# 2015 Cangas municipal election

[Spain](https://electionsarchive.com/es.md) / [Galicia](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia.md) / [Cangas](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas.md), May 24, 2015

Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar won with 32.5% of the vote, 15.0 points ahead of Xose Manuel Pazos Varela.

> List votes, registered voters, blank ballots, and null ballots for the municipality from the Ministry of the Interior's data files. Valid votes here are the votes to candidacies; blank ballots, which the ministry counts as valid, are stored apart. Seats are the councillors the ministry declares for each list, and the elected councillors are the candidates it flags as elected.

Seats: PP 8, SON 4, B.N.G. 4, ASpUN 3, PSDEG-PSOE 1, and CANGASDECIDE 1.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | PP | 4,213 | 32.5% | Won |
| Xose Manuel Pazos Varela | SON | 2,268 | 17.5% | Won |
| Maria Mercedes Giraldez Santos | B.N.G. | 2,062 | 15.9% | Won |
| Angela Vizoso Marcos | ASpUN | 1,925 | 14.9% | Won |
| Alfredo Iglesias Santos | PSDEG-PSOE | 1,001 | 7.7% | Won |
| Jose Luis Gestido Porto | CANGASDECIDE | 973 | 7.5% | Won |
| Bernardino Faro Lagoa | INDECA | 397 | 3.1% |  |
| Carlos Pardo Carballido | UPAC | 107 | 0.8% |  |

Valid votes: 12,946

Turnout: 62.3% (13,578 of 21,794 registered)

## Candidate lists

21 seats filled from ranked party lists

### Partido Popular

4,213 votes, 8 seats

2. Rafael Soliño Costas (Elected)
3. Maria Dolores Hermelo Piñeiro (Elected)
4. Dolores Gallego Santos (Elected)
5. Pio Millan Blanco (Elected)
6. Francisco Javier Soliño Soliño (Elected)
7. Jesus Manuel Graña Graña (Elected)
8. Alba Cordeiro Magdaleno (Elected)

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9. Jose Manuel Boubeta Martinez (Next in line)
10. Maria Teresa Fernandez Yunta
11. Manuel Besada Lorenzo
12. Fernando Crego Vidal
13. Maria Lucia Lede Fernandez
14. Rafael Jimenez Fernandez
15. Maria Victoria Peralba Trillo
16. Rafael Graña Rial
17. Manuel Lemos Pousa
18. Maria Jesus Guimerans Millan
19. Laura Vidal Ogando
20. Maria Esperanza Veiga Sanchez
21. Serafin Menduiña Bermudez

### ALTERNATIVA CANGUESA DE ESQUERDA-SON

2,268 votes, 4 seats

2. Mariano Abalo Costa (Elected)
3. Ana Isabel Portela Martinez (Elected)
4. Andres Garcia Baston (Elected)

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5. Tania Castro Paredes (Next in line)
6. Adrian Pena Rey
7. Maria Aurora Prieto Gago
8. Maria Estela Pazos Fernandez
9. Leticia Mariño Molanes
10. Jose Bermudez Docampo
11. Tamara Ruibal Rua
12. Ricardo Martinez Sampedro
13. Silvia Alvarez Iglesias
14. Concepcion Pazo Vidal
15. Francisco Freire Jalda
16. Lucia Carballo Garcia
17. Manuel Amable Rodriguez Soliño
18. Carmen Gil Magariños
19. Xurxo Xoan Gonzalez Conde
20. Jose Chapela Gonzalez
21. Manuel Ruibal Garcia

### BLOQUE NACIONALISTA GALEGO-ASEMBLEAS ABERTAS

2,062 votes, 4 seats

2. Xoan Carlos Chillon Iglesias (Elected)
3. Heitor Mera Herbello (Elected)
4. Maria Lourdes Rial Pardo (Elected)

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5. Ramon Nogueira Piñeiro (Next in line)
6. Felipe Vilas Villar
7. Iria Villar Rodal
8. Jose Antonio Antepazo Gil
9. Amelia Graña Rodas
10. Uxio Docampo Martinez
11. Benigno Antonio Lima Suarez
12. Maria Begoña Gonzalez Nuñez
13. Serafin Parcero Perez
14. Maria Jesus Miguez Novoa
15. Lourdes Villar Casas
16. Alejandro Lagoa Piñeiro
17. Rosa Malvido Chapela
18. Luis Miguel Carballo Parcero
19. Manuela Alvarez Lozano
20. Estanislao Sotelo Sotelo
21. Cesar Varela Garcia

