All 33 seats in the City Council of Valencia 17 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered
582,804 0.5%
Turnout
420,307 (72.1%) 2.7 pp
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Rita Barberá
Joan Ribó
Fernando Giner
Party
PP
Compromís
C's
Leader since
1991
7 May 2010
28 March 2015
Last election
20 seats, 52.5%
3 seats, 9.0%
Did not contest
Seats won
10
9
6
Seat change
10
6
6
Popular vote
107,435
97,114
64,228
Percentage
25.8%
23.3%
15.4%
Swing
26.7 pp
14.3 pp
New party
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Joan Calabuig
Jordi Peris
Amadeu Sanchis
Party
PSPV–PSOE
VALC
Acord Ciutadà
Leader since
3 October 2010
10 April 2015
2004
Last election
8 seats, 21.8%
Did not contest
2 seats, 8.7%[a]
Seats won
5
3
0
Seat change
3
3
2
Popular vote
58,338
40,927
19,639
Percentage
14.0%
9.8%
4.7%
Swing
7.8 pp
New party
4.0 pp
Mayor before election
Rita Barberá
PP
Elected Mayor
Joan Ribó
Compromís
The 2015 Valencia City Council election, also the 2015 Valencia municipal election, was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 10th City Council of the municipality of Valencia. All 33 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The unveiling of a string of corruption scandals during the 2011–2015 period involving the party in power, coupled with allegations of abuse of power and perceived poor management of the economic situation, had taken its toll in the ruling People's Party (PP), which went on to suffer a dramatic decline, losing over half of its vote share and city councillors and scoring its worst result since 1991. The scope of the PP collapse was such that incumbent mayor Rita Barberá was quoted saying "¡Qué hostia!" amid tears (Spanish for "What a smack!") after learning of the results in election night. As a result, the election turned into a surprisingly close race with the Valencianist coalition Compromís, which scored a strong second place. The Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV–PSOE), unable to capitalize on the PP losses, continued its long-term decline and fell to fourth place, with its votes being drawn away to both Compromís and newly created Podemos-led Valencia in Common coalition. Centrist Citizens (C's), contesting a Valencian municipal election for the first time, turned into the third political force through its capture of disenchanted PP voters, while historical United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV), standing within the Acord Ciutadà coalition (Valencian for "Citizen Agreement"), failed to achieve enough votes to win seats on the local assembly.
As a result of the election, with the PP unable to command a majority of seats in the city council even with the support of C's, Barberá was ousted from office after 24 years of government, being succeeded by Compromís candidate Joan Ribó. The 2015 election marked the end of the two decade-long PP political dominance over both the city and the whole of the Valencian Community, losing control over the regional government, all provincial capitals and most major cities in the region to left-wing coalitions and alliances.
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