# 2019 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 26, 2019

Turnout: 169,168 of 273,711 registered voters (61.8%). +2.4 points since 2015.

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

Juan Maria Aburto Rike won 14 of the 29 seats, with 43.1% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Seats | Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Juan Maria Aburto Rike | EAJ-PNV | 71,822 | 43.1% | 14 | +1 |
| Alfonso Gil Invernon | PSE-EE (PSOE) | 26,783 | 16.1% | 5 |  |
| Jone Goirizelaia Ordorika | EH Bildu | 25,138 | 15.1% | 4 | 0 |
| Ana Viñals Blanco | PODEMOS, EZKER-ANITZA-IU,EQUO BERDEAK | 17,661 | 10.6% | 3 |  |
| Raquel González Díez-Andino | PP | 15,441 | 9.3% | 3 | −1 |
| Fernando Garcia Gomez | CIUDADANOS- PARTIDO DE LA CIUDADANÍA | 3,722 | 2.2% |  | 0 |
| Antonio López Martínez | Vox | 1,910 | 1.1% |  |  |
| David Pasarin-Gegunde Linares | B.I.B. | 1,239 | 0.7% |  |  |
| Laine Herreros Ugarte | PACMA | 1,232 | 0.7% |  |  |
| Francisco Samir Lahdou del Arco | G.G.B. | 771 | 0.5% |  |  |
| Juan Eguiraun Azcarate | GANEMOS | 376 | 0.2% |  | −2 |
| Cristina Elcuaz Arana | PUM+J | 223 | 0.1% |  |  |
| Unai Ortuzar Barrenechea | SOLIDARIA | 170 | 0.1% |  |  |
| Rafael Vélez Romero | ACPS | 138 | 0.1% |  |  |
| Concepcion Martinez Miguel | PH | 80 | <0.1% |  | 0 |
| Jesus Fernando Fernandez Gil | FE-JONS | 41 | <0.1% |  |  |

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 Bilbao municipal election](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/bilbao/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 Bilbao | 3.93 | 3.30 | 4.4 | 7.5 | 34.0 | 0.84 |

- From 166,747 votes and 29 seats.
- Compared with [2015 Bilbao municipal election](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/bilbao/2015-05-24-local.md).
- Measured over 270 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/2019-05-26-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/bilbao/2019-05-26-local.json.