### ASEMBLEA pola UNIDADE

1,925 votes, 3 seats

2. Tomas Hermelo Alvarez (Elected)
3. Eva Rodriguez Calvar (Elected)

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4. Ramon Fernandez Martinez (Next in line)
5. Laura Verde Curra
6. Marco Antonio Pena Gayo
7. Silveria Alvarez Barreiro
8. Jesus Perez Gallego
9. Iria Gonzalez Escolar
10. Lino Gonzalez Lemos
11. Blanca Gonzalez Magdaleno
12. Jorge Gonzalez Ledo
13. Olalla Otero Camaño
14. Anxo Lemos Hermelo
15. Maria de La Luz Gonzalez Martinez
16. Axel Portas Murgioni
17. Asuncion Camaño Fandiño
18. Oscar Lorenzo Fandiño
19. Maria Jose Calvar Fernandez
20. Dario Portela Nuñez
21. Francisco Martinez Salgado

### PARTIDO DOS SOCIALISTAS DE GALICIA-PSOE

1,001 votes, 1 seat

2. Maria Vicenta Galdo Painceira (Next in line)
3. Raul Juan Vazquez Garcia
4. Victoria Eugenia Iglesias Graña
5. Jose Luis Gonzalez-Lavin Siebert
6. Maria Aurora Rodriguez Rodas
7. Ruben Pereira Bonet
8. Maria del Carmen Alonso Teixeira
9. Ernesto Malvido Porrata
10. Maria del Carmen Avendaño Otero
11. Carlos Villar Freire
12. Marina Gonzalez Galdo
13. Jose Ramiro Ramon Garcia Gutierrez
14. Manuela Garcia Moreira
15. Jose Daniel Cancelas Costas
16. Oriana Alfonso Gonzalez
17. Mario Figueroa Gonzalez
18. Maria del Carmen Teixeira Poceiro
19. Jose Antonio Pereiras Pereiras
20. Eugenia Victoria Graña Iglesias
21. Jose Alonso Cordeiro

### CANGAS DECIDE

973 votes, 1 seat

2. Maria Yolanda Cuadrado de Llano (Next in line)
3. Sergio Jesus Iglesias Gonzalez
4. Maria del Carmen Pereiro Casas
5. Jesus Santos Villar
6. Ana Perez Gonzalez
7. Francisco Cortes Moral
8. Rocio Blanco Ferradas
9. Jose Alberto Gonzalez Gonzalez
10. Cristina Garcia Rodriguez
11. Jose Luis Garcia Garcia
12. Maria Gloria Pereira Lovera
13. Miguel Angel Costa Cancelas
14. Lucia Otero Soliño
15. Andres Blanco Pousa
16. Maria Paz Garcia Lourido
17. Miguel Angel Vilarinho Fernandez
18. Tania Coya Entenza
19. Manuel Otero Dasilva
20. Fructuoso Martinez Cordeiro
21. Maria Colomba Lopez Freire

### INDEPENDIENTES CANGUESES

397 votes, 0 seats

2. Maria Teresa Castiñeira Lourido
3. Rosana Gonzalez Alonso
4. Jose Maria Martinez Gonzalez
5. Jose Luis Riveiro Pequeño
6. Bernardino Faro Costas
7. Iria Riveiro Otero
8. Maria del Carmen Labrador Gayo
9. Jose Manuel Dopazo Sanchez
10. Jose Antonio Gonzalez Salgado
11. Sonia Pazos Moreira
12. Jose Orlando Vazquez Estevez
13. Jose Angel Balbuena Sanchez
14. Angel Ferral Solla
15. Patricia Pilar Faro Costas
16. Alicia Fernandez Fernandez
17. Miguel Angel Parcero Garcia
18. Maria Jose Sanchez Seoane
19. Severo Fernandez Cousiño
20. Maria Soledad Santos Piñeiro
21. Manuel Sanmartin Sobral

### UNION DAS PARROQUIAS DE CANGAS

107 votes, 0 seats

2. Antonio Rey Espiño
3. Maria Romina Rodal Curras
4. Alvaro Piñeiro Piñeiro
5. Lorena Cancelas Lopez
6. Claudio Gonzalez Medraño
7. Manuel Jose Prieto Santome
8. Gonzalo Rodas Boubeta
9. Candida Castro Castro
10. Maria Vanesa Lopez Fernandez
11. Ramon Baqueiro Bermudez
12. Francisco Jose Solla Rodriguez
13. Claudio Garrido Perez
14. Maria del Carmen Perez Gonzalez
15. Maria Carmen Gonzalez Iglesias
16. Jonathan Rocha Gutierrez
17. Antonio Cabaleiro Jamardo
18. Oscar Perez Martin
19. Miriam Quintans Lopez
20. Josefa Graña Rial
21. Maria Fernanda Gonzalez Velazquez

