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
28 May 2023
All 31 seats in the City Council of Seville
16 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José Luis Sanz Antonio Muñoz Cristina Peláez
Party PP PSOE Vox
Leader since 21 July 2021 3 January 2022 22 April 2019
Last election 8 seats, 23.1% 13 seats, 39.2% 2 seats, 8.0%
Seats won 14 12 3
Seat change 6 1 1
Popular vote 132,745 110,242 28,722
Percentage 41.2% 34.2% 8.9%
Swing 18.1 pp 5.0 pp 0.9 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Susana Hornillo Sandra Heredia Miguel Ángel Aumesquet
Party Con Andalucía Adelante Andalucía Cs
Leader since 27 January 2023 21 July 2021 9 November 2022
Last election 3 seats (Adelante)[lower-alpha 1] 1 seat (Adelante)[lower-alpha 1] 4 seats, 12.5%
Seats won 2 0 0
Seat change 1 1 4
Popular vote 22,710 11,997 5,060
Percentage 7.0% 3.7% 1.6%
Swing n/a n/a 10.9 pp
Mayor before election

Antonio Muñoz
PSOE

 Elected Mayor

José Luis Sanz
PP

Electoral system

The City Council of Seville (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Sevilla) is 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 are fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.[2]

Voting for the local assembly is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises 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 allows Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. Local councillors are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each local council.[1][2] Councillors are 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 is indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause requires that mayoral candidates earn the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly shall be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the appointee will be determined by lot.[1]

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allows 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 are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors need to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they seek election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. For the case of Seville, as its population is between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures are required.[2]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which will likely contest 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 checkY [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%[lower-alpha 2] 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

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 are required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Seville.

Results
← 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) 132,74541.18+18.03 14+6
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE–A) 110,24234.20–5.04 12–1
Vox (Vox) 28,7228.91+0.96 3+1
With Andalusia (Podemos–IU–MPA–VE–IdPA–AV–LV–ALTER)1 22,7107.04n/a 2–1
Forward Andalusia (Adelante Andalucía)1 11,9973.72n/a 0–1
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (CS) 5,0601.57–10.88 0–4
Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA)2 4,3491.35+0.24 0±0
Blank Seats (EB) 1,0870.34New 0±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 8510.26+0.11 0±0
Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) 5570.17New 0±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 2080.06+0.02 0±0
Blank ballots 3,8561.20+0.48
Total 322,384 31±0
Valid votes 322,38498.89–0.48
Invalid votes 3,6291.11+0.48
Votes cast / turnout 326,013
Abstentions
Registered voters
Sources
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PP
 
 41.18%
PSOE–A
 
 34.20%
Vox
 
 8.91%
ConA
 
 7.04%
Adelante
 
 3.72%
CS
 
 1.57%
PACMA
 
 1.35%
Others
 
 0.84%
Blank ballots
 
 1.20%
Seats
PP
 
 45.16%
PSOE–A
 
 38.71%
Vox
 
 9.68%
ConA
 
 6.45%

Notes
  1. Within the Adelante alliance in the 2019 election.
  2. Results for Adelante in the 2019 election.
  3. Within ConA.
  4. Within Por Andalucía.
  5. Within Adelante Andalucía.

References
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. "Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local". Law No. 7 of 2 April 1985. Retrieved 27 July 2021. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Retrieved 27 July 2021. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  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.
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