# 2023 Gernika-Lumo municipal election [Spain](https://electionsarchive.com/es.md) / [País Vasco](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco.md) / [Gernika-Lumo](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo.md), May 28, 2023 Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá won with 33.8% of the vote, 2.6 points ahead of Jose Maria Gorroño Echebarrieta. > List votes, registered voters, blank ballots, and null ballots for the municipality from the Ministry of the Interior's data files. Valid votes here are the votes to candidacies; blank ballots, which the ministry counts as valid, are stored apart. Seats are the councillors the ministry declares for each list, and the elected councillors are the candidates it flags as elected. > List votes, registered voters, blank ballots, and null ballots by polling station (mesa) from the Ministry of the Interior's data files. A mesa sits on its census section where the section code is in the 2025 INE section map, otherwise on its municipality. The mesa figures add up to the municipality's official totals exactly. Seats: EH Bildu 6, GUZTIONTZAKO HERRIA 6, and EAJ-PNV 5. | Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá | EH Bildu | 2,845 | 33.8% | Won | | Jose Maria Gorroño Echebarrieta | GUZTIONTZAKO HERRIA | 2,628 | 31.3% | Won | | Xabier Irazabal Basabe | EAJ-PNV | 2,500 | 29.7% | Won | | Ander Larrinaga Aramburu | PSE-EE (PSOE) | 252 | 3.0% | | | Pablo Gonzalez Merino | PODEMOS, EZKER ANITZA / IU, ALIANZA VERDE | 106 | 1.3% | | | Maria Gonzalez Cortes | PP | 75 | 0.9% | | Valid votes: 8,406 Turnout: 67.5% (8,576 of 12,696 registered) ## Candidate lists 17 seats filled from ranked party lists ### Euskal Herria Bildu 2,845 votes, 6 seats 2. Leire Gonzalez Enbeita (Elected) 3. Aitor Uriarte Etxebarria (Elected) 4. Goiatz Bideguren Sardui (Elected) 5. Mikel Fidalgo Astigarraga (Elected) 6. Ainhoa Iturriarte Aranaz (Elected) Cut line 7. Iñigo Etxeandia Mendieta (Next in line) 8. Oihana Cabello Elorriaga 9. Iñigo Etxebarrieta Urrutxua 10. Nerea Arrien Gorroño 11. Julen Madariaga Otazua 12. Begoña Landa Torre 13. Txanton Freundlich Zubiaga 14. Janire Arribalzaga Etxabe 15. Erlantz de La Fuente Idoiaga 16. Eneritz Ercilla Allika 17. Anartz Iturraran Okamika ### GUZTIONTZAKO HERRIA 2,628 votes, 6 seats 2. Nerea Revuelta Martinez (Elected) 3. Ignacio Maria Gorroño Echevarrieta (Elected) 4. Jon Lejarraga Embeita (Elected) 5. Ziortza Bilbao Agirre (Elected) 6. Gorka Otaolea Narbaiza (Elected) Cut line 7. Maria Lourdes San Severino Erdaide (Next in line) 8. Maria Purificación Morillas Contreras 9. Francisco Javier Rueda Rueda 10. Koldobika Xabier Urquiza Jorge 11. Miren Gotzone Lopez de Larrucea Madariaga 12. Roxana-Stefana Radulescu 13. Jose Antonio Sanchez Requena 14. Miguel Angel Moreno Beascoa 15. Ionut-Daniel Radulescu 16. Andoni Guezuraga San Severino 17. Maialen Orbegozo Lopez de Erenchun ### Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea-Partido Nacionalista Vasco 2,500 votes, 5 seats 2. Ana Hormaetxe Ugalde (Elected) 3. Javier Ansotegi Gezuraga (Elected) 4. Iñigo Magunagoikoetxea Agirre (Elected) 5. Laura Urkidi Egidazu (Elected) Cut line 6. Miren Lasa Ezkurra (Next in line) 7. Eduardo Vallejo Arano 8. Maria Uribe Gerendiain 9. Nerea Hormaetxe Lauzirika 10. Francisco Javier Garaizabal Ibarguengoitia 11. Igor Basterretxea Cruz 12. Leire Ugalde Hormaetxe 13. Jose Ramon Plaza Zaldegi 14. Izaskun Real de Asua Bilbao 15. Florin Stefan Videle 16. Sara Ateka Basterretxea 17. Zigor Ordorika Gonzalez ### PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE EUSKADI-EUSKADIKO EZKERRA (PSOE) 252 votes, 0 seats 2. Carlos Buron Cano 3. Naiara Rico Hierro 4. Jose Manuel Lopez Hernandez 5. Ainhoa Bilbao Urquijo 6. Luis Angel Ruiz San Jose 7. Jose Lorenzo Iturraran Ramos 8. Maria Asuncion Alaña Cea 9. David Hernandez Pereda 10. Begoña Esteban Diaz 11. Rafael Alonso Perez 12. Elena Santiago Alvarez 13. Jose Alejandro Olivera Marcelo 14. Jose Luis Grandados Mateo 15. Maria Aranzazu Pesquera Gonzalez 16. Alejandro Val Funcia 17. Izaskun Carbajo Fernandez ### ELKARREKIN PODEMOS - EZKER ANITZA / IU - ALIANZA VERDE 106 votes, 0 seats 2. Miriam Vergara Len 3. Juan Tomas Villegas Diaz 4. Marcela Irene Laucirica Erquicia 5. Jon Salgado Camello 6. Joana Alonso Guerrero 7. Luis Miguel Tapiz Eguiluz 8. Enric Nin Julve 9. Eukene Barredo Irastorza 10. Mohammed Oulad Aissa El Farissi 11. Itziar Azcona Santamaria 12. Miguel Angel Dominguez Garcia 13. Janire Buruaga de Sancha 14. Jorge Alberto Villalta Fernandez 15. Juan Maria Murueta Seco 16. Jose Luis Marcos Rodriguez 17. Andrea Rosario Vilches Carmona ### Partido Popular 75 votes, 0 seats 2. Pascual Plaza Romo 3. Gian Carlo Paoli Gonzales del Valle 4. Luis Carlos Rodriguez Araque 5. Gloria Mederos Azopardo 6. Jose Mª Rodriguez Torres 7. Angela Díaz Martín 8. Pablo Rodríguez Redondo 9. Lorena Perez Garcia 10. Pablo de La Vega Azofra 11. Francisco de Asís Sánchez Bastida 12. Elena Perez Hernandez 13. Estrella Montaña Vivas 14. Julio Sobremazas Moreno 15. Francisco Javier Tirado Suarez 16. Allende Muñoz Perez-Vazquez 17. Alfonso Carlos Serrano Sánchez-Capuchino ## Results by census section Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá leads in 5 census sections; Jose Maria Gorroño Echebarrieta