Barcelona City Council election, 2015

24 May 2015

All 41 seats in the Barcelona City Council 21 seats needed for a majority

Opinion polls
Registered	1,161,140 0.2%
Turnout	703,590 (60.6%) 7.6 pp
	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Ada Colau	Xavier Trias	Carina Mejías
Party	BC	CiU	C's
Leader since	11 June 2014	25 April 2002	16 December 2014
Last election	5 seats, 10.4%^{[lower-alpha 1]}	14 seats, 28.7%	0 seats, 1.9%
Seats won	11	10	5
Seat change	6	4	5
Popular vote	176,612	159,393	77,272
Percentage	25.2%	22.8%	11.0%
Swing	14.8 pp	5.9 pp	9.1 pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Alfred Bosch	Jaume Collboni	Alberto Fernández Díaz
Party	ERC	PSC	PPC
Leader since	11 July 2014	5 May 2014	16 July 2002
Last election	2 seats, 5.6%	11 seats, 22.1%	9 seats, 17.2%
Seats won	5	4	3
Seat change	3	7	6
Popular vote	77,120	67,489	61,004
Percentage	11.0%	9.6%	8.7%
Swing	5.4 pp	12.5 pp	8.5 pp

Mayor before election

Xavier Trias
CiU

Elected Mayor

Ada Colau
BC

The 2015 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 10th Barcelona City Council, the unicameral local legislature of the municipality of Barcelona. At stake were all 41 seats in the City Council, determining the Mayor of Barcelona. It was part of the 2015 Spanish municipal elections.

The election was won by the Barcelona in Common (BC) citizen platform, supported by Podemos, Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA) and Constituent Process (PC), and led by known activist and former PAH spokeswoman Ada Colau. Colau then went on to become the first female Mayor of Barcelona in history.

Incumbent Xavier Trias, who had campaigned for re-election for a second consecutive term in office, failed to do so and his party, Convergence and Union (CiU) was reduced to 10 out of 41 seats in the City Council, from the 14 it had obtained in the previous election. Citizens (C's) became the third largest political force in the city, while Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) obtained its second best historical result.

On the other hand, both the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) and the People's Party of Catalonia (PPC) were severely mauled. The PSC, which had won every municipal election in Barcelona and had controlled the local government up until 2011, fell to 5th place and below 10% of the vote, while the PP achieved its worst result since AP result in the 1987 election. The Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) also entered the City Council for the first time in history, winning 3 seats and 7.4% of the share.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Barcelona City Council was determined by the population count. According to the municipal electoral law, the population-seat relationship on each municipality was to be established on the following scale:

Inhabitants	Seats
<100	3
101–250	5
251–1,000	7
1,001–2,000	9
2,001–5,000	11
5,001–10,000	13
10,001–20,000	17
20,001–50,000	21
50,001–100,000	25

Additionally, for populations greater than 100,000, 1 seat was to be added per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction, according to the most updated census data, and adding 1 more seat if the resulting seat count gives an even number. As the updated population census for the 2015 election is around 1,600,000, the Barcelona City Council size was set to 41 seats.

All City Council members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Barcelona municipality, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the municipality (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.

The Spanish municipal electoral law established a clause stating that, if no candidate was to gather an absolute majority of votes to be elected as mayor of a municipality, the candidate of the most-voted party would be automatically elected to the post.^[1]

