2023 Valencia City Council election
The 2023 Valencia City Council election, also the 2023 Valencia municipal election, will be held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 12th City Council of the municipality of Valencia. All 33 seats in the City Council will be up for election. The election will be held simultaneously with regional elections in at least seven autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
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Electoral system
The City Council of Valencia (Valencian: Ajuntament de València, Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Valencia) is the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Valencia, 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 eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Valencia 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 |
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<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]
Council composition
The table below shows the composition of the political groups in the City Council at the present time.[3]
Groups | Parties | Councillors | |||
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Seats | Total | ||||
Commitment to Valencia Municipal Group | Compromís | 10 | 10 | ||
People's Municipal Group | PP | 8 | 8 | ||
Socialist Municipal Group | PSPV–PSOE | 7 | 7 | ||
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry Municipal Group | Cs | 6 | 6 | ||
Vox Municipal Group | Vox | 2 | 2 |
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 Valencia, 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. | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||||
Compromís | List
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Joan Ribó | Valencian nationalism Eco-socialism Green politics |
27.44% | 10 | ![]() |
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PP | List
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María José Catalá | Conservatism Christian democracy |
21.78% | 8 | ![]() |
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PSPV–PSOE | List
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Sandra Gómez | Social democracy | 19.30% | 7 | ![]() |
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Cs | List |
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Fernando Giner | Liberalism | 17.61% | 6 | ![]() |
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Vox | List
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José Gosálbez | Right-wing populism Ultranationalism National conservatism |
7.25% | 2 | ![]() |
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; 17 seats are required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Valencia.
Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | ![]() |
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Lead |
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SyM Consulting/EPDA[p 1] | 22–25 Feb 2022 | 968 | 64.0 | 27.7 10 |
22.6 8/9 |
21.3 7/8 |
1.1 0 |
18.9 7 |
3.0 0 |
5.1 |
SyM Consulting/EPDA[p 2] | 7–10 Jan 2022 | 764 | 66.3 | 26.0 9/10 |
32.7 12 |
18.7 7 |
1.3 0 |
12.5 4/5 |
4.0 0 |
6.7 |
GAD3/Cs[p 3] | 15 Oct–4 Nov 2021 | 400 | ? | 20.6 7/8 |
