2019 Basque foral elections

The 2019 Basque foral elections were held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 11th General Assemblies of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa. All 153 seats in the three General Assemblies were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2019 Spanish local elections (Basque Country) § General Assemblies

Overall

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Basque General Assemblies election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	434,239	38.68	+5.43	62	+8
	Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)	266,946	23.78	+1.40	39	±0
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	191,054	17.02	+3.41	27	+6
	United We Can (Podemos, Ezker Anitza–IU, Equo Berdeak)1	111,315	9.92	–6.49	14	–7
	People's Party (PP)	80,743	7.19	–2.14	11	–6
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	14,440	1.29	–0.76	0	–1
	Vox (Vox)	7,807	0.70	+0.51	0	±0
	Omnia (Omnia)	1,206	0.11	New	0	±0
	European Solidarity Action Party (Solidaria)	1,183	0.11	New	0	±0
	Free for the Basque Country (LxE)	952	0.08	New	0	±0
	Bilbaine People, Initiative for Bilbao (BIB)	933	0.08	New	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB/AZ)	602	0.05	New	0	±0
	Let's Win Bilbao (GGB)	557	0.05	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	507	0.05	±0.00	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	328	0.03	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Workers of the Basque Country (PCTE/ELAK)	285	0.03	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		9,512	0.85	–0.70
Total		1,122,609			153	±0
Valid votes		1,122,609	99.17	+0.40
Invalid votes		9,423	0.83	–0.40
Votes cast / turnout		1,132,032	65.95	+2.19
Abstentions		584,576	34.05	–2.19
Registered voters		1,716,608
Sources[1][2]
Footnotes: 1 United We Can results are compared to the combined totals of We Can and Winning in the 2015 elections.

Popular vote EAJ/PNV   38.68% EH Bildu   23.78% PSE–EE (PSOE)   17.02% E. Podemos   9.92% PP   7.19% Cs   1.29% Others   1.28% Blank ballots   0.85%

Foral deputation control

The following table lists party control in the foral deputations.^[2] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Deputation	Previous control		New control
Álava		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Biscay		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Gipuzkoa		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)		Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)

Historical territories

Álava

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Álava General Assembly election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	47,686	29.43	+7.83	17	+4
	Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)	33,954	20.96	+0.60	12	+1
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	30,555	18.86	+7.66	10	+5
	People's Party (PP)	24,256	14.97	–7.02	8	–4
	United We Can (Podemos, Ezker Anitza–IU, Equo Berdeak)1	16,027	9.89	–8.37	4	–5
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	3,721	2.30	–0.80	0	–1
	Vox (Vox)	2,272	1.40	+1.33	0	±0
	Omnia (Omnia)	1,206	0.74	New	0	±0
	Free for the Basque Country (LxE)	952	0.59	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,402	0.87	–0.78
Total		162,031			51	±0
Valid votes		162,031	98.96	+0.56
Invalid votes		1,696	1.04	–0.56
Votes cast / turnout		163,727	65.26	–0.39
Abstentions		87,155	34.74	+0.39
Registered voters		250,882
Sources[1]
Footnotes: 1 United We Can results are compared to the combined totals of We Can and Winning in the 2015 election.

Biscay

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Biscay General Assembly election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	255,754	43.12	+5.49	25	+2
	Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)	116,794	19.69	+0.83	10	–1
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	97,653	16.46	+4.01	8	+1
	United We Can (Podemos, Ezker Anitza–IU, Equo Berdeak)1	62,430	10.53	–6.61	6	±0
	People's Party (PP)	39,197	6.61	–1.59	2	–2
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	7,034	1.19	–0.94	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	5,535	0.93	+0.58	0	±0
	European Solidarity Action Party (Solidaria)	1,183	0.20	New	0	±0
	Bilbaine People, Initiative for Bilbao (BIB)	933	0.16	New	0	±0
	Let's Win Bilbao (GGB)	557	0.09	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	507	0.09	–0.01	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	328	0.06	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Workers of the Basque Country (PCTE/ELAK)	285	0.05	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		4,905	0.83	–0.75
Total		593,095			51	±0
Valid votes		593,095	99.23	+0.56
Invalid votes		4,613	0.77	–0.56
Votes cast / turnout		597,708	65.71	+3.14
Abstentions		311,956	34.29	–3.14
Registered voters		909,664
Sources[1]
Footnotes: 1 United We Can results are compared to the combined totals of We Can and Winning in the 2015 election.

Gipuzkoa

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Gipuzkoa General Assembly election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	130,799	35.59	+4.02	20	+2
	Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)	116,198	31.62	+2.78	17	±0
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	62,846	17.10	+0.58	9	±0
	United We Can (Podemos, Ezker Anitza–IU, Equo Berdeak)1	32,858	8.94	–5.47	4	–2
	People's Party (PP)	17,290	4.70	–0.72	1	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	3,685	1.00	–0.47	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB/AZ)	602	0.16	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,205	0.87	–0.58
Total		367,483			51	±0
Valid votes		367,483	99.16	+0.06
Invalid votes		3,114	0.84	–0.06
Votes cast / turnout		370,597	66.65	+1.77
Abstentions		185,465	33.35	–1.77
Registered voters		556,062
Sources[1]
Footnotes: 1 United We Can results are compared to the combined totals of We Can and Winning in the 2015 election.