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in a single electoral district covering the entire city council area. Only parties which receive 5% or more of the total votes cast are eligible for seats which are then allocated on a proportional basis using the

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of allocation. The Mayor of Valencia is chosen by the 33 councillors. From 1979 to 1991 the Mayor came from the

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(PSOE). From 1991 the Mayor was

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of the People's Party (PP), the party which held an absolute majority of seats on the city council from the 1995 to 2011 local elections, until 2015. After 2015 elections,

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( Compromís), who came second in the elections, was elected mayor with the support of two other parties. In 2019 elections Joan Ribó came first and was elected again as mayor of Valencia.

Results

1979 Local Election

, - !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top, Parties and alliances !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=% !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Seats , - , align=left, Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) , align="right" , 124,683 , align="right" , 36.88 , align="right" , 13 , - , align=left,

(PSOE) , align="right" , 122,482 , align="right" , 36.23 , align="right" , 13 , - , align=left,

Communist Party of Spain The Communist Party of Spain ( es, Partido Comunista de España; PCE) is a Marxist-Leninist party that, since 1986, has been part of the United Left coalition, which is part of Unidas Podemos. It currently has two of its politicians serving a ...

(PCE) , align="right" , 54,124 , align="right" , 16.01 , align="right" , 6 , - , align=left, Valencian Regional Union (Unio Regional Valencianista/URV) , align="right" valign=top, 17,342 , align="right" valign=top, 5.13 , align="right" valign=top, 1 , - , align=left, Communist Movement of the Valencian Country (MCPV) , align="right" , 4,131 , align="right" , 1.22 , align="right" , 0 , - , align=left,

Nationalist Party of the Valencian Country The Nationalist Party of the Valencian Country (in Valencian: ''Partit Nacionalista del País Valencià'', PNPV) was a political party created in 1978 by ex-members of the Democratic Union of the Valencian Country. In 1984 the party merged with th ...

(PNPV) , align="right" valign=top, 4,010 , align="right" valign=top, 1.19 , align="right" valign=top, 0 , - , align=left, National Union (FN) , align="right" valign=top, 27,447 , align="right" valign=top, 2.54 , align="right" valign=top, 0 , - , align=left, Others , align="right" , 67,055 , align="right" , 6.20 , align="right" , 0 , - Out of a total electorate of 552,034, the turnout was 344,145 (62.3%.) Candidates for Mayor were:- * Fernando Martínez Castellanos (PSOE) * Miguel Pastor (UCD) * Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (URV) Martínez was elected Mayor with the support of the PCE. When

Felipe González Felipe González Márquez (; born 5 March 1942) is a Spanish lawyer, professor, and politician, who was the Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) from 1974 to 1997, and the 3rd Prime Minister of Spain since the ...

decided to eliminate any residual Marxism from the party's constitution he resigned in protest in September 1979. He was replaced in October 1979 by Ricard Pérez Casado.

1983 Local Election

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(PSOE) , align="right" , 186,445 , align="right" , 49.04 , align="right" , +12.81 , align="right" , 18 , align="right" , +5 , - , align=left, People's Coalition^* , align="right" , 141,689 , align="right" , 37.27 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , 13 , align="right" , N/A , - , align=left,

(PCE) , align="right" , 28,863 , align="right" , 7.59 , align="right" , -8.42 , align="right" , 2 , align="right" , -4 , - , align=left, Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) , align="right" , 7,360 , align="right" , 1.94 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - , align=left, Unity of the Valencian People (UPV) , align="right" , 5,685 , align="right" , 1.50 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - , align=left, Valencian Regional Union (URV) , align="right", 4,717 , align="right", 1.24 , align="right”, -3.89 , align="right”, , align="right", -1 , - , align=left, Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) , align="right", 3,225 , align="right", 0.85 , align="right”, N/A , align="right", , align="right”, N/A , - , align=left, Valencian Independent Organisation (OIV) , align="right", 1,651 , align="right", 0.43 , align="right”, N/A , align="right", , align="right”, N/A , - , align=left, Others , align="right" , 523 , align="right" , 0.1 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - ^*The People's Coalition was an electoral alliance which consisted of 4 parties: the Popular Alliance,

Valencian Union Valencian Union ( ca-valencia, Unió Valenciana; es, Unión Valenciana; UV) was a regionalist political party in the Valencian Community, Spain. The party had not been represented in the Valencian autonomous parliament since 1999. It scored ...

