2011 Spanish local elections explained

Election Name:	2011 Spanish local elections
Country:	Spain
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2007 Spanish local elections
Previous Year:	2007
Next Election:	2015 Spanish local elections
Next Year:	2015
Seats For Election:	All 68,230 councillors in 8,116 municipal councils All 1,040 seats in 38 provincial deputations
Opinion Polls:	2011 Spanish local elections#Opinion polls
Registered:	34,713,813
Turnout:	22,969,005 (66.2%) 2.2 pp
Election Date:	22 May 2011
Leader1:	Mariano Rajoy
Party1:	People's Party (Spain)
Leader Since1:	2 September 2003
Last Election1:	23,014 c., 35.1%
Seats1:	26,510
Seat Change1:	3,496
Popular Vote1:	8,476,647
Percentage1:	37.5%
Swing1:	2.4 pp
Leader2:	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Party2:	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Leader Since2:	22 July 2000
Last Election2:	24,029 c., 34.9%
Seats2:	21,783
Seat Change2:	2,246
Popular Vote2:	6,287,389
Percentage2:	27.8%
Swing2:	7.1 pp
Leader3:	Cayo Lara
Party3:	IU–ICV
Colour3:	732021
Leader Since3:	14 December 2008
Last Election3:	2,591 c., 7.0%
Seats3:	2,650
Seat Change3:	59
Popular Vote3:	1,681,462
Percentage3:	7.4%
Swing3:	0.4 pp
Leader4:	Artur Mas
Party4:	Convergence and Union
Leader Since4:	27 November 2004
Last Election4:	3,387 c., 3.3%
Seats4:	3,896
Seat Change4:	509
Popular Vote4:	781,287
Percentage4:	3.5%
Swing4:	0.2 pp
Leader5:	Rosa Díez
Party5:	Union, Progress and Democracy
Leader Since5:	26 September 2007
Last Election5:	Did not contest
Seats5:	152
Seat Change5:	152
Popular Vote5:	465,125
Percentage5:	2.1%
Swing5:	New party
Leader6:	Iñigo Urkullu
Party6:	Basque Nationalist Party
Leader Since6:	2 December 2007
Last Election6:	1,043 seats, 1.4%
Seats6:	882
Seat Change6:	161
Popular Vote6:	327,183
Percentage6:	1.4%
Swing6:	0.0 pp
Map Size:	435px

The 2011 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect all 68,230 councillors in the 8,116 municipalities of Spain and all 1,040 seats in 38 provincial deputations.^{[1] [2]} The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country and the eleven island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands.

The days before the elections were marked by the 2011 Spanish protests which had been held in different cities across Spain since 15 May. The elections resulted in a landslide victory for the opposition People's Party (PP) and other centre-right parties, which won control of all of Spain's largest cities. In Barcelona, held by PSOE-sister party, the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), since the first local elections in 1979, was won for the first time by the nationalist Convergence and Union (CiU), which also won in Girona. The PSOE only won only in 5 out of Spain's 50 provincial capitals. In the popular vote, it scored its worst result in nationwide-held local elections, with a mere 27.8%, 10 points behind the PP, which obtained 37.5%.

Following the election, the PSOE named Deputy Prime Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba as prime ministerial candidate for the next general election, initially scheduled for March 2012, and finally held in November 2011.^[3]

Electoral system

Municipal electionsMunicipalities in Spain were local corporations with independent legal personality. They had a governing body, the municipal council or corporation, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly.^[4] Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.^[5]

Voting for the local assemblies was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the corresponding municipality and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:

Population	Councillors
<100	3
100–250	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

Councillors of municipalities with populations below 250 inhabitants were elected under an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties: for up to four candidates in municipalities with populations between 100 and 250 inhabitants; and for up to two candidates in municipalities below 100. This did not apply to municipalities which, as a result of their geographical location or the convenience of a better management of municipal interests or other circumstances, made it advisable to be organized through the open council system (Spanish; Castilian: régimen de concejo abierto), in which voters would directly elect the local major.^{[4] [5]}

The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earn the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee.

