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2019 Seville municipal election

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A municipal election was held in Seville on 26 May 2019 to elect the 11th City Council of the municipality. All 31 seats in the City Council were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.

Registered540,851 Decrease 0.8%
Turnout317,843 (58.8%)
Decrease 0.7 pp
Quick facts All 31 seats in the City Council of Seville 16 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...
2019 Seville municipal election
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26 May 2019
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All 31 seats in the City Council of Seville
16 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered540,851 Decrease 0.8%
Turnout317,843 (58.8%)
Decrease 0.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Juan Espadas Beltrán Pérez Susana Serrano
Party PSOE–A PP Adelante
Leader since 24 May 2010 16 March 2018 14 April 2015
Last election 11 seats, 32.2% 12 seats, 33.1% 5 seats, 16.0%[a]
Seats won 13 8 4
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 4 Decrease 1
Popular vote 123,933 73,101 44,546
Percentage 39.2% 23.1% 14.1%
Swing Increase 7.0 pp Decrease 10.0 pp Decrease 1.9 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Álvaro Pimentel Cristina Peláez
Party Cs Vox
Leader since 27 March 2019 2015
Last election 3 seats, 9.3% 0 seats, 0.5%
Seats won 4 2
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 39,331 25,122
Percentage 12.5% 8.0%
Swing Increase 3.2 pp Increase 7.5 pp
Mayor before election

Juan Espadas
PSOE

 Mayor after election

Juan Espadas
PSOE

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Overview

Under the 1978 Constitution, the governance of municipalities in Spain—part of the country's local government system—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.[1] 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).[2] In the case of Seville, the top-tier administrative and governing body was the City Council of Seville.[3]

Date

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).[4] The previous local elections were held on 24 May 2015, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 26 May 2019.

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.[5]

Elections to the assemblies of local entities were officially called on 2 April 2019 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOE, setting election day for 26 May.[6]

Electoral system

Voting for local assemblies was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the municipality and with full political rights (provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence),[b] as well as resident non-national European citizens, and those whose country of origin allowed reciprocal voting by virtue of a treaty.[8]

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 municipality.[9] Each municipality was a multi-member constituency, with a number of seats based on the following scale:[10]

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Population Councillors
<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
>100,001 +1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction
+1 if total is an even number
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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.[11]

Parties and candidates

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. In the case of Seville, as its population was between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures were required.[12] Additionally, a balanced composition of men and women was required in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition.[13]

Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election:

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Candidacy Parties and
alliances		 Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Vote % Seats
PP
List
 Beltrán Pérez Conservatism
Christian democracy		 33.1% 12 No [14]
[15]
PSOE–A
List
 Juan Espadas Social democracy 32.2% 11 Yes [16]
Adelante
List
 Susana Serrano Andalusian nationalism
Left-wing populism
Direct democracy
16.0%
[a]		 5 No [17]
[18]
Cs
List
 Álvaro Pimentel Liberalism 9.3% 3 No [19]
Vox
List
 Cristina Peláez Right-wing populism
Ultranationalism
National conservatism		 0.5% 0 No [20]
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Opinion polls

The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 16 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Seville.

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Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

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Victory likelihood

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a municipal election taking place.

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Preferred Mayor

The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become mayor of Seville.

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Results

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← Summary of the 26 May 2019 City Council of Seville election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A) 123,93339.24+7.08 13+2
People's Party (PP) 73,10123.15−9.90 8−4
Forward Seville: We Can–United Left–Andalusian Spring (Adelante)1 44,54614.10−1.92 4−1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 39,33112.45+3.16 4+1
Vox (Vox) 25,1227.95+7.49 2+2
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 3,5211.11+0.09 0±0
Andalusia by Herself (AxSí)2 1,0830.34−1.07 0±0
More With You (CNTG+) 8200.26New 0±0
Act (PACT) 7360.23New 0±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 4860.15New 0±0
Feminist Initiative (IFem) 3920.12New 0±0
Advancing For You (Avanzamos) 2060.07New 0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE de las JONS) 1180.04−0.06 0±0
Party of the Immigrant in Spain (PADIE) 1030.03−0.03 0±0
Renaissance and Union of Europe Party (PRUNE) 470.01New 0±0
Blank ballots 2,2810.72−0.41
Total 315,826 31±0
Valid votes 315,82699.37+0.15
Invalid votes 2,0170.63−0.15
Votes cast / turnout 317,84358.77−0.69
Abstentions 223,00841.23+0.69
Registered voters 540,851
Sources[21][22][23]
Footnotes:
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Popular vote
PSOE–A
 
 39.24%
PP
 
 23.15%
Adelante
 
 14.10%
Cs
 
 12.45%
Vox
 
 7.95%
PACMA
 
 1.11%
Others
 
 1.26%
Blank ballots
 
 0.72%
Seats
PSOE–A
 
 41.94%
PP
 
 25.81%
Adelante
 
 12.90%
Cs
 
 12.90%
Vox
 
 6.45%

Aftermath

Government formation

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Investiture
Ballot → 15 June 2019
Required majority → 16 out of 31
13 / 31
 checkY
Beltrán Pérez (PP)
  • • PP (8)
8 / 31
 X markN
Susana Serrano (Adelante)
4 / 31
 X markN
Álvaro Pimentel (Cs)
  • • Cs (4)
4 / 31
 X markN
2 / 31
 X markN
Abstentions/Blank ballots
0 / 31
Absentees
0 / 31
Sources[24]
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2022 investiture

More information Ballot →, 3 January 2022 ...
Investiture
Ballot → 3 January 2022
Required majority → 16 out of 31
13 / 31
 checkY
Juan de la Rosa (PP)
  • • PP (8)
8 / 31
 X markN
Álvaro Pimentel (Cs)
  • • Cs (4)
4 / 31
 X markN
Susana Serrano (Adelante)
3 / 31
 X markN
2 / 31
 X markN
Abstentions/Blank ballots
1 / 31
Absentees
0 / 31
Sources[25]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Results for Participa Sevilla (9.0%, 3 seats), IULV–CA (6.0%, 2 seats) and Equo (1.0%, 0 seats) in the 2015 election.
  2. [b]
    Amendments in 2018 granted the right to vote to those legally incapacitated.[7]
  3. [c]
    Within Adelante.
  4. [d]
    Within Unidos Podemos.
  5. [e]
    Does not include non-resident citizens.

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