29.8 11 |
21.8 8 |
5.5 1/2 |
15.3 5 |
4.4 0 |
8.0 |
SyM Consulting/EPDA[p 4] | 20–23 Oct 2021 | 880 | 64.2 | 26.5 10 |
34.3 12/13 |
19.8 7 |
1.1 0 |
9.5 3/5 |
4.4 0 |
7.8 |
Demoscopia y Servicios/ESdiario[p 5][p 6] | 29 Sep–1 Oct 2021 | ? | 68 | 26.0 10 |
28.5 10 |
20.3 7 |
3.0 0 |
16.3 6 |
3.3 0 |
2.5 |
Compromís[p 7] | 6–17 Sep 2021 | 900 | ? | 26.6 | 27.1 | 23.4 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 |
SyM Consulting/EPDA[p 8] | 8–11 Sep 2021 | 818 | ? | 26.5 9/10 |
35.6 13/14 |
19.1 7 |
1.4 0 |
9.1 3 |
4.0 0 |
9.1 |
Demoscopia y Servicios/ESdiario[p 9] | 21–25 Jun 2021 | ? | ? | ? 10 |
? 10 |
? 7 |
? 0 |
? 6 |
? 0 |
? |
SyM Consulting/EPDA[p 10] | 2–3 Jun 2021 | 818 | ? | 26.4 9/10 |
33.5 12/13 |
19.4 7 |
2.0 0 |
10.9 4 |
3.9 0 |
7.1 |
Sigma Dos/Las Provincias[p 11][p 12] | 14–17 May 2021 | 750 | ? | 27.1 9/10 |
34.8 13/14 |
19.6 7 |
4.1 0 |
9.3 3 |
3.3 0 |
7.7 |
SyM Consulting/EPDA[p 13] | 5–10 May 2021 | 958 | 63.9 | 28.0 10 |
24.5 9 |
19.8 7 |
5.4 1/2 |
15.0 5/6 |
3.6 0 |
3.5 |
SyM Consulting/EPDA[p 14] | 8–11 Apr 2021 | 824 | ? | 28.9 10/11 |
25.7 9 |
20.6 7/8 |
7.3 2 |
11.0 4 |
3.4 0 |
3.2 |
SyM Consulting/EPDA[p 15] | 4–6 Mar 2021 | 738 | 66.3 | 26.5 9/10 |
24.4 9 |
19.9 7 |
10.6 3/4 |
12.7 4 |
3.1 0 |
2.1 |
Demoscopia y Servicios/ESdiario[p 16][p 17] | 1–5 Mar 2021 | 1,800 | 67.0 | 27.3 10 |
21.2 7 |
21.0 7 |
8.2 3 |
17.4 6 |
2.7 0 |
6.1 |
SyM Consulting/EPDA[p 18] | 10–12 Feb 2021 | 748 | 66.1 | 25.8 9 |
21.8 7/8 |
18.7 6/7 |
11.1 4 |
16.4 6 |
3.6 0 |
4.0 |
SyM Consulting/EPDA[p 19] | 14–16 Jan 2021 | 605 | ? | 24.6 9 |
22.9 8 |
21.6 7/8 |
11.8 4 |
13.2 4/5 |
3.2 0 |
1.7 |
Demoscopia y Servicios/ESdiario[p 20] | 1–7 Oct 2020 | ? | 68.0 | 27.8 10 |
24.3 8 |
20.1 7 |
11.0 4 |
11.6 4 |
3.1 0 |
3.5 |
SyM Consulting/EPDA[p 21] | 5–6 Jun 2020 | 802 | ? | 25.9 9 |
28.7 10 |
19.2 6/7 |
7.0 2/3 |
8.4 3 |
7.0 2 |
2.8 |
November 2019 general election[7] | 10 Nov 2019 | N/A | 75.1 | 9.0 (3) |
24.4 (8) |
24.8 (9) |
8.4 (3) |
16.8 (6) |
13.7 (4) |
0.4 |
2019 municipal election | 26 May 2019 | N/A | 66.3 | 27.4 10 |
21.8 8 |
19.3 7 |
17.6 6 |
7.3 2 |
4.2 0 |
5.6 |
References
- Opinion poll sources
- "Vox se dispara en Valencia por la crisis del PP, pero seguirán gobernando Compromís y los socialistas en el ayuntamiento". El Periódico de Aquí (in Spanish). 6 March 2022.
- "1.800 votos hacen que Compromís-PSOE retengan la alcaldía frente a PP-Vox". El Periódico de Aquí (in Spanish). 21 January 2022.
- "VALÈNCIA. Encuesta GAD3 20/11/2021 (interna Cs): PODEM-EUPV 4,4%, COMPROMÍS 20,6% (7/8), PSOE 21,8% (8), Cs 5,5% (1/2), PP 29,8% (11), VOX 15,3% (5)". Electograph (in Spanish). 21 November 2021.
- "VALÈNCIA. Encuesta SyM Consulting 11/11/2021: PODEM-EUPV 4,4%, COMPROMÍS 26,5% (10), PSOE 19,8% (7), Cs 1,1%, PP 34,3% (12/13), VOX 9,5% (3/4)". Electograph (in Spanish). 11 November 2021.
- "Encuesta ESdiarioCV: Compromís aguanta Valencia cada vez con menos votos". ESdiario (in Spanish). 9 October 2021.
- "VALÈNCIA. Encuesta Demoscopia y Servicios 09/10/2021: PODEM-EUPV 3,3%, COMPROMÍS 26,0% (10), PSOE 20,3% (7), Cs 3,0%, PP 28,5% (10), VOX 16,3% (6)". Electograph (in Spanish). 9 October 2021.
