# Results breakdown of the 1991 Spanish local elections (Basque Country)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Basque Country on 26 May 1991. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.

## Overall

Councillor share for parties securing >1.0% of councillors up for election.
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 municipal election results in the Basque Country → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Councillors | Councillors |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 297,816 | 29.85 | +7.62 | 984 | +168 |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | 193,416 | 19.38 | +0.71 | 288 | +11 |
| | Popular Unity (HB) | 172,687 | 17.31 | –1.76 | 558 | +27 |
| | Basque Solidarity (EA) | 118,262 | 11.85 | –6.02 | 312 | –130 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 76,196 | 7.64 | +2.11 | 68 | +14 |
| | Basque Country Left (EE) | 67,958 | 6.81 | –2.61 | 104 | –51 |
| | Alavese Unity (UA) | 21,271 | 2.13 | New | 39 | +39 |
| | United Left (IU/EB) | 17,250 | 1.73 | +0.94 | 6 | +5 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 5,425 | 0.54 | –2.45 | 0 | –8 |
| | Basque Country Greens (EHB) | 2,346 | 0.24 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Revolutionary Communist League–Communist Movement (LKI–EMK)$^2$ | 1,546 | 0.15 | +0.12 | 2 | +2 |
| | The Voice of the People (LVP) | 1,155 | 0.12 | New | 6 | +6 |
| | Others | 12,288 | 1.23 | — | 172 | –49 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 10,194 | 1.02 | +0.03 | | |
| Total | Total | 997,810 | | | 2,539 | +34 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 997,810 | 99.20 | +0.20 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 8,054 | 0.80 | –0.20 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 1,005,864 | 59.26 | –8.30 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 691,535 | 40.74 | +8.30 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 1,697,399 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party–Liberal Party in the 1987 elections.$^2$ Revolutionary Communist League–Communist Movement results are compared to Communist Movement of the Basque Country totals in the 1987 elections. |||||||
Popular vote
EAJ/PNV
29.85%
PSE–PSOE
19.38%
HB
17.31%
EA
11.85%
PP
7.64%
EE
6.81%
UA
2.13%
IU/EB
1.73%
Others
2.28%
Blank ballots
1.02% :

## City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold). Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.
| Municipality | Population | Previous control | New control |
| Barakaldo | 108,588 | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) |
| Basauri | 50,941 | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) |
| Bilbao | 383,798 | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) |
| Donostia-San Sebastián | 183,944 | Basque Solidarity (EA) | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) |
| Getxo | 81,795 | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) |
| Irun | 55,200 | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) |
| Portugalete | 57,157 | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) |
| Rentería | 42,441 | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) |
| Santurtzi | 51,706 | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) |
| Vitoria-Gasteiz | 209,506 | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) |

## Municipalities
### Barakaldo

    Population: 108,588
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Barakaldo election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | 14,756 | 31.78 | +3.99 | 10 | +1 |
| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 12,875 | 27.73 | +6.20 | 8 | +2 |
| | Popular Unity (HB) | 6,332 | 13.64 | –3.07 | 4 | –1 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 3,851 | 8.29 | +3.26 | 2 | +2 |
| | Basque Country Left (EE) | 3,044 | 6.56 | –2.78 | 2 | –1 |
| | Basque Solidarity (EA) | 2,501 | 5.39 | –4.11 | 1 | –2 |
| | United Left (IU/EB) | 1,992 | 4.29 | +2.83 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 420 | 0.90 | –4.93 | 0 | –1 |
| | Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 193 | 0.42 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 471 | 1.01 | +0.06 | | |
| Total | Total | 46,435 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 46,435 | 99.21 | +0.04 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 369 | 0.79 | –0.04 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 46,804 | 54.37 | –9.53 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 39,281 | 45.63 | +9.53 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 86,085 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election. |||||||

### Basauri

    Population: 50,941
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Basauri election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 7,815 | 35.45 | +11.28 | 11 | +4 |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | 7,057 | 32.01 | +6.10 | 9 | +1 |
| | Popular Unity (HB) | 3,103 | 14.07 | –4.01 | 4 | –1 |
| | Basque Country Left (EE) | 1,169 | 5.30 | –2.78 | 1 | –1 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 1,097 | 4.98 | +1.04 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Basque Solidarity (EA) | 752 | 3.41 | –5.02 | 0 | –2 |
| | United Left (IU/EB) | 651 | 2.95 | +0.63 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 187 | 0.85 | –3.71 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Carlist Party (EKA/PC) | 18 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 198 | 0.90 | –0.29 | | |
| Total | Total | 22,047 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 22,047 | 99.36 | +0.43 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 143 | 0.64 | –0.43 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 22,190 | 55.81 | –8.86 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 17,571 | 44.19 | +8.86 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 39,761 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election. |||||||