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten 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:

• At least one percent of the electors in municipalities with a population below 5,000 inhabitants, provided that the number of signers was more than double that of councillors at stake.
• At least 100 signatures in municipalities with a population between 5,001 and 10,000.
• At least 500 signatures in municipalities with a population between 10,001 and 50,000.
• At least 1,500 signatures in municipalities with a population between 50,001 and 150,000.
• At least 3,000 signatures in municipalities with a population between 150,001 and 300,000.
• At least 5,000 signatures in municipalities with a population between 300,001 and 1,000,000.
• At least 8,000 signatures in municipalities with a population over 1,000,001.

Electors were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates.^[5]

Deputations and island councilsProvincial deputations were the governing bodies of provinces in Spain, having an administration role of municipal activities and composed of a provincial president, an administrative body, and a plenary. Basque provinces had foral deputations instead—called Juntas Generales—, whereas deputations for single-province autonomous communities were abolished: their functions transferred to the corresponding regional parliaments. For insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, deputations were replaced by island councils in each of the islands or group of islands. For Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera this figure was referred to in Spanish as consejo insular (Catalan; Valencian: consell insular), whereas for Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma its name was cabildo insular.

Most deputations were indirectly elected by local councillors from municipalities in each judicial district. Seats were allocated to provincial deputations based on the following scale:

Population	Seats
<500,000	25
500,001–1,000,000	27
1,000,001–3,500,000	31
>3,500,001	51

Island councils and foral deputations were elected directly by electors under their own, specific electoral regulations.^[5]

Opinion polls

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout						Lead
2011 local elections	22 May 2011		66.2		37.5	27.8	7.4	3.5	2.1	9.7
Metroscopia/El País^[6] ^[7]	27–28 Apr 2011	1,200	60–65		39.2	33.4	5.6	4.1	1.5	5.8
GAD/COPE^[8] ^[9] ^[10]	7–8 Feb 2011	501	?		37.6	30.1	–	–	–	7.5
2007 local elections	27 May 2007		64.0		35.6	34.9	5.4	3.3	–	0.7