leads in 4 census sections; Xabier Irazabal Basabe leads in 3 census sections. | Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed.md) | Xabier Irazabal Basabe | 36.6% | +4.9 | 774 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-2.md) | Xabier Irazabal Basabe | 34.5% | +1.5 | 537 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-3.md) | Jose Maria Gorroño Echebarrieta | 33.7% | +1.8 | 659 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-4.md) | Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá | 35.2% | +5.7 | 772 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-5.md) | Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá | 38.0% | +5.3 | 637 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-6.md) | Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá | 35.2% | +0.17 | 600 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-7.md) | Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá | 37.6% | +5.8 | 1,004 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-8.md) | Xabier Irazabal Basabe | 37.0% | +5.2 | 481 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-9.md) | Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá | 39.0% | +9.0 | 884 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-10.md) | Jose Maria Gorroño Echebarrieta | 38.0% | +5.7 | 907 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-11.md) | Jose Maria Gorroño Echebarrieta | 33.1% | +2.5 | 604 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-12.md) | Jose Maria Gorroño Echebarrieta | 34.0% | +3.8 | 547 | ## Results by polling station The archive doesn't have boundaries for these polling stations, so each one is listed under the census section it's in. 4 census sections have no results beyond those already shown above, so they aren't listed here. | Census section | Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-7.md) | Polling station 4804601007A | Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá | 40.4% | +7.9 | 542 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-7.md) | Polling station 4804601007B | Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá | 34.2% | +3.2 | 462 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-10.md) | Polling station 4804602001A | Jose Maria Gorroño Echebarrieta | 36.1% | +1.4 | 518 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-10.md) | Polling station 4804602001B | Jose Maria Gorroño Echebarrieta | 40.6% | +11.6 | 389 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-9.md) | Polling station 4804601009A | Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá | 40.2% | +10.8 | 493 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-9.md) | Polling station 4804601009B | Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá | 37.6% | +6.9 | 391 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed.md) | Polling station 4804601001A | Xabier Irazabal Basabe | 36.7% | +4.9 | 431 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed.md) | Polling station 4804601001B | Xabier Irazabal Basabe | 36.4% | +5.0 | 343 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-4.md) | Polling station 4804601004A | Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá | 36.1% | +4.8 | 438 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-4.md) | Polling station 4804601004B | Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá | 34.1% | +6.0 | 334 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-3.md) | Polling station 4804601003A | Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá | 36.4% | +3.7 | 374 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-3.md) | Polling station 4804601003B | Jose Maria Gorroño Echebarrieta | 35.1% | +1.1 | 285 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-5.md) | Polling station 4804601005A | Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá | 40.8% | +11.0 | 365 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-5.md) | Polling station 4804601005B | Xabier Irazabal Basabe | 36.4% | +2.2 | 272 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-11.md) | Polling station 4804602002A | Jose Maria Gorroño Echebarrieta | 34.0% | +3.0 | 329 | | [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-11.md) | Polling station 4804602002B | Jose Maria Gorroño Echebarrieta | 32.0% | +1.1 | 275 | ## This race in other years - May 28, 2023: Jose Ramon "Buli" Bilbao Catalá, Jose Maria Gorroño Echebarrieta, Xabier Irazabal Basabe - [May 26, 2019](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2019-05-26-local/ayuntamiento.md): Jose Maria Gorroño Etxebarrieta, Jose Ramon Bilbao Catala Buli - [May 24, 2015](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento.md): José Mª Gorroño Etxebarrieta (Ea-NV)**, Begoña Landa Torre - [May 22, 2011](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/gernika-lumo/2011-05-22-local/ayuntamiento.md): Jose Maria Gorroño Echebarrieta, Luis Ortuzar Monasterio ## Also on the ballot in Spain on May 28, 2023 - [Local races across Spain](https://electionsarchive.com/es/2023-05-28-local.md) (8,090) ## Sources - [Resultados electorales: elecciones municipales (ficheros de datos)](https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/es/proceso-electoral/), Ministerio del Interior. 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