# 2023 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 28, 2023

Turnout: 150,482 of 267,984 registered voters (56.2%). −5.7 points since 2019.

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

Juan Mari Aburto Rike won 12 of the 29 seats, with 37.2% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Seats | Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Juan Mari Aburto Rike | EAJ-PNV | 54,426 | 37.2% | 12 | −2 |
| Maria del Rio Pereda | EH Bildu | 28,110 | 19.2% | 6 | +2 |
| Nora Abete Garcia | PSE-EE (PSOE) | 24,350 | 16.7% | 5 | 0 |
| Esther Martínez Fernández | PP | 17,951 | 12.3% | 4 | +1 |
| Ana Viñals Blanco | PODEMOS, EZKER ANITZA / IU, BERDEAK EQUO, ALIANZA | 11,883 | 8.1% | 2 |  |
| Diego Setien Irureta | Vox | 5,049 | 3.5% |  | 0 |
| Laiene Herreros Ugarte | PACMA | 1,600 | 1.1% |  |  |
| Maria Cruz Pascual Sanchez | EB-AZ | 877 | 0.6% |  |  |
| Miguel Adolfo Osorio Rangel | PUM+J | 613 | 0.4% |  |  |
| Patxi Xabier Alaña Arrinda | STOP | 459 | 0.3% |  |  |
| Raúl Alonso Pérez | CIUDADANOS- PARTIDO DE LA CIUDADANÍA | 342 | 0.2% |  | 0 |
| Unai Vidaurrazaga Sola | PCTE | 315 | 0.2% |  |  |
| Concepcion Martinez Miguel | PH | 158 | 0.1% |  | 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 Bilbao municipal election](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/bilbao/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 Bilbao | 4.41 | 3.74 | 4.3 | 7.7 | 20.9 | 0.83 |

- From 146,133 votes and 29 seats.
- Compared with [2019 Bilbao municipal election](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/bilbao/2019-05-26-local.md).
- Measured over 271 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/2023-05-28-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/bilbao/2023-05-28-local.json.