Barcelona City Council election, 2019

Barcelona City Council election, 2019
Barcelona
26 May 2019

All 41 seats in the Barcelona City Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
 
Leader Ada Colau Xavier Trias Carina Mejías
Party BC CDC C's
Leader since 11 June 2014 25 April 2002 16 December 2014
Last election 11 seats, 25.2% 10 seats, 22.8% 5 seats, 11.1%
Current seats 11 10 5
Seats needed Increase10 Increase11 Increase16

 
Leader Alfred Bosch Jaume Collboni Alberto Fernández Díaz
Party ERC PSC PPC
Leader since 11 July 2014 5 May 2014 16 July 2002
Last election 5 seats, 11.0% 4 seats, 9.6% 3 seats, 8.7%
Current seats 5 4 3
Seats needed Increase16 Increase17 Increase18

Incumbent Mayor

Ada Colau
BC

The 2019 Barcelona City Council election is expected to be held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 11th Barcelona City Council, the unicameral local legislature of the municipality of Barcelona. At stake will be all 41 seats in the City Council, determining the Mayor of Barcelona.

According to article 42.3 of the Spanish Electoral Law, local elections are held every 4 years on the fourth Sunday of May.[1]

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Barcelona City Council is determined by the population count. According to the municipal electoral law, the population-seat relationship on each municipality is to be established on the following scale:

Inhabitants Seats
<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

Additionally, for populations greater than 100,000, 1 seat is to be added per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction, according to the most updated census data, and adding 1 more seat if the resulting seat count gives an even number. As the updated population census for the 2015 election is around 1,600,000, the Barcelona City Council size is set to 41 seats.

All City Council members are elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Barcelona municipality, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the municipality (which include blank ballotsfor none of the above) are entitled to enter the seat distribution.

The Spanish municipal electoral law establishes a clause stating that, if no candidate is to gather an absolute majority of votes to be elected as mayor of a municipality, the candidate of the most-voted party will be automatically elected to the post.[1]

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

Polling Firm/Link Last Date
of Polling
BC CDC C's ERC PSC PPC CUP Margin
of Error
Sample
Size
Lead
General Election December 20, 2015 26.6 14.5 13.1 15.2 13.2 12.7 11.4
NC-Report August 8, 2015 20.9 17.5 14.3 11.1 10.9 8.2 9.5 ±3.8 pp 900 3.4
Municipal Election May 24, 2015 25.2 22.8 11.0 11.0 9.6 8.7 7.4 2.4

Seat projections

Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 21 seats are required for an absolute majority in the Barcelona City Council.

21 seats needed for a majority
Polling Firm/Link Last Date
of Polling
BC CDC C's ERC PSC PPC CUP Majority
NC-Report August 8, 2015 10 8 6 5 5 3 4 Hung
Municipal Election May 24, 2015 11 10 5 5 4 3 3 Hung

References

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