Municipal elections

Overall

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 municipal election results in Spain →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Councillors
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/-
	People's Party and allies (PP–EU–Sa Unió)	8,476,647	37.54	+2.42	26,510	+3,496
	People's Party (PP)^1	8,179,917	36.22	+2.24	25,130	+3,358
	People's Party–United Extremadura (PP–EU)	295,422	1.31	+0.17	1,375	+139
	Union of Formentera (PP–GUIF–Sa Unió)^2	1,308	0.01	±0.00	5	–1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and allies (PSOE–PSC–PxE)	6,287,389	27.84	–7.08	21,783	–2,246
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	5,551,390	24.58	–6.11	19,623	–1,814
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia–Municipal Progress (PSC–PM)	721,443	3.19	–0.97	2,117	–453
	PSOE–Pact for Ibiza (PSOE–PxE)^3	14,556	0.06	–0.01	43	+21
	United Left and allies (IU–ICV–EUiA)	1,681,462	7.45	+0.48	2,650	+59
	United Left (IU)	1,404,979	6.22	+0.77	2,239	+216
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens–EUiA–Agreement (ICV–EUiA–E)	241,919	1.07	–0.10	399	–57
	United Left–Greens (EB–B)	34,564	0.15	–0.20	12	–100
	Convergence and Union (CiU)	781,287	3.46	+0.21	3,896	+509
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	465,125	2.06	New	152	+152
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	327,183	1.45	+0.06	882	–161
	Unite–Basque Solidarity–Alternative (Bildu–EA–Alternatiba)^4	313,238	1.39	+0.64	1,138	+451
	Republican Left of Catalonia–Municipal Agreement (ERC–AM)	273,082	1.21	–0.35	1,422	–169
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	261,513	1.16	–0.26	590	–71
	Andalusian Party–Socialist Party–Andalusian Plural Space (PA–PSA–EPAnd)^5	232,375	1.03	–0.26	476	–115
	Canarian Coalition–Nationalist Party–Canarian Centre (CC–PNC–CCN)^6	212,204	0.94	–0.22	404	–47
	Commitment Municipal Coalition (Compromís)	201,006	0.89	+0.41	381	+104
	Bloc–Initiative–Greens: Commitment Municipal Coalition (Compromís)^7	194,161	0.86	+0.38	373	+96
	Initiative Commitment Municipal Coalition (IdPV–Compromís)	6,845	0.03	New	8	+8
	Asturias Forum (FAC)	121,725	0.54	New	158	+158
	Ecolo–Greens (Ecolo)	89,959	0.40	New	41	+41
	Navarrese People's Union (UPN)	88,138	0.39	–0.11	322	–14
	Aragonese Party (PAR)	77,542	0.34	–0.08	992	+9
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	70,667	0.31	–0.02	322	+19
	Platform for Catalonia (PxC)	65,905	0.29	+0.23	67	+50
	Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP)	62,314	0.28	+0.18	101	+77
	New Canaries (NC)	56,947	0.25	–0.01	62	+1
	Aragonese Union (CHA)	53,143	0.24	–0.02	184	–44
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	42,143	0.19	–0.13	10	–3
	Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB)	37,642	0.17	New	4	+4
	PSM–Initiative Greens–Agreement (PSM–IV–ExM)	37,534	0.17	+0.01	87	+20
	Socialist Party of Majorca–Initiative Greens–Agreement (PSM–IV–ExM)^8	33,787	0.15	±0.00	80	+18
	Socialist Party of Menorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN)	3,420	0.02	+0.01	7	+2
	Nationalist and Ecologist Agreement (ENE)	327	0.00	New	0	±0
	Navarre Yes 2011 (NaBai 2011)^9	36,262	0.16	–0.08	70	–63
	Aralar (Aralar)	32,665	0.14	+0.11	42	+9
	Catalan Solidarity for Independence (SI)	31,905	0.14	New	48	+48
	Castilian Party–Independent Candidacy (PCAS–CI)^10	31,752	0.14	–0.01	195	–47
	Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL)	27,308	0.12	+0.06	52	+14
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	26,384	0.12	+0.07	0	±0
	Cordobese Union (UCOR)	24,805	0.11	New	5	+5
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	21,011	0.09	New	0	±0
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	19,751	0.09	–0.06	135	–51
	Yes We Can Citizens' Alternative (ACSSP)^11	18,897	0.08	+0.04	20	+13
	Convergence for the Isles (CxI)^12	15,178	0.07	–0.09	58	–41
	Galician Land (TeGa)	13,986	0.06	–0.09	23	–43
	Vallès Alternative Candidacies (CAV)	13,790	0.06	±0.00	16	+4
	Citizen Forum of Jerez (FCJ)	13,763	0.06	New	4	+4
	Commitment for Gran Canaria (CGCa)	13,557	0.06	+0.01	4	+2
	Union for Leganés (ULEG)	13,424	0.06	+0.04	4	+3
	Spain 2000 (E–2000)	12,594	0.06	+0.04	5	+3
	Federation of Independents of Catalonia (FIC)	12,508	0.06	–0.02	85	–1
	The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV)	11,318	0.05	+0.03	4	+2
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	11,105	0.05	+0.01	1	+1
	Valencian Coalition (CVa)	10,727	0.05	–0.05	10	–10
	Greens and Eco-pacifists (VyE)	10,650	0.05	New	0	±0
	The Greens–European Green Group (EV–GVE)	10,360	0.05	New	1	+1
	Many with one Goal (H1	)	9,270	0.04	New	12	+12
	Riojan Party (PR)	9,210	0.04	–0.01	56	+13
	Roque Aguayro (RA)	8,959	0.04	±0.00	14	–1
	Citizens for Canarian Change (CIUCA)	8,550	0.04	+0.02	10	+7
	Regionalist League of the Balearic Islands (IB–Lliga)	8,336	0.04	New	10	+10
	Social Alternative Movement (MASS)	8,309	0.04	New	34	+34
	Left Front (FDLI)	8,243	0.04	New	3	+3
	Others	1,187,085	5.26	—	4,675	–112
Blank ballots		584,012	2.59	+0.67
Total		22,581,844	100.00		68,230	+2,099
Valid votes		22,581,844	98.31	–0.52
Invalid votes		387,161	1.69	+0.52
Votes cast / turnout		22,969,005	66.17	+2.20
Abstentions		11,744,808	33.83	–2.20
Registered voters		34,713,813
Sources^[11] ^[12]

