# 2015 Bilbao municipal election

[Spain](https://electionsarchive.com/es.md) / [País Vasco](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco.md) / [Bilbao](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/bilbao.md), May 24, 2015

Turnout: 163,362 of 275,221 registered voters (59.4%). −1.8 points since 2011.

## [Municipal council of Bilbao](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/bilbao/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento.md)

Juan María Aburto Rike won 13 of the 29 seats, with 40.0% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Seats | Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Juan María Aburto Rike | EAJ-PNV | 63,637 | 40.0% | 13 | −2 |
| Aitziber Ibaibarriaga Etxebarrieta | EH Bildu | 22,705 | 14.3% | 4 |  |
| Alfonso Gil Invernon | PSE-EE (PSO | 19,344 | 12.1% | 4 |  |
| Luis Eguiluz Zobaran | PP | 19,185 | 12.0% | 4 | −2 |
| María Carmen Muñoz López | UDALBERRI - | 13,790 | 8.7% | 2 |  |
| Francisco Samir Ladhou Del Arco | GANEMOS | 10,471 | 6.6% | 2 |  |
| David Pasarin-Gegunde Linares | CIUDADANOS- PARTIDO DE LA CIUDADANÍA | 5,702 | 3.6% |  |  |
| Goizane Rodríguez Barroso | PARTIDO ANI | 1,938 | 1.2% |  |  |
| Javier Gabilondo Zubizarreta | UPyD | 1,357 | 0.9% |  | 0 |
| Urko de Azumendi Beistegui | VOX / FAMIL | 600 | 0.4% |  |  |
| Jose Manuel Vazquez Rios | PH | 492 | 0.3% |  | 0 |

These results come from Ministerio del Interior.

## Also on the ballot

### [País Vasco](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pv/2015-05-24-juntas-generales.md)

| Name | Leader | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Bizkaia: Bilbo / Bilbao](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pv/2015-05-24-juntas-generales/bizkaia/bilbo-bilbao.md) | EAJ-PNV | 37.6% |
| [Bizkaia: Busturia - Uribe](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pv/2015-05-24-juntas-generales/bizkaia/busturia-uribe.md) | EAJ-PNV | 42.6% |
| [Bizkaia: Durango - Arratia](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pv/2015-05-24-juntas-generales/bizkaia/durango-arratia.md) | EAJ-PNV | 37.2% |
| [Bizkaia: Enkarterriak / Encartaciones](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pv/2015-05-24-juntas-generales/bizkaia/enkarterriak-encartaciones.md) | EAJ-PNV | 35.4% |

## Contests

- [2015 Bilbao municipal election](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/bilbao/2015-05-24-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 Bilbao | 4.49 | 3.74 | 4.9 | 8.6 | 47.0 | 0.83 |

- From 159,221 votes and 29 seats.
- Compared with [2011 Bilbao municipal election](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/bilbao/2011-05-22-local.md).
- Measured over 268 census sections.
- A large party has no recorded predecessor or successor, so its whole share counts as change.

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/bilbao/2015-05-24-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/bilbao/2015-05-24-local.json.