# 2023 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 28, 2023

Turnout: 4,201 of 5,943 registered voters (70.7%). −4.0 points since 2019.

## [Municipal council of Balmaseda](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/balmaseda/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento.md)

EAJ-PNV won 6 of the 13 seats, with 44.6% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Seats | Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alfonso San Vicente de La Horra | EAJ-PNV | 1,828 | 44.6% | 6 | +1 |
| Aitor Larrinaga Garcia | C.L.I. | 1,503 | 36.7% | 5 | −1 |
| Nerea Fernandez Ruiz | EH Bildu | 454 | 11.1% | 1 | 0 |
| Isaac (Isatxu) Berges Fernandez | PSE-EE (PSOE) | 278 | 6.8% | 1 | 0 |
| Ricardo Gutiérrez-Solana Marcide | PP | 32 | 0.8% |  | 0 |

These results come from Ministerio del Interior.

## Also on the ballot

### [País Vasco](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pv/2023-05-28-juntas-generales.md)

| Name | Leader | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Bizkaia: Bilbao](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pv/2023-05-28-juntas-generales/bizkaia/bilbao.md) | EAJ-PNV | 37.5% |
| [Bizkaia: Busturia - Uribe](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pv/2023-05-28-juntas-generales/bizkaia/busturia-uribe.md) | EAJ-PNV | 42.6% |
| [Bizkaia: Durango - Arratia](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pv/2023-05-28-juntas-generales/bizkaia/durango-arratia.md) | EAJ-PNV | 39.8% |
| [Bizkaia: Encartaciones](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pv/2023-05-28-juntas-generales/bizkaia/encartaciones.md) | EAJ-PNV | 36.8% |

## Contests

- [2023 Balmaseda municipal election](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/balmaseda/2023-05-28-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 | 2.85 | 2.68 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 8.1 | 0.94 |

- From 4,095 votes and 13 seats.
- Compared with [2019 Balmaseda municipal election](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/balmaseda/2019-05-26-local.md).
- Measured over 6 census sections.
- Measured over fewer than ten places, so read it loosely.

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/balmaseda/2023-05-28-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/balmaseda/2023-05-28-local.json.