# 2023 Melide municipal election [Spain](https://electionsarchive.com/es.md) / [Galicia](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia.md) / [Melide](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide.md), May 28, 2023 Dalia García Couso won with 41.6% of the vote, 1.5 points ahead of José Manuel Pérez Penas. > 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. > List votes, registered voters, blank ballots, and null ballots by polling station (mesa) from the Ministry of the Interior's data files. A mesa sits on its census section where the section code is in the 2025 INE section map, otherwise on its municipality. The mesa figures add up to the municipality's official totals exactly. Seats: PP 6, AMLD 5, B.N.G. 1, and PSDEG-PSOE 1. | Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Dalia García Couso | PP | 1,900 | 41.6% | Won | | José Manuel Pérez Penas | AMLD | 1,830 | 40.1% | Won | | Xesús Pereira López | B.N.G. | 435 | 9.5% | Won | | Jose Antonio Prado Garcia | PSDEG-PSOE | 401 | 8.8% | Won | Valid votes: 4,566 Turnout: 76.1% (4,697 of 6,174 registered) ## Candidate lists 13 seats filled from ranked party lists ### Partido Popular 1,900 votes, 6 seats 2. Antonio Méndez Romero (Elected) 3. María Aurora Fernández Blanco (Elected) 4. Jairo Rodríguez Carril (Elected) 5. Rosa Cristina Castro García (Elected) 6. Carlos Mosteiro Liñeira (Elected) Cut line 7. Concepción Fernández López (Next in line) 8. Pablo Costoya Varela 9. Adrián Roca Tarrío 10. Raquel Rúa Vaamonde 11. José Bernardino Buyo Souto 12. José Luis Arias Lodeiro 13. María Ángeles Vázquez Mejuto ### ADIANTE MELIDE 1,830 votes, 5 seats 2. José María Santín Amo (Elected) 3. Carmen María Liñeira Sánchez (Elected) 4. Xosé Igrexas García (Elected) 5. Mayka Basalo Santín (Elected) Cut line 6. Carlota Casal Ramos (Next in line) 7. Manuel Ramos Garea 8. Adrián Iglesias Casal 9. Natividad Mejuto Amboage 10. Alberto López López 11. Diana Feijoo Ocaña 12. Jesús Angel Rey Quintela 13. María Jesús Cea Pampín ### Bloque Nacionalista Galego 435 votes, 1 seat 2. Iván Combo López (Next in line) 3. Alba López Regueiro 4. Ana María Mosteiro Sánchez 5. María Socorro Cea Vázquez 6. Gutier González Lirio 7. María Concepción López Iglesias 8. Manuel Souto Vázquez 9. Diego Quintela Sesar "Ariel" 10. María Fernández Carnero 11. Brais Manoel Parrado Freire 12. Carme Mosteiro Cotón 13. Francisco Xavier Gómez López ### PARTIDO DOS SOCIALISTAS DE GALICIA-PSOE 401 votes, 1 seat 2. Maria Jesus Iglesias Sanchez (Next in line) 3. Monica Barral Carregal 4. Yaiza de La Fuente Gorgullo 5. Demetrio Mellid Vazquez 6. Pedro Miguel Hernandez Hernandez 7. Pablo Miguez Suarez 8. Maria Jesus Lamela Rivas 9. Jesus Vazquez Regueiro 10. Maria Olga Ortiz Monteagudo 11. Miguel Ayude Miguelez 12. Silvana Lopez Besteiro 13. Hermenegildo Blanco Arias ## Results by census section José Manuel Pérez Penas leads in 4 census sections; Dalia García Couso leads in 2 census sections. | Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed.md) | José Manuel Pérez Penas | 44.7% | +9.3 | 825 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-2.md) | José Manuel Pérez Penas | 42.3% | +3.4 | 846 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-3.md) | José Manuel Pérez Penas | 41.2% | +2.7 | 403 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-4.md) | Dalia García Couso | 49.7% | +13.9 | 902 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-5.md) | Dalia García Couso | 49.6% | +16.7 | 821 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-6.md) | José Manuel Pérez Penas | 44.7% | +9.8 | 769 | ## 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. 1 census section has no results beyond those already shown above, so it isn't listed here. | Census section | Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-4.md) | Polling station 1504601004A | Dalia García Couso | 51.1% | +15.4 | 221 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-4.md) | Polling station 1504601004B | Dalia García Couso | 48.2% | +19.0 | 195 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-4.md) | Polling station 1504601004C | Dalia García Couso | 50.3% | +12.6 | 199 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-4.md) | Polling station 1504601004D | Dalia García Couso | 49.1% | +10.1 | 287 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-2.md) | Polling station 1504601002A | José Manuel Pérez Penas | 43.1% | +6.3 | 367 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-2.md) | Polling station 1504601002B | José Manuel Pérez Penas | 41.8% | +1.3 | 479 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed.md) | Polling station 1504601001A | José Manuel Pérez Penas | 42.4% | +4.6 | 389 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed.md) | Polling station 1504601001B | José Manuel Pérez Penas | 46.8% | +13.5 | 436 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-5.md) | Polling station 1504601005A | Dalia García Couso | 47.6% | +11.6 | 603 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-5.md) | Polling station 1504601005B | Dalia García Couso | 55.0% | +30.7 | 218 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-6.md) | Polling station 1504601007A | José Manuel Pérez Penas | 46.6% | +13.1 | 337 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-6.md) | Polling station 1504601007B | José Manuel Pérez Penas | 43.3% | +7.2 | 432 | ## This race in other years - May 28, 2023: Dalia García Couso, José Manuel Pérez Penas, Xesús Pereira López, Jose Antonio Prado Garcia - [May 26, 2019](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2019-05-26-local/ayuntamiento.md): Dalia Garcia Couso, Jose Manuel Perez Penas, José Antonio Prado García - [May 24, 2015](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento.md): Maria Angeles Vazquez Mejuto, Xose Igrexas Garcia, Jose Antonio Prado Garcia - [May 22, 2011](https://electionsarchive.com/es/galicia/melide/2011-05-22-local/ayuntamiento.md): Maria Angeles Vazquez Mejuto, Maria Socorro Cea Vazquez, Manuel Prado Puga ## Also on the ballot in Spain on May 28, 2023 - [Local races across Spain](https://electionsarchive.com/es/2023-05-28-local.md) (8,090) ## Sources - [Resultados electorales: elecciones municipales (ficheros de datos)](https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/es/proceso-electoral/), Ministerio del Interior. 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