City control

The following table lists party control in provincial capitals, as well as in municipalities above or around 75,000.^[13] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Municipality	Population	Previous control		New control
A Coruña	246,047		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Albacete	170,475		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Alcalá de Henares	204,120		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Alcobendas	110,080		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Alcorcón	168,299		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Algeciras	116,417		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Alicante	334,418		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Almería	190,013		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Arona	79,377		Canarian Coalition (CC)		Canarian Coalition (CC)
Ávila	58,245		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Avilés	84,202		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Badajoz	150,376		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Badalona	218,886		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Barakaldo	99,321		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona	1,619,337		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Convergence and Union (CiU)
Bilbao	353,187		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Burgos	178,574		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Cáceres	94,179		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Cádiz	125,826		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Cartagena	214,165		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Castellón de la Plana	180,690		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Chiclana de la Frontera	78,591		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real	74,345		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Córdoba	328,547		United Left (IU)		People's Party (PP)
Cornellà de Llobregat	87,240		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Coslada	91,218		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Cuenca	56,189		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Dos Hermanas	125,086		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
El Ejido	85,389		Party of Almería (PdeAL)		People's Party (PP)
El Puerto de Santa María	88,503		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Elche	230,822		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Ferrol	73,638		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Fuenlabrada	198,973		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Gandía	79,430		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Getafe	169,130		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Getxo	80,277		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Gijón	277,198		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Asturias Forum (FAC)
Girona	96,236		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Convergence and Union (CiU)
Granada	239,154		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Guadalajara	83,789		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Huelva	149,310		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Huesca	52,347		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Jaén	116,790		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Jerez de la Frontera	208,896		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	258,642		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Las Palmas	383,308		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Las Rozas de Madrid	88,065		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Leganés	187,227		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
León	134,012		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Lleida	137,387		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Logroño	152,650		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Lorca	92,694		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Lugo	97,635		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Madrid	3,273,049		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Málaga	568,507		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Manresa	76,209		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Convergence and Union (CiU)
Marbella	136,322		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Mataró	122,905		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Convergence and Union (CiU)
Mijas	76,362		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Móstoles	206,015		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Murcia	441,345		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Orihuela	87,113		People's Party (PP)		The Greens (LV)
Ourense	108,673		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Oviedo	225,155		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Palencia	82,169		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Palma	404,681		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Pamplona	197,488		Navarrese People's Union (UPN)		Navarrese People's Union (UPN)
Parla	120,182		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Pontevedra	81,981		Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)		Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
Pozuelo de Alarcón	82,804		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Reus	106,622		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Convergence and Union (CiU)
Roquetas de Mar	85,808		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Rubí	73,591		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sabadell	207,338		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Salamanca	154,462		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna	152,222		Canarian Coalition (CC)		Canarian Coalition (CC)
San Fernando	96,689		Andalusian Party (PA)		People's Party (PP)
San Sebastián	185,506		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Unite (Bildu)
San Sebastián de los Reyes	78,157		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Sant Boi de Llobregat	82,411		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sant Cugat del Vallès	81,745		Convergence and Union (CiU)		Convergence and Union (CiU)
Santa Coloma de Gramenet	119,056		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	222,643		Canarian Coalition (CC)		Canarian Coalition (CC)
Santander	181,589		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Santiago de Compostela	94,824		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Segovia	55,748		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Seville	704,198		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Soria	39,838		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Talavera de la Reina	88,986		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Tarragona	134,933		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Telde	100,900		New Canaries (NC)		People's Party (PP)
Terrassa	212,724		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Teruel	35,241		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Toledo	82,489		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Torrejón de Ardoz	118,441		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Torrent	79,843		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Torrevieja	101,091		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Valencia	809,267		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Valladolid	315,522		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Vélez-Málaga	75,623		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Vigo	297,124		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Vitoria-Gasteiz	238,247		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Zamora	65,998		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Zaragoza	675,121		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Provincial deputations

Summary

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 provincial deputations election results →

