# 2023 Markina-Xemein municipal election

[Spain](https://electionsarchive.com/es.md) / [País Vasco](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco.md) / [Markina-Xemein](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/markina-xemein.md), May 28, 2023

Turnout: 2,408 of 3,618 registered voters (66.6%). −6.6 points since 2019.

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

Iratxe Lasa Arana won 7 of the 13 seats, with 51.3% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Seats | Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Iratxe Lasa Arana | EH Bildu | 1,205 | 51.3% | 7 | +2 |
| Luis Maria Egurrola Arakistain | EAJ-PNV | 1,111 | 47.3% | 6 | 0 |
| Ignacio Javier Echenagusia Ceballo | PSE-EE (PSOE) | 20 | 0.9% |  |  |
| Jesus Izquierdo Chicote | PP | 14 | 0.6% |  | 0 |

Changes compare with the 2019 election, when the chamber had 11 seats. It now has 13.

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 Markina-Xemein municipal election](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/markina-xemein/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 Markina-Xemein | 2.06 | 1.99 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 0.98 |

- From 2,350 votes and 13 seats.
- Compared with [2019 Markina-Xemein municipal election](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/markina-xemein/2019-05-26-local.md).
- Measured over 3 census sections.
- Measured over fewer than ten places, so read it loosely.

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