# 2023 Sestao municipal election

[Spain](https://electionsarchive.com/es.md) / [País Vasco](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco.md) / [Sestao](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao.md), May 28, 2023

Ainhoa Basabe Melendez won with 31.0% of the vote, 4.5 points ahead of Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin.

> 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: EAJ-PNV 7, PSE-EE (PSOE) 6, EH Bildu 6, and PODEMOS, EZKER ANITZA / IU, BERDEAK EQUO, ALIANZA 2.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | EAJ-PNV | 3,606 | 31.0% | Won |
| Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin | PSE-EE (PSOE) | 3,083 | 26.5% | Won |
| Javi Gonzalez Medrano | EH Bildu | 2,880 | 24.8% | Won |
| Inmaculada Arias Ergueta | PODEMOS, EZKER ANITZA / IU, BERDEAK EQUO, ALIANZA | 1,210 | 10.4% | Won |
| Juan Manuel Muñoz Cordoba | PP | 546 | 4.7% |  |
| Aritz Estevez Lopez | Vox | 291 | 2.5% |  |

Valid votes: 11,616

Turnout: 57.2% (12,060 of 21,093 registered)

## Candidate lists

21 seats filled from ranked party lists

### Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea-Partido Nacionalista Vasco

3,606 votes, 7 seats

2. Gorka Alvarez Martinez (Elected)
3. Yosune Serapio Gelado (Elected)
4. Jesús Amenedo Seijas (Elected)
5. David Sanchez Maroto (Elected)
6. Flori Nuñez Lopez (Elected)
7. Borja Ramon Dominguez (Elected)

Cut line

8. Josefina San Miguel Vicuña (Next in line)
9. Alex Moneo Gonzalez
10. Aitziber Aristizabal Zaballa
11. Jon Lopez Martinez
12. Gorka Egia Garcia
13. Igor de Pablos Iglesias
14. Patricia de La Torre Bilbao
15. Amaia Lazpita Moyano
16. Javier Lerena Fernandez
17. Sergio Corral Gonzalez
18. Itziar Torrealdai Etxeandia
19. Ander San Jose Vicente
20. Idoia Arejula Arenas
21. Alberto "Martxi" Lozano Ibarra

### PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE EUSKADI-EUSKADIKO EZKERRA (PSOE)

3,083 votes, 6 seats

2. Rosa Maria del Palacio Martinez (Elected)
3. Alfonso Tapia Tejero (Elected)
4. Arrate Azcarate Medina (Elected)
5. Francisco Jose Rodriguez Miranda (Elected)
6. Aintzane Gil Peral (Elected)

Cut line

7. Ander Saez Curiel (Next in line)
8. Ainhoa Muñoz Manrique
9. Imanol Gomez Uribe
10. Aranzazu Rey Ramirez
11. Jose Luis Castellano Caballero
12. Jihane Baddou Lamghari
13. Benjamin Basarrate Vizcaino
14. Maria Isabel Azcarate Medina
15. Miguel Angel Asporosa Zuñiga
16. Natividad Cuevas Zugazagoitia
17. Alex Gomez Virgel
18. Adoracion Gallego del Bosque
19. Paulino Antuñano Maruri
20. Maria Jesus Valdivielso Porres
21. Felipe Garduño Hernandez

### Euskal Herria Bildu

2,880 votes, 6 seats

2. Idoia Caño Mentxaka (Elected)
3. Cristina Pascual Aldazabal (Elected)
4. César Fandiño Alsasua (Elected)
5. Oihane Henales Zarraga (Elected)
6. Isusko Azkona Eroa (Elected)

Cut line

7. Arrate Germán Macho (Next in line)
8. Javi Ortiz de Zarate González
9. Naiara Aizpurua Aristondo
10. Aritz Bran Pozo
11. Miren Euba Mugica
12. Mikel Hermosa Iglesias
13. Naia Gómez Llanos
14. Zigor Azpiolea Agirremota
15. Patxi Laborda Larrea
16. Aitziber Ruiz Álvarez
17. Felipe Henales Madrazo
18. Arrate Llorente Ahedo
19. Álvaro Aguado Díaz
20. Marta Peña Romero
21. Mikel Izquierdo del Pino

