
- Mayor
- Rubén Viñuales Elías (PSC-CP), since 17 June 2023
- Next local elections
- Sunday 23 May 2027 (expected)
General election of 29 November 2026
Polling day: Sunday 29 November 2026.
Results for Tarragona will appear here when the Spanish Ministry of the Interior publishes the official results file by municipality in its download area.
Provisional results on election night: the ministry has not yet announced the website where it will publish them (checked on 29 October 2026). When it does, we will add the official link here. How the count works: Election night: results times and the count.
If you are voting: how to vote in Catalonia and the 29 November candidate lists.
Local election of 28 May 2023
Tarragona elects 27 councillors. Turnout was 52.1% (48,260 voters out of an electorate of 92,685), against 55.6% across Catalonia. The list with most votes was PSC-CP, with 13,123 votes (27.6% of valid votes) and 9 councillors.
| List | Votes | % of valid votes | Councillors |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSC-CPPartit dels Socialistes de Catalunya - Candidatura de Progrés | 13,123 | 27.6% | 9 |
| ERC-AMEsquerra Republicana de Catalunya - Acord Municipal | 8,940 | 18.8% | 6 |
| PPPartido Popular | 6,638 | 13.9% | 4 |
| VOX | 5,035 | 10.6% | 3 |
| CMJunts per Catalunya Tarragona - Compromís Municipal | 4,119 | 8.7% | 3 |
| TGNECP-CTarragona En Comú Podem - Confluència | 2,881 | 6.1% | 2 |
| CUP-AMUNTCandidatura d'Unitat Popular - Alternativa Municipalista | 2,361 | 5.0% | 0 |
| ARA PLSí Tarragona - Ara Pacte Local | 1,321 | 2.8% | 0 |
| VALENTSValents | 1,117 | 2.3% | 0 |
| CsCiutadans - Partido de la Ciudadanía | 792 | 1.7% | 0 |
| ESCONS EN BLANCEscons en Blanc per Deixar Escons Buits - Escaños en Blanco para dejar Escaños Vacíos | 231 | 0.5% | 0 |
| PCTCPartit Comunista dels Treballadors de Catalunya | 179 | 0.4% | 0 |
| CNVConvergents | 71 | 0.1% | 0 |
| Blank votes | 809 | 1.7% |
Valid votes: 47,617, including blank votes. Spoilt (null) votes: 643, not counted in the percentages. Percentages computed from the official counts.
Voters do not elect the mayor directly: the councillors do, at the council's first meeting. If no list leader wins an absolute majority of the councillors, the leader of the list with most votes becomes mayor (electoral law, article 196).
According to the Catalan government's register of local authorities, the mayor of Tarragona is Rubén Viñuales Elías (PSC-CP), in office since 17 June 2023.
How the 27 councillors were allocated
Spanish electoral law uses the D'Hondt method (LOREG, articles 163 and 180). Only lists with at least 5% of the valid votes take part, which in Tarragona meant 2,381 votes; 7 lists fell short. Each remaining list's votes are divided by 1, 2, 3… and the seats go to the largest quotients.
The 27th and last seat went to CM, with a quotient of 1,373 (4,119 votes ÷ 3). The highest quotient left without a seat: 1,327.6 (PP, 6,638 ÷ 5).
The size of the council depends on population: with 134,883 residents on the register used for this election, Tarragona elects 27 (LOREG, article 179).
General election of 23 July 2023 (Congress)
In Tarragona, 60,568 people voted out of an electorate of 91,874: turnout of 65.9%, against 65.4% in Catalonia. The list with most votes was PSC, with 34.2% of valid votes (34.5% in Catalonia).
| List | Votes | % Tarragona | % Catalonia | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSCPartit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (PSC-PSOE) | 20,538 | 34.2% | 34.5% | 19 |
| PPPartit Popular / Partido Popular | 10,984 | 18.3% | 13.3% | 6 |
| SUMAR - ECPSumar - En Comú Podem | 7,608 | 12.7% | 14.0% | 7 |
| ERCEsquerra Republicana de Catalunya | 6,847 | 11.4% | 13.2% | 7 |
| VOXVox | 6,746 | 11.2% | 7.8% | 2 |
| JxCAT - JUNTSJunts Per Catalunya - Junts | 4,610 | 7.7% | 11.2% | 7 |
| Other lists (8) | 2,224 | 3.7% | 5.2% | 0 |
| Blank votes | 463 | 0.8% | 0.8% |
Seats are allocated by province, not by municipality: the last column is Catalonia's total (48 members of Congress). Catalonia's figures leave out votes from residents abroad (CERA), which are counted by province and belong to no municipality; with them, official turnout in Catalonia was 62.7%.
