2023 Basque foral elections

The 2023 Basque foral elections was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023 to elect the 12th 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.

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2023 Spanish local elections (Basque Country) § General Assemblies

Overall

← Summary of the 28 May 2023 Basque General Assemblies election results

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	348,484	34.43	−4.25	55	−7
	Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)	290,749	28.73	+4.95	51	+12
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	163,758	16.18	−0.84	24	−3
	People's Party (PP)	89,697	8.86	+1.67	15	+4
	United We Can (Podemos, Ezker Anitza–IU, Berdeak Equo, AV)	70,388	6.96	−2.96	7	−7
	Vox (Vox)	15,139	1.50	+0.80	1	+1
	Stop (Stop)	4,750	0.47	New	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB/AZ)	4,589	0.45	+0.40	0	±0
	Encartaciones Exists (Encartaciones Existe/Enkartazioak Bizirik)	1,826	0.18	New	0	±0
	Free for the Basque Country (LxE)	1,674	0.17	+0.09	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	538	0.05	±0.00	0	±0
Blank ballots		18,548	1.81	+0.96
Total		1,012,006			153	±0
Valid votes		1,012,006	98.52	−0.65
Invalid votes		15,225	1.48	+0.65
Votes cast / turnout		1,025,365	60.03	−5.92
Abstentions		682,654	39.97	+5.92
Registered voters		1,708,019
Sources[1]

Popular vote EAJ/PNV   34.43% EH Bildu   28.73% PSE–EE (PSOE)   16.18% PP   8.86% E. Podemos   6.96% Vox   1.53% Others   1.32% Blank ballots   1.81%

Foral deputation control

The following table lists party control in the foral deputations. 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 28 May 2023 Álava General Assembly election results

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	38,467	25.90	−3.53	15	−2
	Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)	37,207	25.05	+4.09	14	+2
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	27,506	18.52	−0.34	9	−1
	People's Party (PP)	25,223	16.98	+2.01	9	+1
	United We Can (Podemos, Ezker Anitza–IU, Berdeak Equo, AV)	10,349	6.97	−2.92	3	−1
	Vox (Vox)	4,503	3.03	+1.63	1	+1
	Free for the Basque Country (LxE)	1,674	1.13	+0.54	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB/AZ)	1,143	0.77	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,456	1.62	+0.75
Total		148,528			51	±0
Valid votes		148,528	98.15	−0.81
Invalid votes		2,800	1.85	+0.81
Votes cast / turnout		151,328	60.09	−5.17
Abstentions		100,521	39.91	+5.17
Registered voters		251,849
Sources[1]

Biscay

← Summary of the 28 May 2023 Biscay General Assembly election results

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	204,557	38.28	−4.84	23	−2
	Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)	132,955	24.88	+5.19	15	+5
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	84,656	15.84	−0.62	8	±0
	People's Party (PP)	43,893	8.21	+1.60	3	+1
	United We Can (Podemos, Ezker Anitza–IU, Berdeak Equo, AV)	38,756	7.25	−3.28	2	−4
	Vox (Vox)	10,636	1.99	+1.06	0	±0
	Stop (Stop)	2,896	0.54	New	0	±0
	Encartaciones Exists (Encartaciones Existe/Enkartazioak Bizirik)	1,826	0.34	New	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB/AZ)	1,675	0.31	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	538	0.10	+0.01	0	±0
Blank ballots		10,152	1.88	+1.05
Total		534,406			51	±0
Valid votes		534,406	98.46	−0.77
Invalid votes		8,338	1.54	+0.77
Votes cast / turnout		540,878	60.08	−5.63
Abstentions		359,428	39.92	+5.63
Registered voters		900,306
Sources[1]

Gipuzkoa

← Summary of the 28 May 2023 Gipuzkoa General Assembly election results

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu)	120,587	36.64	+5.02	22	+5
	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	105,460	32.05	−3.54	17	−3
	Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE))	51,596	15.68	−1.42	7	−2
	United We Can (Podemos, Ezker Anitza–IU, Berdeak Equo, AV)	21,283	6.47	−2.47	2	−2
	People's Party (PP)	20,581	6.25	+1.55	3	+2
	Stop (Stop)	1,854	0.56	New	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB/AZ)	1,771	0.54	+0.38	0	±0
Blank ballots		5,940	1.78	+0.91
Total		329,072			51	±0
Valid votes		329,072	98.77	−0.39
Invalid votes		4,087	1.23	+0.39
Votes cast / turnout		333,159	59.94	−6.71
Abstentions		222,705	40.06	+6.71
Registered voters		555,864
Sources[1]