Benidorm: PP would keep its majority
Benidorm (Alicante/Alacant, 69,738 inhabitants) elects 25 councillors on 23 May 2027; 13 make a majority and choose the mayor. Our projection moves each list's 2023 result by its party's change in the national polls since July 2023; local lists keep their vote.
- 25councillors, 13 for a majority
- 99%PP majority
- 24,485valid votes in 2023 (56% of the electorate)
The council after 23 May, our projection
The line marks a majority (13 of 25). No list with a majority in 1% of 300 simulated elections.
What if the national vote changes? Every municipality
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About Benidorm
Benidorm is a municipality in the province of Alicante/Alacant with 69,738 inhabitants, the 5th largest of its 141 municipalities. Its council has 25 seats, and 13 make a majority to choose the mayor.
In May 2023 PP came first with 57% of the vote and 16 seats, an absolute majority; PSOE was second with 8. 55.7% of the 43,994 voters on the roll cast a valid vote.
On today's national polls our projection keeps PP on 16 seats, a majority, which it holds in 99% of our simulations.
Every list, 2023 and projected
- PPPP 57.0% → 57.9% 16 → 16 councillors
- PSOEPSOE 27.3% → 24.5% 8 → 6 councillors
- VOXVox 6.3% → 12.1% 1 → 3 councillors
- CSCiudadanos 2.1% → 2.3% 0 → 0 councillors
- ACORD PER GUANYARSumar, Podemos and allies 3.6% → 1.5% 0 → 0 councillors
- ALIANZA C VLocal lists 0.3% → 0.4% 0 → 0 councillors
- UCINLocal lists 0.3% → 0.3% 0 → 0 councillors
- PODEM - EUPV: UNIDASSumar, Podemos and allies 2.0% → 0.1% 0 → 0 councillors
2023: the official result (Ministerio del Interior), 24,485 valid votes including 249 blank. Pale bar: 2023; solid: our projection. A list needs 5% of the valid vote for a seat.
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