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

Date	Polling Firm/Source	CiU	PSC	PPC	ICV	ERC	CUP	C's	P	BC	Oth.	Lead
Date	Polling Firm/Source										Oth.	Lead
24 May 2015	Municipal Election	22.7	9.6	8.7	w.BC	11.0	7.4	11.0	w.BC	25.2	4.3	2.5
24 May	TNS-Demoscopia	21.3	11.0	10.1	w.BC	9.6	8.8	10.2	w.BC	23.6	5.4	2.3
Exit polls
21–23 May	GESOP	24.4	12.3	10.4	w.BC	9.0	6.2	9.9	w.BC	24.0	3.8	0.4
20–22 May	GESOP	24.6	11.9	11.5	w.BC	9.1	6.2	8.6	w.BC	23.5	4.6	1.1
20–21 May	GESOP	24.5	11.9	11.5	w.BC	9.5	6.2	9.5	w.BC	22.0	4.9	2.5
19–20 May	GESOP	24.5	11.2	11.5	w.BC	10.0	5.6	10.3	w.BC	21.4	5.5	3.1
18–19 May	GESOP	23.7	11.7	11.9	w.BC	10.3	5.6	10.9	w.BC	20.5	5.4	3.2
17–18 May	GESOP	23.0	11.7	11.9	w.BC	10.5	5.0	11.5	w.BC	21.0	5.4	2.0
8–13 May	Metroscopia	22.0	8.2	5.1	w.BC	12.0	8.3	13.9	w.BC	27.0	3.5	5.0
6–13 May	My Word	22.3	11.0	8.4	w.BC	10.7	7.0	13.3	w.BC	20.3	7.0	2.0
1–12 May	Encuestamos	21.3	12.8	9.9	w.BC	12.0		14.7	w.BC	24.1	5.2	2.7
8–11 May	Sigma-2	22.7	13.0	10.6	w.BC	9.8	5.1	13.6	w.BC	20.6	4.6	2.1
7–8 May	GESOP	22.6	14.6	12.5	w.BC	10.2	5.0	12.1	w.BC	18.9	4.1	3.7
20 Apr–4 May	GAD3	23.9	11.1	10.2	w.BC	11.5	4.3	15.3	w.BC	17.5	6.2	6.4
3 May	JM&A	21.7	11.5	9.8	w.BC	10.2	5.4	13.6	w.BC	21.1	6.7	0.6
24–28 Apr	Feedback	24.2	13.5	11.1	w.BC	11.4	5.4	14.2	w.BC	17.1	3.1	7.1
23 Mar–19 Apr	CIS	18.5	11.6	9.1	w.BC	10.1	7.1	13.8	w.BC	25.9	3.9	7.4
24–25 Mar	Sigma-2	21.4	13.2	10.3	w.BC	12.5	2.7	14.6	w.BC	22.3	3.0	0.9
6 Mar	M2015	20.5	13.4	13.2	w.BC	16.1	5.8	7.8	w.BC	18.1	5.1	2.4
21 Feb	8TV	23.2	19.0	10.6	w.BC	8.4	2.1	6.3	w.BC	19.0	11.4	4.2
16–19 Feb	Feedback	25.3	10.7	13.7	w.BC	10.3	4.2	8.1	w.BC	21.4	6.3	3.9
2015
15–18 Jul	GESOP	22.3	13.0	14.0	7.9	14.2		6.3		7.6	14.7	8.1
25 May 2014	EP Election	20.9	12.2	12.0	12.6	21.8	N/A	7.0	4.7		8.8	0.9
2014
14–17 Oct	Feedback	24.9	12.9	14.7	13.3	14.8	5.8	8.5			5.1	10.1
13–15 May	GESOP	24.1	14.2	12.0	14.2	10.2	9.0	9.2			7.1	9.9
2013
25 Nov 2012	Regional Election	29.4	12.2	14.9	12.0	13.1	4.0	8.2			6.2	14.5
4–7 Jun	GESOP	27.5	20.0	13.3	12.2	8.0					19.0	7.5
2012
20 Nov 2011	General Election	27.7	25.7	21.3	10.0	7.2	N/A	N/A			8.1	2.0
22 May 2011	Municipal Election	28.7	22.1	17.2	10.4	5.6	2.0	1.9			12.1	6.6

Seat projections

Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 21 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Barcelona City Council.