### ELKARREKIN PODEMOS - EZKER ANITZA / IU - BERDEAK EQUO - ALIANZA VERDE

1,210 votes, 2 seats

2. Pablo Fernández Mezo (Elected)

Cut line

3. Soraya Pereira Freire (Next in line)
4. Ana Isabel Saiz Quintano
5. Iñigo Leon Sancho
6. Isidoro Temprano Gutierrez
7. Oscar Albalat Medrano
8. Mª Montserrat Roca Vázquez
9. Fernando Iglesias Lorenzo
10. Estibaliz León García
11. Ramón Gil Jiménez
12. Lorenzo Gaspar Álvarez Martínez
13. Eneida de La Iglesia Vélez
14. Mª Jesús Iglesias Sastre
15. Ricardo (Ritxar) Vaquero Moreno
16. Lorena Gálvez Sanz
17. Alberto de La Iglesia Vega
18. Marcos Pinto del Campo
19. Mónica Fernández Pérez
20. Ruben Lopez Barrios
21. Yaiza Rodriguez Saiz

### Partido Popular

546 votes, 0 seats

2. Ohiane Sanchez Vazquez
3. Juan Carlos Tejada Ortega
4. Noemi Fernandez Seoane
5. Javier Muñoz Caso
6. Aitor Tejada Martin
7. Maria Begoña Seoane Cadabal
8. Maria Auxiliadora Cordoba Gil
9. Jose Carlos Fernandez Cedeño
10. Jose Manuel Mendez Piqueras
11. Mª Victoria Marcos Franco
12. Susana Gomez Casas
13. Carolina de Tena Mesonero
14. Jose Carlos Fernandez Fernandez
15. Alexei Fernandez Seoane
16. Ruben de La Rua Maillo
17. María Dolores Vilariño Vilariño
18. Maria Asuncion Rubira Martin
19. Itziar Otaño Fleitas
20. Carlos Mª Coscolin Cibrian
21. Fco.Javier Gonzalez del Valle Francos

### Vox

291 votes, 0 seats

2. Juan Manuel Roche Cabello
3. Nerea Lopez Garcia
4. Jesus Javier Marco Cirez
5. Visitacion Ramirez Pagazaurtundua
6. Enrique José Coca Autran
7. Luis Raul Talayero Gallego
8. Loreto Flor Avello
9. Maria Pilar Saenz de Magarola Ibarra
10. Antonio Nuñez Alonso
11. Enrique Jose Cancer Arbues
12. Alfredo Jose Oria de Rueda Elia
13. Maria Jesus Barba Gonzalez Albo
14. Maria de Los Angeles Casiello Salceek
15. Jacobo Salas Claver
16. Teresa Gallo Virumbrales
17. Sara Villanueva Rodriguez
18. Carlos Fernando Tormo Martin de Vidales
19. Miguel Angel Galan Zancajo
20. Jorge Bernal Perez
21. Gracia La Torre Comino

## Results by census section

Ainhoa Basabe Melendez leads in 14 census sections; Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin leads in 8 census sections; Javi Gonzalez Medrano leads in 3 census sections.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed.md) | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 28.2% | +2.5 | 734 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-2.md) | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 31.1% | +5.1 | 585 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-3.md) | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 33.7% | +7.4 | 664 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-4.md) | Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin | 30.5% | +1.0 | 574 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-5.md) | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 37.4% | +11.8 | 425 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-6.md) | Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin | 30.4% | +0.22 | 450 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-7.md) | Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin | 32.6% | +4.4 | 519 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-8.md) | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 35.7% | +10.5 | 532 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-9.md) | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 32.4% | +4.2 | 383 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-10.md) | Javi Gonzalez Medrano | 30.6% | +0.22 | 444 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-11.md) | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 36.7% | +10.5 | 512 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-12.md) | Javi Gonzalez Medrano | 34.3% | +5.6 | 533 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-13.md) | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 32.1% | +2.7 | 402 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-14.md) | Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin | 31.2% | +2.3 | 308 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-15.md) | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 32.8% | +8.3 | 412 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-16.md) | Javi Gonzalez Medrano | 34.9% | +6.1 | 475 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-17.md) | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 32.1% | +3.5 | 368 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-18.md) | Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin | 30.3% | +1.8 | 337 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-19.md) | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 32.0% | +4.5 | 309 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-20.md) | Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin | 32.8% | +2.4 | 418 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-21.md) | Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin | 36.7% | +11.1 | 485 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-22.md) | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 31.9% | +2.6 | 351 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-23.md) | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 37.5% | +10.5 | 411 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-24.md) | Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin | 32.9% | +8.7 | 277 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-25.md) | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 29.8% | +0.44 | 459 |

