2019 Zaragoza City Council election

The City Council of Zaragoza (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza) is the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Zaragoza, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. 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 Zaragoza 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.[1][2][3]

Local councillors are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Parties not reaching the threshold are not taken into consideration for seat distribution.[1][2][3] Councillors are allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:

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 case of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee.[3]

The electoral law provides that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors are allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors are required to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they are seeking election. For the case of Zaragoza, as its population was between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures are required. Electors are barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.[1][2]

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 given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 16 seats are required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Zaragoza.

Color key:

  Exit poll

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout											Lead
2019 municipal election	26 May 2019	N/A	65.8	22.0 8	10.1 3	28.0 10	18.3 6	4.6 0	1.7 0	6.2 2	[lower-alpha 1]	6.2 2	–	6.0
GfK/CARTV[p 1][p 2]	26 May 2019	?	?	18.2 5/6	10.9 3/4	27.6 9/11	15.3 4/5	6.5 1/2	3.2 0	9.6 2/3	[lower-alpha 1]	5.6 0/1	–	9.4
A+M/Heraldo de Aragón[p 3]	19 May 2019	?	68.5	21.1 7/8	10.3 3/4	22.5 8/9	19.3 6/7	6.7 2	2.0 0	11.1 4	[lower-alpha 1]	5.0 0/2	–	1.4
40dB/El País[p 4]	3–8 May 2019	800	?	17.8 6	14.0 4/5	26.1 9/10	15.1 5	5.2 1	–	10.4 3	[lower-alpha 1]	7.4 2	–	8.3
2019 general election[4]	28 Apr 2019	N/A	78.5	17.2 5	–	30.5 10	21.5 7	–	–	[lower-alpha 2]	[lower-alpha 2]	12.5 4	14.9 5	9.0
CIS[p 5]	21 Mar–23 Apr 2019	?	?	24.2 9/10	13.0 4/6	23.5 8/9	10.7 3/4	5.7 1/2	3.7 0	11.8 4/5	[lower-alpha 1]	2.7 0	–	0.7
electoPanel/electomania.es[p 6]	22 Feb–7 Apr 2019	?	?	23.9 8	6.1 2	28.9 10	13.3 4	5.9 2	2.6 0	6.6 2	[lower-alpha 1]	10.2 3	–	5.0
electoPanel/electomania.es[p 7]	22 Feb–31 Mar 2019	?	?	23.6 8	? 2	29.9 10	13.5 4	5.9 2	2.8 0	6.5 2	[lower-alpha 1]	10.0 3	–	6.3
electoPanel/electomania.es[p 8]	22 Feb–24 Mar 2019	?	?	23.6 8	11.6 4	29.9 10	13.5 4	5.9 2	2.8 0	[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]	10.0 3	–	6.3
electoPanel/electomania.es[p 9]	22 Feb–17 Mar 2019	?	?	24.1 8	11.9 4	28.6 9	12.7 4	5.8 2	2.9 0	[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]	11.7 4	–	4.5
electoPanel/electomania.es[p 10]	22 Feb–10 Mar 2019	?	?	23.6 8	12.1 4	28.2 9	13.3 4	5.7 2	3.0 0	[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]	11.6 4	–	4.6
electoPanel/electomania.es[p 11]	22 Feb–3 Mar 2019	?	?	24.1 8	12.0 4	27.9 10	13.5 5	5.6 2	3.0 0	[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]	11.1 4	–	3.8
A+M/Heraldo de Aragón[p 12]	3–4 Oct 2018	800	64.5	27.3 9/10	15.2 5/6	25.6 9/10	18.5 6/7	4.9 0/1	1.6 0	[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]	3.0 0	–	1.7
A+M/Heraldo de Aragón[p 13][5]	11–15 Apr 2018	800	65.0	23.9 8/9	19.5 6/7	21.8 7/8	21.4 7/8	4.9 0/1	3.6 0	[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]	–	–	2.1
Fundación DFA[p 14][p 15][p 16]	8 Nov–1 Dec 2017	1,430	?	23.9 8	18.7 7	19.5 7	17.5 6	9.6 3	–	[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]	–	–	4.4
A+M/Heraldo de Aragón[p 17][p 18]	22–27 Nov 2017	600	69.2	25.8 9/10	17.3 6/7	23.4 9/10	16.7 5/6	7.4 2	2.6 0	[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]	–	–	2.4
2016 general election[6]	26 Jun 2016	N/A	72.6	33.8 11	–	22.9 7	17.7 6	–	[lower-alpha 3]	[lower-alpha 2]	[lower-alpha 2]	0.3 0	21.8 7	10.9
2015 general election[7]	20 Dec 2015	N/A	75.6	29.1 10	–	20.2 6	18.8 6	[lower-alpha 4]	[lower-alpha 3]	20.7 7	7.0 2	0.4 0	–	8.4
2015 municipal election	24 May 2015	N/A	65.5	26.9 10	24.6 9	18.7 6	12.3 4	6.8 2	2.8 0	[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]	–	–	2.3

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