### Bilbao

    Population: 383,798
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Bilbao election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 57,639 | 34.72 | +6.70 | 11 | +2 |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | 34,849 | 20.99 | +0.39 | 6 | –1 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 23,436 | 14.12 | +5.19 | 4 | +2 |
| | Popular Unity (HB) | 20,180 | 12.16 | –2.71 | 4 | –1 |
| | Basque Country Left (EE) | 11,504 | 6.93 | –2.22 | 2 | –1 |
| | Basque Solidarity (EA) | 10,370 | 6.25 | –4.58 | 2 | –1 |
| | United Left (IU/EB) | 2,864 | 1.73 | +1.02 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Basque Country Greens (EHB) | 1,449 | 0.87 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1,260 | 0.76 | –4.19 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Workers' Socialist Party (PST) | 447 | 0.27 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Alliance for the Republic (AxR)$^2$ | 215 | 0.13 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Carlist Party (EKA/PC) | 157 | 0.09 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,636 | 0.99 | +0.10 | | |
| Total | Total | 166,006 | | | 29 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 166,006 | 99.26 | +0.14 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,238 | 0.74 | –0.14 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 167,244 | 53.61 | –10.38 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 144,720 | 46.39 | +10.38 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 311,964 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election.$^2$ Alliance for the Republic results are compared to Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party totals in the 1987 election. |||||||

### Donostia-San Sebastián

    Population: 183,944
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Donostia-San Sebastián election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Basque Solidarity (EA) | 17,859 | 22.36 | –1.95 | 6 | –1 |
| | Popular Unity (HB) | 13,791 | 17.27 | –3.43 | 5 | –1 |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | 13,526 | 16.93 | +0.93 | 5 | ±0 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 13,036 | 16.32 | +4.09 | 5 | +2 |
| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 12,170 | 15.24 | +6.04 | 4 | +2 |
| | Basque Country Left (EE) | 6,922 | 8.67 | –4.31 | 2 | –2 |
| | United Left (IU/EB) | 809 | 1.01 | +0.72 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Basque Country Greens (EHB) | 587 | 0.73 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 300 | 0.38 | –2.52 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Left Platform (PCE (m–l)–CRPE) | 82 | 0.10 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 792 | 0.99 | +0.25 | | |
| Total | Total | 79,874 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 79,874 | 99.50 | +0.39 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 400 | 0.50 | –0.39 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 80,274 | 56.17 | –7.58 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 62,648 | 43.83 | +7.58 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 142,922 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party–Liberal Party in the 1987 election. |||||||

### Getxo

    Population: 81,795
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Getxo election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 13,164 | 37.89 | +6.26 | 11 | +2 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 7,034 | 20.24 | +5.57 | 5 | +1 |
| | Popular Unity (HB) | 4,333 | 12.47 | –2.03 | 3 | –1 |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | 3,563 | 10.25 | +0.62 | 2 | ±0 |
| | Basque Solidarity (EA) | 3,000 | 8.63 | –5.80 | 2 | –2 |
| | Basque Country Left (EE) | 2,645 | 7.61 | –2.73 | 2 | ±0 |
| | United Left (IU/EB) | 400 | 1.15 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 127 | 0.37 | –2.98 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 481 | 1.38 | +0.65 | | |
| Total | Total | 34,747 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 34,747 | 99.25 | –0.18 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 263 | 0.75 | +0.18 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 35,010 | 56.97 | –7.27 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 26,448 | 43.03 | +7.27 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 61,458 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election. |||||||

### Irun

    Population: 55,200
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Irun election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | 7,282 | 31.33 | –1.06 | 9 | ±0 |
| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 4,538 | 19.53 | +10.33 | 5 | +3 |
| | Popular Unity (HB) | 3,266 | 14.05 | –1.47 | 4 | ±0 |
| | Basque Solidarity (EA) | 2,678 | 11.52 | –5.63 | 3 | –2 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 2,296 | 9.88 | +4.04 | 2 | +1 |
| | Basque Country Left (EE) | 2,017 | 8.68 | –2.45 | 2 | –1 |
| | United Left (IU/EB) | 470 | 2.02 | +1.38 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 446 | 1.92 | –3.74 | 0 | –1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 248 | 1.07 | +0.07 | | |
| Total | Total | 23,241 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 23,241 | 99.35 | +0.36 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 153 | 0.65 | –0.36 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 23,394 | 54.43 | –9.08 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 19,584 | 45.57 | +9.08 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 42,978 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election. |||||||