21 seats needed for majority
Date	Polling Firm/Source	CiU	PSC	PPC	ICV	ERC	CUP	C's	P	BC	Others
Date	Polling Firm/Source										Others
24 May 2015	Municipal Election	10	4	3	w.BC	5	3	5	w.BC	11	0
24 May	TNS-Demoscopia	9−11	4−5	4−5	w.BC	3−4	3−4	4−5	w.BC	10−12	0
24 May	GAD3	11−12	5−6	4−5	w.BC	3−4	2	3−4	w.BC	10−11	0
Exit polls
21–23 May	GESOP	10−11	5	4−5	w.BC	4	2−3	4	w.BC	10−11	0
20–22 May	GESOP	10−11	5	5	w.BC	4	2−3	3−4	w.BC	10−11	0
20–21 May	GESOP	10−11	5	5	w.BC	4	2−3	4	w.BC	9−10	0
19–20 May	GESOP	11	5	5	w.BC	4−5	2	4−5	w.BC	9−10	0
18–19 May	GESOP	11	5	5	w.BC	4−5	2	4−5	w.BC	9−10	0
17–18 May	GESOP	10−11	5−6	5−6	w.BC	4−5	0−2	5−6	w.BC	9−10	0
8–13 May	Metroscopia	10	3	2	w.BC	5	3	6	w.BC	12	0
6–13 May	My Word	10−11	5	4	w.BC	4−5	3	6	w.BC	9−10	0
12 May	JM&A	10	5	4	w.BC	5	2	7	w.BC	8	0
1–12 May	Encuestamos	9−10	5−6	3−4	w.BC	4−5	0	6−7	w.BC	11−12	0
8–11 May	Sigma-2	10−11	6	4−5	w.BC	4	0−2	6	w.BC	9	0
7–8 May	GESOP	10−11	6−7	5−6	w.BC	4−5	0−2	5−6	w.BC	8−9	0
20 Apr–4 May	GAD3	11−12	5−6	4−5	w.BC	5−6	0	6−7	w.BC	8−9	0
3 May	JM&A	10	5	4	w.BC	4	2	6	w.BC	10	0
24–28 Apr	Feedback	10−11	5−6	4−5	w.BC	5	2	6	w.BC	7	0
23 Mar–19 Apr	CIS	8	5	4	w.BC	4	3	6	w.BC	11	0
24–25 Mar	Sigma-2	9−10	5−6	4	w.BC	5−6	0	6−7	w.BC	10	0
6 Mar	M2015	9	6	6	w.BC	7	2	3	w.BC	8	0
21 Feb	8TV	11	9	5	w.BC	4	0	3	w.BC	9	0
16–19 Feb	Feedback	11−12	5	6	w.BC	4−5	0−2	3	w.BC	10	0
2015
15–18 Jul	GESOP	10−11	6	6−7	3−4	7−8	0	2−3	0	3−4	0
25 May 2014	EP Election	(10)	(6)	(6)	(6)	(10)	N/A	(3)	(0)		(0)
2014
14–17 Oct	Feedback	11	6	6	6	6	2	4			0
13–15 May	GESOP	11−12	6−7	5−6	6−7	4−5	4	4			0
2013
25 Nov 2012	Regional Election	(14)	(5)	(7)	(5)	(6)	(0)	(4)			(0)
4–7 Jun	GESOP	14	10	7	6	4	0	0			0
2012
20 Nov 2011	General Election	(12)	(12)	(10)	(4)	(3)	N/A	N/A			(0)
22 May 2011	Municipal Election	14	11	9	5	2	0	0			0

Results

← Summary of the 24 May 2015 Barcelona City Council election results
Party		Vote			Seats

Party		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Barcelona in Common-Agreement (BC-E)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	176,612	25.21	14.82	11	6
	Convergence and Union (CiU)	159,393	22.75	5.98	10	4
	Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's)	77,272	11.03	9.09	5	5
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC-MES-BcnCO-Avancem-CatSí-AM)	77,120	11.01	5.42	5	3
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Progress Candidature (PSC-CP)	67,489	9.63	12.51	4	7
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	61,004	8.71	8.53	3	6
	Popular Unity Candidacy-Active People (CUP Capgirem Bcn-PA)	51,945	7.42	5.47	3	3

	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	5,720	0.82	0.11	0	±0
	The Greens-The Ecologist Alternative (EV-AE)	5,684	0.81	New	0	±0
	Better Barcelona (RI.cat-SI)	2,626	0.37	0.76	0	±0
	Blank Seats (Eb)	1,957	0.28	1.39	0	±0
	Platform for Catalonia (PxC)	1,617	0.23	0.33	0	±0
	Vox-Family and Life Party (VOX-PFyV)	1,520	0.22	0.13	0	±0
	United Free Citizens (CILUS)	989	0.14	New	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	811	0.12	0.12	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		2,374	0.34	–	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	656	0.09	0.07	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	455	0.07	0.01	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	439	0.06	0.04	±0
	United for Declaring Catalan Independence (UPDIC)	286	0.04	New	±0
	Libertarian Party (P-LIB)	273	0.04	New	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	166	0.02	0.02	±0
	The National Coalition (LCN)	99	0.01	New	±0

	Blank ballots	6,363	0.91	3.56

Total		700,496	100.00		41	±0

Valid votes		700,496	99.56	1.26
Invalid votes		3,094	0.44	1.26
Votes cast / turnout		703,590	60.59	7.60
Abstentions		457,550	39.41	7.60
Registered voters		1,161,140

Source: Ministry of the Interior

Vote share

BC			25.21%
CiU			22.75%
C's			11.03%
ERC-AM			11.01%
PSC-CP			9.63%
PPC			8.71%
CUP-PA			7.42%
Others			3.33%
Blank ballots			0.91%

City council seats

BC			26.83%
CiU			24.39%
C's			12.20%
ERC-AM			12.20%
PSC-CP			9.76%
PPC			7.32%
CUP-PA			7.32%

Notes

1 2 Compared to the Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left results in the 2011 election.

References

↑ "Organic Law 5/1985, of 19 June, of the General Electoral Regime. Title III, Special Provisions for Municipal Elections.".

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