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2023 Seville City Council election

The 2023 Seville City Council election, also the 2023 Seville municipal election, was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 12th City Council of the municipality of Seville. All 31 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

2023 Seville City Council election
← 2019 28 May 2023
All 31 seats in the City Council of Seville
16 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered531,886 Red arrow down1.7%
Turnout326,118 (61.3%)
Green arrow up2.5 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José Luis Sanz Antonio Muñoz Cristina Peláez
Party PP PSOE–A Vox
Leader since 21 July 2021 3 January 2022 2015
Last election 8 seats, 23.1% 13 seats, 39.2% 2 seats, 8.0%
Seats won 14 12 3
Seat change Green arrow up6 Red arrow down1 Green arrow up1
Popular vote 132,778 110,204 28,727
Percentage 41.2% 34.2% 8.9%
Swing Green arrow up18.1 pp Red arrow down5.0 pp Green arrow up0.9 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Susana Hornillo Miguel Ángel Aumesquet
Party Con Andalucía CS
Leader since 27 January 2023 9 November 2022
Last election 3 seats (Adelante)[a] 4 seats, 12.5%
Seats won 2 0
Seat change Red arrow down1 Red arrow down4
Popular vote 22,803 5,069
Percentage 7.1% 1.6%
Swing n/a Red arrow down10.9 pp
Mayor before election

Antonio Muñoz
PSOE

Elected mayor

José Luis Sanz
PP

Electoral system

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The City Council of Seville (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Sevilla) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Seville, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly.[1] Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.[2] Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the municipality of Seville and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty.

Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council.[1][2] Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:

Population Councillors
<100 3
101–250 5
251–1,000 7
1,001–2,000 9
2,001–5,000 11
5,001–10,000 13
10,001–20,000 17
20,001–50,000 21
50,001–100,000 25
>100,001 +1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction
+1 if total is an even number

The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the appointee would be determined by lot.[1]

Parties and candidates

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The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. For the case of Seville, as its population was between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures were required.[2]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances 		Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Votes (%) Seats
PSOE–A
List
   Antonio Muñoz Social democracy 39.24% 13  Y [3]
[4]
PP
List
   José Luis Sanz Conservatism
Christian democracy 		23.15% 8  N [5]
Con
Andalucía
List
   Susana Hornillo Left-wing populism
Direct democracy
Democratic socialism 		14.10%[b] 4  N [6]
Adelante
Andalucía
List
  • Anti-capitalists (Anticapitalistas)
  • Andalusian Spring (Primavera Andaluza)
  • Andalusian Left (IzA)
  • Defend Andalusia (Defender Andalucía)
  Sandra Heredia Andalusian nationalism
Left-wing populism
Anti-capitalism 		 N [7]
CS
List
   Miguel Ángel Aumesquet Liberalism 12.45% 4  N [8]
[9]
Vox
List
   Cristina Peláez Right-wing populism
Ultranationalism
National conservatism 		7.95% 2  N [10]

Opinion polls

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The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 16 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Seville.

Results

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← Summary of the 28 May 2023 City Council of Seville election results →
 
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 132,778 41.17 +18.02 14 +6
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A) 110,204 34.17 –5.07 12 –1
Vox (Vox) 28,727 8.91 +0.96 3 +1
With Andalusia (Podemos–IU–MPA–VE–IdPA–AV–LV–ALTER)1 22,803 7.07 n/a 2 –1
Forward Andalusia (Adelante Andalucía)1 11,974 3.71 n/a 0 –1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS) 5,069 1.57 –10.88 0 –4
Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)2 4,344 1.35 +0.24 0 ±0
Blank Seats (EB) 1,093 0.34 New 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 848 0.26 +0.11 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) 586 0.18 New 0 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 210 0.07 +0.03 0 ±0
Blank ballots 3,857 1.20 +0.48
Total 322,493 31 ±0
Valid votes 322,493 98.89 –0.48
Invalid votes 3,625 1.11 +0.48
Votes cast / turnout 326,118 61.31 +2.54
Abstentions 205,768 38.69 –2.54
Registered voters 531,886
Sources[13]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PP
 
 41.17%
PSOE–A
 
 34.17%
Vox
 
 8.91%
ConA
 
 7.07%
Adelante
 
 3.71%
CS
 
 1.57%
PACMA
 
 1.35%
Others
 
 0.85%
Blank ballots
 
 1.20%
Seats
PP
 
 45.16%
PSOE–A
 
 38.71%
Vox
 
 9.68%
ConA
 
 6.45%

Notes

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  1. ^ Within the Adelante alliance in the 2019 election.
  2. ^ Results for Adelante in the 2019 election.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar Within ConA.
  4. ^ a b Within Por Andalucía.
  5. ^ a b c d Within Adelante Andalucía.