### Portugalete

    Population: 57,156
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Portugalete election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | 8,817 | 35.25 | +3.31 | 10 | ±0 |
| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 5,961 | 23.83 | +8.67 | 6 | +1 |
| | Popular Unity (HB) | 2,816 | 11.26 | –2.95 | 3 | –1 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 1,945 | 7.78 | +3.04 | 2 | +2 |
| | Basque Country Left (EE) | 1,905 | 7.62 | –4.15 | 2 | –1 |
| | United Left (IU/EB) | 1,813 | 7.25 | +4.66 | 2 | +2 |
| | Basque Solidarity (EA) | 1,172 | 4.69 | –2.35 | 0 | –2 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 334 | 1.34 | –3.88 | 0 | –1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 247 | 0.99 | +0.20 | | |
| Total | Total | 25,010 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 25,010 | 99.21 | –0.21 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 200 | 0.79 | +0.21 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 25,210 | 55.32 | –8.52 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 20,634 | 44.68 | +8.52 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 45,574 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election. |||||||

### Rentería

    Population: 42,441
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Rentería election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | 6,574 | 36.06 | +4.50 | 9 | +2 |
| | Popular Unity (HB) | 4,777 | 26.21 | –1.59 | 6 | –1 |
| | Basque Solidarity (EA) | 1,895 | 10.40 | –5.33 | 2 | –1 |
| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 1,820 | 9.98 | +4.11 | 2 | +1 |
| | Basque Country Left (EE) | 1,717 | 9.42 | –3.45 | 2 | –1 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 750 | 4.11 | +0.68 | 0 | ±0 |
| | United Left (IU/EB) | 378 | 2.07 | +0.52 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 137 | 0.75 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Left Platform (PCE (m–l)–CRPE) | 48 | 0.26 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 133 | 0.73 | –0.26 | | |
| Total | Total | 18,229 | | | 21 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 18,229 | 99.28 | +0.29 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 132 | 0.72 | –0.29 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 18,361 | 55.43 | –10.50 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 14,762 | 44.57 | +10.50 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 33,123 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to People's Alliance totals in the 1987 election. |||||||

### Santurtzi

    Population: 51,706
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Santurtzi election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | 7,167 | 33.21 | +2.66 | 10 | +1 |
| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 5,484 | 25.41 | +9.21 | 7 | +3 |
| | Popular Unity (HB) | 3,586 | 16.62 | –2.87 | 5 | –1 |
| | Basque Country Left (EE) | 1,424 | 6.60 | –3.19 | 1 | –2 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 1,335 | 6.19 | +1.43 | 1 | +1 |
| | Basque Solidarity (EA) | 1,109 | 5.14 | –6.39 | 1 | –2 |
| | United Left (IU/EB) | 1,051 | 4.87 | +2.58 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 257 | 1.19 | –2.06 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 167 | 0.77 | –0.09 | | |
| Total | Total | 21,580 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 21,580 | 99.39 | +0.32 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 133 | 0.61 | –0.32 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 21,713 | 53.83 | –9.16 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 18,626 | 46.17 | +9.16 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 40,339 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election. |||||||

### Vitoria-Gasteiz

    Population: 209,506
← Summary of the 26 May 1991 City Council of Vitoria-Gasteiz election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 22,430 | 26.34 | +17.27 | 8 | +6 |
| | Alavese Unity (UA) | 18,749 | 22.02 | New | 7 | +7 |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) | 15,986 | 18.78 | –1.23 | 6 | ±0 |
| | Popular Unity (HB) | 7,779 | 9.14 | –2.10 | 3 | ±0 |
| | People's Party (PP)$^1$ | 7,061 | 8.29 | –0.76 | 2 | ±0 |
| | Basque Solidarity (EA) | 4,542 | 5.33 | –27.20 | 1 | –9 |
| | Basque Country Left (EE) | 3,553 | 4.17 | –2.39 | 0 | –2 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1,667 | 1.96 | –6.68 | 0 | –2 |
| | United Left (IU/EB) | 1,159 | 1.36 | +0.90 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Green Union (UVE) | 508 | 0.60 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Vitorian Youth (JV) | 445 | 0.52 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Basque Country Greens (EHB) | 310 | 0.36 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Alliance for the Republic (AxR) | 114 | 0.13 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 837 | 0.98 | –0.03 | | |
| Total | Total | 85,140 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 85,140 | 99.21 | +0.12 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 675 | 0.79 | –0.12 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 85,815 | 53.85 | –12.93 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 73,542 | 46.15 | +12.93 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 159,357 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Alliance and People's Democratic Party in the 1987 election. |||||||