- "Una encuesta de Compromís refuerza la opción de que Joan Ribó repita como candidato a la alcaldía de València". elDiario.es (in Spanish). 8 October 2021.
- "La desaparición de Cs confirma al PP como primera fuerza política en Valencia con empate técnico entre derecha e izquierda". El Periódico de Aquí (in Spanish). 18 September 2021.
- "Encuesta: El tirón de Ribó salva por los pelos la alcaldía para Compromís". ESdiario (in Spanish). 27 June 2021.
- "El PP absorbe a Cs y ya es la primera fuerza en la ciudad de Valencia, 7 puntos más que Compromís" (PDF). El Periódico de Aquí (in Spanish). 11 June 2021.
- "El centro derecha, más cerca que nunca de recuperar Valencia". Las Provincias (in Spanish). 21 May 2021.
- "VALÈNCIA. Encuesta SigmaDos 21/05/2021: PODEM-EUPV 3,3%, COMPROMÍS 27,1% (9/10), PSOE 19,6% (7), Cs 4,1%, PP 34,8% (13/14), VOX 9,3% (3)". Electograph (in Spanish). 21 May 2021.
- "La izquierda retiene la mayoría absoluta en Valencia por el batacazo de Ciudadanos". El Periódico de Aquí (in Spanish). 15 May 2021.
- "Compromís y PSOE afianzan su mayoría absoluta en Valencia según el sondeo de SyM Consulting". El Periódico de Aquí (in Spanish). 19 April 2021.
- "Los bloques de derecha e izquierda del Ayuntamiento de Valencia se disputan la alcaldía por un solo concejal". El Periódico de Aquí (in Spanish). 18 March 2021.
- "Encuesta Valencia: Ribó gana, Vox se dispara y el Rialto aguanta por la mínima". ESdiario (in Spanish). 9 March 2021.
- "VALÈNCIA. Encuesta Demoscopia y Servicios 09/03/2021: PODEM-EUPV 2,7%, COMPROMÍS 27,3% (10), PSOE 21,0% (7), Cs 8,2% (3), PP 21,2% (7), VOX 17,4% (6)". Electograph (in Spanish). 9 March 2021.
- "La derecha gobernaría en Valencia pese a la victoria de Compromís, según el sondeo de SyM Consulting". El Periódico de Aquí (in Spanish). 19 February 2021.
- "Empate técnico entre izquierda y derecha en el Ayuntamiento de Valencia según el sondeo de SyM Consulting para El Periódico de Aquí". El Periódico de Aquí (in Spanish). 26 January 2021.
- "El tirón de Ribó compensa el ascenso del PP de Catalá y salva al Rialto". ESdiario (in Spanish). 12 October 2020.
- "La izquierda mantendría el Ayuntamiento de València pese al avance del Partido Popular, según una encuesta de SyM Consulting para El Periódico de Aquí". El Periódico de Aquí (in Spanish). 10 June 2020.
- Other
- "Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local". Law No. 7 of 2 April 1985. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- "Grups Polítics. Corporació 2019 - 2023. Dades biogràfiques". City Council of Valencia (in Valencian). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- Navalón, Teresa (15 December 2021). "Ribó aplaza la decisión sobre su candidatura a la alcaldía de València hasta el próximo verano". Valencia Plaza (in Spanish). Valencia. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- "Catalá dice que el congreso que la elegirá presidenta del PP local será "punto de partida" para ganar en 2023". 20 minutos (in Spanish). Valencia. Europa Press. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- Plaza, Pablo; Navalón, Teresa (15 October 2021). "Sandra Gómez: "Tengo muy claro que voy a ser candidata a la Alcaldía de València en 2023"". Valencia Plaza (in Spanish). Valencia. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- "Electoral Results Consultation. Congress. November 2019. Valencia Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 June 2020.