# 2015 Sopela municipal election

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

Turnout: 6,637 of 10,262 registered voters (64.7%). +0.65 points since 2011.

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

Gontzal Hermosilla Ramos won 7 of the 17 seats, with 40.1% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Seats | Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gontzal Hermosilla Ramos | EAJ-PNV | 2,565 | 40.1% | 7 | 0 |
| Guillermo Vio Domínguez "Willy" ** | EH Bildu | 1,977 | 30.9% | 6 |  |
| Jon Andoni Gerediaga Bilbao | DB-TU | 642 | 10.0% | 2 |  |
| Teresa Fernández García | PSE-EE (PSO | 341 | 5.3% | 1 |  |
| Juan I. del Vigo Cruz | AHORA SOPEL | 336 | 5.3% | 1 |  |
| Eder García López | IRABAZI | 310 | 4.9% |  |  |
| Berta Rodriguez Fernandez | PP | 218 | 3.4% |  | −1 |

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 Sopela municipal election](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sopela/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 Sopela | 3.62 | 3.18 | 5.4 | 8.3 | 63.1 | 0.94 |

- From 6,389 votes and 17 seats.
- Compared with [2011 Sopela municipal election](https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sopela/2011-05-22-local.md).
- Measured over 7 census sections.
- A large party has no recorded predecessor or successor, so its whole share counts as change.
- Measured over fewer than ten places, so read it loosely.

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sopela/2015-05-24-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/es/pais-vasco/sopela/2015-05-24-local.json.