2011 Barcelona municipal election

2011 Barcelona municipal election

22 May 2011

All 41 seats in the City Council of Barcelona
21 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered1,163,594 5.7%
Turnout616,537 (53.0%)
3.4 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Xavier Trias Jordi Hereu Alberto Fernández Díaz
Party CiU PSC–PM PP
Leader since 17 May 2002 8 September 2006 17 July 2002
Last election 12 seats, 25.5% 14 seats, 29.9% 7 seats, 15.6%
Seats won 14 11 9
Seat change 2 3 2
Popular vote 174,122 134,193 104,475
Percentage 28.7% 22.1% 17.2%
Swing 3.2 pp 7.8 pp 1.6 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Ricard Gomà Jordi Portabella
Party ICV–EUiA–E UpB–ERCRI.cat–DCat
Leader since 4 July 2010 16 May 1998
Last election 4 seats, 9.3% 4 seats, 8.8%
Seats won 5 2
Seat change 1 2
Popular vote 62,979 33,900
Percentage 10.4% 5.6%
Swing 1.1 pp 3.2 pp

Mayor before election

Jordi Hereu
PSC

Elected Mayor

Xavier Trias
CiU

A municipal election was held in Barcelona on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 9th City Council of the municipality. All 41 seats in the City Council were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.