# 2015 Portugalete municipal election

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

Turnout: 24,172 of 39,006 registered voters (62.0%). +2.0 points since 2011.

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

Mikel Torres Lorenzo won 9 of the 21 seats, with 34.1% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Seats | Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mikel Torres Lorenzo | PSE-EE (PSO | 8,020 | 34.1% | 9 |  |
| Jabier Aranburuzabala Fuentes | EAJ-PNV | 5,295 | 22.5% | 5 | −1 |
| Jon Medrano Peláez | PORTUGALUJ@ | 3,477 | 14.8% | 3 |  |
| Izaskun Duque Santacoloma | EH Bildu | 2,865 | 12.2% | 3 |  |
| Juan Carlos Castaño Moreno | PP | 1,743 | 7.4% | 1 | −2 |
| Itsaso Palacio Rodríguez | IRABAZI | 1,157 | 4.9% |  |  |
| Yolanda Couceiro Morin | PXL | 770 | 3.3% |  |  |
| Angel Comonte Santamaría | PCPE | 164 | 0.7% |  |  |

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 Portugalete municipal election](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/portugalete/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 Portugalete | 4.69 | 3.53 | 7.9 | 12.1 | 70.0 | 0.85 |

- From 23,491 votes and 21 seats.
- Compared with [2011 Portugalete municipal election](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/portugalete/2011-05-22-local.md).
- Measured over 39 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/portugalete/2015-05-24-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/portugalete/2015-05-24-local.json.