## Results by census section

Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar leads in 17 census sections; Angela Vizoso Marcos leads in 1 census section.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 28.8% | +7.6 | 999 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-2.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 32.0% | +9.2 | 465 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-3.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 29.8% | +11.3 | 937 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-4.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 26.8% | +3.0 | 821 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-5.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 34.6% | +14.8 | 725 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-6.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 24.4% | +4.8 | 582 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-7.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 30.6% | +11.8 | 795 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-8.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 34.2% | +12.0 | 644 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-9.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 31.0% | +11.1 | 839 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-10.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 34.1% | +16.9 | 628 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-11.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 28.7% | +8.7 | 1,001 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-12.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 23.9% | +3.2 | 760 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-13.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 27.7% | +6.6 | 469 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-14.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 25.3% | +4.6 | 415 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-15.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 55.5% | +42.6 | 575 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-16.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 62.1% | +49.8 | 697 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-17.md) | Angela Vizoso Marcos | 32.9% | +4.0 | 859 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-18.md) | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 32.9% | +12.8 | 735 |

## Results by polling station

The archive doesn't have boundaries for these polling stations, so each one is listed under the census section it's in. 4 census sections have no results beyond those already shown above, so they aren't listed here.

| Census section | Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-11.md) | Polling station 3600802007A | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 26.7% | +6.1 | 476 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-11.md) | Polling station 3600802007B | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 30.5% | +11.0 | 525 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed.md) | Polling station 3600801001A | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 28.2% | +6.9 | 508 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed.md) | Polling station 3600801001B | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 29.5% | +8.4 | 491 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-3.md) | Polling station 3600801003A | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 31.9% | +16.0 | 474 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-3.md) | Polling station 3600801003B | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 27.6% | +6.5 | 463 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-17.md) | Polling station 3600803003A | Angela Vizoso Marcos | 33.8% | +6.8 | 399 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-17.md) | Polling station 3600803003B | Angela Vizoso Marcos | 32.2% | +1.5 | 460 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-9.md) | Polling station 3600802005A | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 30.4% | +10.1 | 398 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-9.md) | Polling station 3600802005B | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 31.5% | +12.0 | 441 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-4.md) | Polling station 3600801004A | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 24.9% | +1.1 | 373 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-4.md) | Polling station 3600801004B | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 28.3% | +4.7 | 448 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-7.md) | Polling station 3600802003A | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 29.2% | +9.2 | 401 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-7.md) | Polling station 3600802003B | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 32.0% | +14.5 | 394 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-12.md) | Polling station 3600802008A | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 27.5% | +6.7 | 371 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-12.md) | Polling station 3600802008B | Maria Mercedes Giraldez Santos | 20.8% | +0.26 | 389 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-18.md) | Polling station 3600803004A | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 31.2% | +10.4 | 346 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-18.md) | Polling station 3600803004B | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 34.4% | +14.4 | 389 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-5.md) | Polling station 3600802001A | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 34.9% | +15.6 | 352 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-5.md) | Polling station 3600802001B | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 34.3% | +13.9 | 373 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-16.md) | Polling station 3600803002A | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 62.9% | +51.8 | 340 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-16.md) | Polling station 3600803002B | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 61.3% | +47.6 | 357 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-8.md) | Polling station 3600802004A | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 34.9% | +14.4 | 298 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-8.md) | Polling station 3600802004B | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 33.5% | +9.8 | 346 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-10.md) | Polling station 3600802006A | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 31.1% | +14.0 | 286 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-10.md) | Polling station 3600802006B | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 36.6% | +18.4 | 342 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-15.md) | Polling station 3600803001A | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 57.4% | +45.6 | 263 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-15.md) | Polling station 3600803001B | Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar | 53.8% | +40.1 | 312 |

## This race in other years

- [May 28, 2023](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento.md): José Enrique Sotelo Villar, Araceli Gestido Rodríguez, Iria Malvido Pazo, Maria Victoria Portas Mariño, Maria Aurora Prieto Gago
- [May 26, 2019](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2019-05-26-local/ayuntamiento.md): Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar, Xose Manuel Pazos Varela, Ana Belen Martin Fernandez, Maria Mercedes Giraldez Santos, Angela Vizoso Marcos
- May 24, 2015: Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar, Xose Manuel Pazos Varela, Maria Mercedes Giraldez Santos, Angela Vizoso Marcos, Alfredo Iglesias Santos, Jose Luis Gestido Porto
- [May 22, 2011](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/cangas/2011-05-22-local/ayuntamiento.md): Jose Enrique Sotelo Villar, Clara Millan Gonzalez, Hector Fabian Otero Paredes, Mariano Abalo Costa, Bernardino Faro Lagoa

## Also on the ballot in Spain on May 24, 2015

- [Local races across Spain](https://electionsarchive.com/es/2015-05-24-local.md) (8,089)

## Sources

- [Resultados electorales: elecciones municipales (ficheros de datos)](https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/es/proceso-electoral/), Ministerio del Interior. License: Reuse under Ley 37/2007 with the source cited

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