Catalan Parliament election of 12 May 2024
In Tarragona, 53,178 people voted out of an electorate of 92,722: turnout of 57.4%, against 57.9% in Catalonia. The list with most votes was PSC, with 28.1% of valid votes (28.0% in Catalonia).
| List | Votes | % Tarragona | % Catalonia | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSCPartit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (PSC-PSOE) | 14,853 | 28.1% | 28.0% | 42 |
| PPPartit Popular / Partido Popular | 9,348 | 17.7% | 11.0% | 15 |
| CAT-JUNTS+Junts + Carles Puigdemont per Catalunya-Junts+ | 8,240 | 15.6% | 21.6% | 35 |
| ERCEsquerra Republicana de Catalunya | 6,523 | 12.4% | 13.7% | 20 |
| VOXVox | 6,129 | 11.6% | 8.0% | 11 |
| COMUNS SUMARComuns Sumar | 2,402 | 4.6% | 5.8% | 6 |
| CUP - DTCandidatura d'Unitat Popular - Defensem la Terra | 1,961 | 3.7% | 4.1% | 4 |
| ALIANÇA.CATAliança Catalana | 1,302 | 2.5% | 3.8% | 2 |
| Other lists (10) | 1,569 | 3.0% | 3.0% | 0 |
| Blank votes | 452 | 0.9% | 1.1% |
The 135 seats are allocated by province; the last column is the total. Catalonia's figures leave out votes from residents abroad (CERA); with them, official turnout was 55.3%.
Turnout in Tarragona and in Catalonia
| Election | Tarragona | Catalonia |
|---|---|---|
| Local, 28 May 2023 | 52.1% | 55.6% |
| General, 23 July 2023 | 65.9% | 65.4% |
| Catalan Parliament, 12 May 2024 | 57.4% | 57.9% |
Voters over electorate. General and Parliament: Catalonia without the vote from abroad, so like is compared with like.
What the electoral roll (census) is
The electoral roll (censo electoral) lists everyone entitled to vote (LOREG, article 31). It is not the population: under-18s and foreign residents without voting rights are not on it. That is why Tarragona has 143,649 residents and had an electorate of 92,685 at the 2023 local election.
For local elections the roll also includes citizens of other EU countries, and of countries with a reciprocity treaty, who live there and have registered (article 176). In general and Catalan elections, votes from people registered abroad (CERA) are counted by province and do not appear in the municipality's figures.
Turnout is voters divided by the electorate. Each list's percentage is of valid votes: votes for lists plus blank votes. Spoilt votes do not count.
When the next local elections are
The next local elections are expected on Sunday 23 May 2027. The law sets them on the fourth Sunday of May every four years, and the decree calling them is issued 55 days before and published in the BOE the next day (LOREG, article 42.3): 29 and 30 March 2027. It has not been published yet.
Local election results for any municipality in Catalonia since 1979: Local election results in Catalonia.
Common questions
- Which list won most votes in the 2023 local election in Tarragona?
- PSC-CP (Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya - Candidatura de Progrés), with 13,123 votes, 27.6% of valid votes, and 9 of the 27 councillors.
- How many councillors does Tarragona have?
- 27, under the scale in article 179 of the electoral law applied to the municipality's population.
- When will the 29 November results for Tarragona be available?
- When the Interior Ministry publishes the official results file by municipality; they will appear on this page. On election night, the provisional count is published by the ministry.
Sources
Official data read on 29 October 2026; in brackets, each dataset's last update.
- Processos electorals - Vots — Generalitat de Catalunya, Subdirecció General de Processos Electorals i Democràcia Directa(23 January 2026)
- Processos electorals - Participació — Generalitat de Catalunya, Subdirecció General de Processos Electorals i Democràcia Directa(20 June 2025)
- Processos electorals - Convocatòries — Generalitat de Catalunya, Subdirecció General de Processos Electorals i Democràcia Directa(30 January 2026)
- Població a 1 de gener (padró municipal d'habitants), per municipis — Idescat, Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya(12 December 2025)
- Dades generals dels ens locals de Catalunya — Generalitat de Catalunya, Secretaria de Governs Locals i de Relacions amb l'Aran(29 October 2026)
- Historial d’alcaldes/esses — Generalitat de Catalunya, Secretaria de Governs Locals i de Relacions amb l'Aran(8 October 2026)