References

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Opinion poll sources
  1. ^ "El PP podría recuperar el Ayuntamiento de Sevilla con el apoyo de Vox, según TVE y FORTA". elDiario.es (in Spanish). 28 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Elecciones municipales: Sánchez ganaría Barcelona, pero perdería Sevilla". La Razón (in Spanish). 22 May 2023.
  3. ^ "El PP cerca al PSOE en Sevilla y con Vox podría voltear la gran capital de Sánchez". El Mundo (in Spanish). 21 May 2023.
  4. ^ "La fortaleza de Vox permitirá a José Luis Sanz gobernar Sevilla sin ganar las elecciones el 28M". ABC (in Spanish). 21 May 2023.
  5. ^ "El PSOE aventajaría por la mínima al PP en Sevilla". El País. 22 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Informe preelectoral para el Ayuntamiento de Sevilla. Mayo 2023" (PDF). 40dB. 22 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Encuesta DYM. Muñoz revalidaría la Alcaldía de Sevilla con el apoyo de la izquierda, pero un solo edil podría dar la mayoría al PP y Vox". 20 minutos (in Spanish). 17 May 2023.
  8. ^ "José Luis Sanz saca ventaja a Antonio Muñoz y suma para que el PP gobierne Sevilla el 28M". ABC (in Spanish). 17 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Antonio Muñoz ganaría Sevilla para el PSOE y podría gobernar con el apoyo de Con Andalucía". El Español (in Spanish). 19 May 2023.
  10. ^ "El PP roza el 'sorpasso' en Sevilla a un PSOE que necesitará a Podemos y a Adelante para gobernar". OKDiario (in Spanish). 14 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Ventaja del PSOE sobre el PP pero no se asegura mantener el ayuntamiento de Sevilla en las elecciones del 28M, según el sondeo de Sigma Dos". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 27 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Preelectoral elecciones municipales y autonómicas 2023. Sevilla municipio (Estudio nº 3402. Abril 2023)" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 11 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Estimación de voto. Municipios, grandes ciudades y Comunidades Autónomas (Estudio nº 3402. Abril 2023)" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 11 May 2023.
  14. ^ "El PP se hace con Valencia y Sevilla y el PSOE gana en Barcelona". La Razón (in Spanish). 24 April 2023.
  15. ^ "El PSOE mantiene Sevilla por la mínima: el PP está a un escaño de ganarle la alcaldía". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 25 April 2023.
  16. ^ "Antonio Muñoz revalidaría la Alcaldía de Sevilla al ser la lista más votada". Andalucía Información (in Spanish). 20 April 2023.
  17. ^ "El PP, a 2.172 votos de superar al PSOE en Sevilla, la mayor ciudad en manos de Sánchez". Sigma Dos (in Spanish). 20 February 2023.
  18. ^ "Guerra de encuestas por la Alcaldía de Sevilla". Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). 5 February 2023.
  19. ^ "Estudio Opinión Pública Capitales Andaluzas 2023. Especial Elecciones Municipales. Enero 2023". CEA (in Spanish). 30 January 2023.
  20. ^ "Sondeo Sevilla ciudad". ABC (in Spanish). 24 October 2022.
  21. ^ "Sondeo Sevilla ciudad". SW Demoscopia (in Spanish). 28 December 2021.
  22. ^ "Empate virtual entre la izquierda y la derecha tras la caída de Cs". ABC Sevilla (in Spanish). 27 June 2021.
  23. ^ "AndPanel Sevilla (5M): el PSOE mantendría la alcaldía. Vox sube y Cs y ANSR se quedan fuera". Electomanía (in Spanish). 5 March 2021. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  24. ^ "Espadas volvería a ser alcalde de Sevilla con una "mayoría suficiente"". Andalucía Información (in Spanish). 22 June 2020.
Other
  1. ^ a b c Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local (Law 7) (in Spanish). 2 April 1985. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  3. ^ Guzmán, María José (28 November 2021). "Espadas y un relevo en la Alcaldía consumado". Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  4. ^ Ruesga, Manuel (14 December 2021). "Antonio Muñoz, nuevo alcalde de Sevilla antes de que termine enero". Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  5. ^ Morente, Antonio (21 July 2021). "José Luis Sanz confirma que será el candidato del PP a la Alcaldía de Sevilla". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. ^ Morente, Antonio (26 January 2023). "La izquierda sella una alianza electoral en Sevilla con la líder de Podemos como candidata a la Alcaldía de la capital". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  7. ^ Morente, Antonio (21 July 2021). "La concejal de Adelante Sevilla Sandra Heredia pasa a ser no adscrita tras su expulsión de Podemos". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Álvaro Pimentel no encabezará la candidatura de Ciudadanos a las municipales en Sevilla". ABC Sevilla (in Spanish). 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Ciudadanos designa a Miguel Ángel Aumesquet como candidato a la Alcaldía de Sevilla". ABC Sevilla (in Spanish). 9 November 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  10. ^ Maestre, Romualdo (30 December 2022). "Cristina Peláez repite como candidata de Vox a la alcaldía de Sevilla". ABC Sevilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Resultados provisionales: Sevilla, Sevilla". resultados.eleccionesparlamentoandalucia2022.es/ (in Spanish). Government of Andalusia. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Congress. November 2019. Seville Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Resolución de 5 de julio de 2023, de la Presidencia de la Junta Electoral Central, por la que se procede a la publicación del resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 207/2023, de 3 de abril, y celebradas el 28 de mayo de 2023, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona. Provincias: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Segovia, Sevilla, Soria, Tarragona, Teruel, Toledo, Valencia, Valladolid, Zamora y Zaragoza. Ciudades Autónomas de Ceuta y Melilla" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (261): 145194–146077. 1 November 2023. ISSN 0212-033X.
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