# 2019 Balmaseda municipal election

[Spain](https://electionsarchive.com/es.md) / [País Vasco](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco.md) / [Balmaseda](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/balmaseda.md), May 26, 2019

Turnout: 4,500 of 6,029 registered voters (74.6%). +2.6 points since 2015.

## [Municipal council of Balmaseda](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/balmaseda/2019-05-26-local/ayuntamiento.md)

Aitor Larrinaga Garcia won 6 of the 13 seats, with 38.2% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Seats | Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aitor Larrinaga Garcia | C.L.I. | 1,683 | 38.2% | 6 | +2 |
| Alvaro Parro Betanzos | EAJ-PNV | 1,610 | 36.5% | 5 | −1 |
| Aitor Llano Lana | EH Bildu | 550 | 12.5% | 1 | −1 |
| Isatxu Fernandez Berges | PSE-EE (PSOE) | 489 | 11.1% | 1 |  |
| Jon Iturri Bello | PP | 49 | 1.1% |  | 0 |
| Jose Ignacio Martinez Echevarria | Vox | 26 | 0.6% |  |  |

These results come from Ministerio del Interior.

## Also on the ballot

### [País Vasco](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pv/2019-05-26-juntas-generales.md)

| Name | Leader | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Bizkaia: Bilbo / Bilbao](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pv/2019-05-26-juntas-generales/bizkaia/bilbo-bilbao.md) | EAJ-PNV | 43.0% |
| [Bizkaia: Busturia - Uribe](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pv/2019-05-26-juntas-generales/bizkaia/busturia-uribe.md) | EAJ-PNV | 47.5% |
| [Bizkaia: Durango - Arratia](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pv/2019-05-26-juntas-generales/bizkaia/durango-arratia.md) | EAJ-PNV | 42.0% |
| [Bizkaia: Enkarterriak / Encartaciones](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pv/2019-05-26-juntas-generales/bizkaia/enkarterriak-encartaciones.md) | EAJ-PNV | 41.1% |

### [Spain](https://electionsarchive.com/es/2019-05-26-european-parliament.md)

| Name | Leader | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [European Parliament election in Spain](https://electionsarchive.com/es/2019-05-26-european-parliament/european-parliament.md) | PARTIDO SOCIALISTA OBRERO ESPAÑOL | 35.7% |

## Contests

- [2019 Balmaseda municipal election](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/balmaseda/2019-05-26-local/ayuntamiento.md)

## Party system indices

[How these indices are computed](https://electionsarchive.com/indices.md)

| Chamber | Effective parties by votes | Effective parties by seats | Gallagher index | Loosemore–Hanby index | Volatility | Nationalization |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Municipal council of Balmaseda | 3.25 | 2.68 | 7.2 | 9.9 | 23.8 | 0.94 |

- From 4,407 votes and 13 seats.
- Compared with [2015 Balmaseda municipal election](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/balmaseda/2015-05-24-local.md).
- Measured over 6 census sections.
- A large party has no recorded predecessor or successor, so its whole share counts as change.
- Measured over fewer than ten places, so read it loosely.

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/balmaseda/2019-05-26-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/balmaseda/2019-05-26-local.json.