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Local election results in Catalonia, town by town

Local election results for any Catalan municipality since 1979, from the Generalitat's open data, and what happens on 23 May 2027.

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Look up the local election results for any municipality in Catalonia, from 1979 to the latest, in 2023: councillors by list, votes and turnout. The data are read live from the Generalitat, and when the results of 23 May 2027 are published they will appear here on their own.

Barcelona: local elections of May 2023

Turnout 60.6 %: 672,053 voters out of an electorate of 1,109,116. 41 councillors were elected.

ListVotes% of valid votesCouncillors
TriasxBCN-CMTrias per Barcelona - Compromís Municipal149,47922.5 %11
PSC-CPPartit dels Socialistes de Catalunya - Bo per Barcelona - Units - Candidatura de Progrés131,92319.8 %10
Barcelona en Comú-CBarcelona En Comú - Confluència131,58119.8 %9
ERC-AMEsquerra Republicana de Catalunya - Acord Municipal74,80411.2 %5
PPPartido Popular61,3629.2 %4
VOX37,9905.7 %2

Barcelona: every local election since 1979

ElectionTurnoutCouncillors by list
May 202360.6 %TriasxBCN-CM 11 · PSC-CP 10 · Barcelona en Comú-C 9 · ERC-AM 5 · PP 4 · VOX 2
May 201966.2 %ERC + BCN - NOVA - AM 10 · BARCELONA EN COMÚ-ECG 10 · PSC-CP 8 · BCN Canvi-Cs 6 · JUNTS 5 · PP 2
May 201560.6 %BARCELONA EN COMÚ-E 11 · CiU 10 · C's 5 · ERC-MESBcnCO-ACatSí 5 · PSC-CP 4 · PP 3 · CUP Capgirem Bcn PA 3
May 201153.0 %CiU 14 · PSC-PM 11 · PP 9 · ICV-EUiA-E 5 · UpB-ERC-Ri.Cat-Dcat 2
May 200749.6 %PSC-PM 14 · CiU 12 · PP 7 · ICVEUiA-EPM 4 · ERC-AM 4
May 200359.2 %PSC-PM 15 · CiU 9 · PP 7 · ERC-AM 5 · ICV-EA-EPM 5
June 199951.5 %PSC-PM 20 · CiU 10 · PP 6 · ERC-EV-AM 3 · IC-V-EPM 2
May 199566.2 %PSC 16 · CiU 13 · PP 7 · IC-EV 3 · ERC 2
May 199155.5 %PSC 20 · CiU 16 · PP 4 · IC 3
June 198768.9 %PSC 21 · CiU 17 · A.P. 3 · IC 2
May 198367.4 %PSC 21 · CiU 13 · AP-PDP-UL 6 · PSUC 3
April 197954.3 %PSC 16 · PSUC 9 · CiU 8 · CC-UCD 8 · ERC-FNC 2

Data from Processos electorals (convocatòries, participació i vots) (Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de la Presidència — dades obertes). Percentages computed from the counts, over valid votes. The list with most councillors does not always govern: the mayor is elected by the council.

Barcelona in 2023

Barcelona elects 41 councillors. On 28 May 2023, with 60.59% turnout, the list with most votes was Trias per Barcelona (11 councillors), ahead of the PSC (10), Barcelona en Comú (9), ERC (5), the PP (4) and Vox (2).

Even so, the mayor is Jaume Collboni (PSC), who took office on 17 June 2023: the mayor is not decided by who wins the election but by the vote in the city council. Girona saw something similar: the PSC won the most councillors there, but the mayor is Lluc Salellas, of Guanyem Girona.

The Saló de Cent in Barcelona City Hall, with chandeliers and stone arches
The Saló de Cent inside City Hall.Oliver-Bonjoch · CC BY-SA 3.0

The next local elections: 23 May 2027

Spanish electoral law sets local elections on the fourth Sunday of May every four years, so the next ones are on Sunday 23 May 2027. The decree calling them is published in the BOE a few weeks before.

EU citizens living in Catalonia can vote, but they must tell the INE (the statistics office that keeps the electoral roll) that they want to: for these elections, by 30 December 2026.

How councillors are allocated

  • A list needs at least 5% of the valid votes in the municipality to win councillors; blank votes count as valid.
  • Municipalities of up to 250 residents use open lists: each voter can mark up to two or four candidates, depending on the size of the village. That is why the data there add up candidates' votes, and the table shows councillors only.
  • The number of councillors depends on population: Barcelona, with over 1.6 million residents, has 41.
Who won the 2023 local election in Barcelona?
The list with most votes was Trias per Barcelona, with 11 of the 41 councillors. The mayor, however, is Jaume Collboni (PSC), elected by the council on 17 June 2023.
When are the next local elections in Catalonia?
Sunday 23 May 2027, the fourth Sunday of May, as Spanish electoral law sets.
How many councillors does Barcelona have?
41, under the electoral law's scale applied to its population.
Can foreigners vote in Spanish local elections?
Resident EU citizens can, if they register their wish with the INE; for 2027, by 30 December 2026.

Keep reading

Sources

This page cites official and primary sources. If you spot an error, let us know.

  1. Processos electorals — vots — Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de la Presidència
  2. Processos electorals — participació — Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de la Presidència
  3. Historial d'alcaldes i alcaldesses — Generalitat de Catalunya — dades obertes
  4. Ley Orgánica 5/1985, del Régimen Electoral General — Boletín Oficial del Estado

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