Parties and coalitions		Seats
		Total	+/−
	People's Party and allies (PP–EU)	508	+70
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and allies (PSOE–PSC)	395	–70
	Convergence and Union (CiU)	63	+12
	United Left and allies (IU–ICV–EUiA)	27	–2
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	13	–4
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	11	–2
	Aragonese Party (PAR)	10	–1
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	2	+2
	Andalusian Party–Socialist Party–Andalusian Plural Space (PA–PSA–EPAnd)	2	–2
	Commitment Municipal Coalition (Compromís)^1	2	+1
	Aragonese Union (CHA)	1	–2
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	1	±0
	Zamoran Independent Electors–Zamoran People's Union (ADEIZA–UPZ)	1	±0
	Others	4	±0
Total		1,040	+2
Sources

Deputation control

The following table lists party control in provincial deputations.^[2] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Province	Previous control		New control
A Coruña		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Albacete		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Alicante		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Almería		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Ávila		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Badajoz		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Convergence and Union (CiU)
Burgos		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Cáceres		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Cádiz		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Castellón		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Córdoba		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Cuenca		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Girona		Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)		Convergence and Union (CiU)
Granada		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Guadalajara		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Huelva		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huesca		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Lleida		Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)		Convergence and Union (CiU)
Lugo		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Málaga		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Ourense		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Palencia		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Pontevedra		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Salamanca		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Segovia		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Seville		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Tarragona		Convergence and Union (CiU)		Convergence and Union (CiU)
Teruel		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Toledo		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Valencia		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Valladolid		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Zamora		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Zaragoza		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)

References

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Other

Notes and References

1. Web site: Municipal elections in Spain 1979–2011 . interior.gob.es . Ministry of the Interior . es . 12 August 2017 . 12 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170812212355/http://www.interior.gob.es/documents/642317/1201381/Elecciones_municipales_en_Espa%C3%B1a_1979-2011_126141495.pdf/f1dec2dd-164e-46df-94d9-502dafc43a54 . dead .
2. Web site: Provincial deputation elections since 1979 . es . historiaelectoral.com . 24 September 2017.
3. News: Spain's Deficit Fight Risks Setback as Zapatero Bows Out of 2012 Election . Bloomberg . Emma . Ross-Thomas . 4 April 2011.
4. Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local . Law . 7 . . es . 2 April 1985 . 27 July 2021.
5. Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General . Organic Law . 5 . Boletín Oficial del Estado . es . 19 June 1985 . 27 July 2021.
6. News: El "efecto Zapatero" no evita la victoria del PP en las municipales . es . El País . 1 May 2011. Garea . Fernando .
7. Web site: Clima Social de España (23ª oleada. Mayo 2011) . es . Metroscopia . 9 May 2011 . 15 April 2018 . 3 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180103091413/http://metroscopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/INFORME-Clima-Social-23%C2%AA-Oleada-mayo-2011.pdf . dead .
8. Web site: El PSOE perderá un millón de votos en las próximas municipales . es . COPE . 11 February 2011 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20110213011126/http://www.cope.es/espana/11-02-11--el-psoe-perdera-un-millon-de-votos-en-las-proximas-municipales-230284-1 . 13 February 2011 .
9. Web site: Barómetro COPE: El PP aventaja al PSOE por 14,1 puntos . es . GAD . 11 February 2011 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20110215223600/http://www.analisisdemoscopico.com/index.php?view=article&catid=37%3Ageneral&id=161%3Abarometro-cope-el-pp-aventaja-al-psoe-por-141-puntos&option=com_content&Itemid=18 . 15 February 2011.
10. Web site: Municipales: PP 37,6%; PSOE 30,1% (COPE) . es . Electómetro . 11 February 2011 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20110215214358/http://www.electometro.es/2011/02/municipales-pp-376-psoe-301-cope/ . 15 February 2011.
11. Web site: Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 2011. National totals . es . infoelectoral.mir.es . Ministry of the Interior . 24 September 2017.
12. Web site: Municipal elections (overall results 1979-2011) . es . historiaelectoral.com . 24 September 2017.
13. Web site: Municipal elections (city majors by party) . historiaelectoral.com . Historia Electoral . es . 24 February 2018.