These rows add up to 11,367 of the 11,616 valid votes. The rest was reported without a place.

## 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. 14 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/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed.md) | Polling station 4808401001A | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 27.6% | 0.0 | 351 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed.md) | Polling station 4808401001B | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 28.7% | +2.1 | 383 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-3.md) | Polling station 4808401003A | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 34.4% | +9.7 | 331 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-3.md) | Polling station 4808401003B | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 33.0% | +5.1 | 333 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-2.md) | Polling station 4808401002A | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 29.9% | +1.8 | 281 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-2.md) | Polling station 4808401002B | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 32.2% | +6.3 | 304 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-4.md) | Polling station 4808401004A | Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin | 36.6% | +9.4 | 265 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-4.md) | Polling station 4808401004B | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 31.4% | +6.1 | 309 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-7.md) | Polling station 4808401007A | Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin | 33.3% | +5.9 | 237 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-7.md) | Polling station 4808401007B | Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin | 31.9% | +3.2 | 282 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-21.md) | Polling station 4808404002A | Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin | 40.1% | +17.1 | 222 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-21.md) | Polling station 4808404002B | Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin | 33.8% | +6.1 | 263 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-16.md) | Polling station 4808403002A | Javi Gonzalez Medrano | 33.8% | +5.8 | 240 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-16.md) | Polling station 4808403002B | Javi Gonzalez Medrano | 36.2% | +6.4 | 235 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-25.md) | Polling station 4808404006A | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 29.8% | 0.0 | 238 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-25.md) | Polling station 4808404006B | Javi Gonzalez Medrano | 35.3% | +5.4 | 221 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-6.md) | Polling station 4808401006A | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 30.5% | 0.0 | 210 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-6.md) | Polling station 4808401006B | Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin | 30.4% | +0.42 | 240 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-20.md) | Polling station 4808404001A | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 32.4% | +4.3 | 188 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-20.md) | Polling station 4808404001B | Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin | 36.5% | +7.8 | 230 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-23.md) | Polling station 4808404004A | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 38.8% | +12.2 | 214 |
| [](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2023-05-28-local/ayuntamiento/unnamed-23.md) | Polling station 4808404004B | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 36.0% | +8.6 | 197 |
| In Sestao, census section unknown | Polling station 4808403005U | Ainhoa Basabe Melendez | 27.7% | +2.4 | 249 |

## This race in other years

- May 28, 2023: Ainhoa Basabe Melendez, Carlos Maria Garcia de Andoin Martin, Javi Gonzalez Medrano, Inmaculada Arias Ergueta
- [May 26, 2019](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2019-05-26-local/ayuntamiento.md): Josu Bergara Lopez, David Salso de Domingo, Mikel Izquierdo del Pino, Soraya Pereira Freire
- [May 24, 2015](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2015-05-24-local/ayuntamiento.md): Josu Bergara López, Luis Felipe Finker Elorduy, Soroya Pereira Freire, Mikel Aingeru Izquierdo Del Pino, Eduardo Andres Ricoy
- [May 22, 2011](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sestao/2011-05-22-local/ayuntamiento.md): Josu Bergara Lopez, Jose Luis Marcos Merino, Ivan Lancho Serrano, Eduardo Andrés Ricoy

## 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. License: Reuse under Ley 37/2007 with the source cited

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