, Democratic Popular Party and Liberal Union. Out of a total electorate of 553,067, the turnout was 386,699 (69.9%), a 7.6% increase on the previous election. A few months prior to the elections, the UCD, which had won the most votes in the 1979 elections, had disbanded. In their absence, the People's Coalition took most of the right wing vote, while the PCE declined and URV lost their solitary seat. This was the only occasion to date when the PSOE won a majority of seats on Valencia City Council. Ricard Pérez Casado was re-elected Mayor.

1987 Local Election

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(PSOE) , align="right" , 143,037 , align="right" , 37.17 , align="right" , -11.87 , align="right" , 13 , align="right" , -5 , - , align=left,

, align="right" , 77,353 , align="right" , 20.10 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , 7 , align="right" , N/A , - , align=left, Popular Alliance , align="right" , 73,830 , align="right" , 19.19 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , 7 , align="right" , N/A , - , align=left, Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) , align="right" , 44,133 , align="right" , 11.47 , align="right" , +9.53 , align="right" , 4 , align="right" , +4 , - , align=left, United Left (IU) - Unity of the Valencian People (UPV) , align="right" , 30,963 , align="right" , 8.05 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , 2 , align="right" , N/A , - , align=left, Workers' Party (PTE) – Communist Unity , align="right", 5,608 , align="right", 1.46 , align="right”, N/A , align="right”, , align="right", N/A , - , align=left, Greens , align="right", 3,225 , align="right", 0.85 , align="right”, N/A , align="right", , align="right”, N/A , - , align=left, Valencian Electoral Coalition (CEV) , align="right", 2,370 , align="right", 0.62 , align="right”, N/A , align="right", , align="right”, N/A , - , align=left, Democratic Popular Party (PDP) , align="right", 1,096 , align="right", 0.28 , align="right”, N/A , align="right", , align="right”, N/A , - , align=left, Others , align="right" , 3,140 , align="right" , 0.82 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - Out of a total electorate of 552,473, the turnout was 389,214 (71.4%), a 1.5% increase on the previous election. The electoral alliance between the Popular Alliance, the Valencian Union and the Democratic Popular Party broke up in 1986 and all three parties contested the elections in their own right with Valencian Union finishing ahead of the Popular Alliance in terms of votes. The

(PCE) had formed an electoral alliance, United Left, with other left wing groupings the previous year and United Left in turn ran in the elections in a joint list with Unity of the Valencian People, however they were unable to increase the number of seats that the PCE had won in 1983. The main gains were made by CDS who won their first seats on the council. Candidates for Mayor were:- * Ricard Pérez Casado (PSOE) *

Vicente González Lizondo Vicente González Lizondo (22 August 1942 in Valencia, Spain – 23 December 1996) was a Spanish politician and co-founder of the regional party Valencian Union (Unió Valenciana.) Early life Married with four children, González was a busines ...

(UV) * Martín Quirós (AP) * Manuel Del Hierro (CDS) Though PSOE had lost their overall majority, they regained the mayoralty with the support of IU and the CDS. In January 1989 Ricard Pérez Casado was replaced as Mayor by Clementina Ródenas also of the PSOE. In 1989 the Popular Alliance and the Democratic Popular Party merged with other right wing parties to form the People's Party.

1991 Local Election

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(PSOE) , align="right" , 139,272 , align="right" , 37.65 , align="right" , +0.48 , align="right" , 13 , align="right" , , - , align=left,

People's Party (Spain) The People's Party ( es, Partido Popular ; known mostly by its acronym, PP ) is a conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Spain. The People's Party was a 1989 re-foundation of People's Alliance (AP), a party led by former ...

(PP) , align="right" , 95,238 , align="right" , 25.74 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , 9 , align="right" , N/A , - , align=left,

(UV) , align="right" , 80,500 , align="right" , 21.76 , align="right" , +1.66 , align="right" , 8 , align="right" , +1 , - , align=left, United Left (IU) , align="right" , 29,855 , align="right" , 8.07 , align="right" , +0.02 , align="right" , 3 , align="right" , +1 , - , align=left, Greens , align="right", 8,945 , align="right", 2.42 , align="right”, +1.57 , align="right", , align="right”, , - , align=left, Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) , align="right" , 7,774 , align="right" , 2.10 , align="right" , -9.31 , align="right" , , align="right" , -4 , - , align=left, Unity of the Valencian People (UPV) , align="right" , 5,982 , align="right" , 1.62 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - , align=left, Others , align="right" , 2,374 , align="right" , 0.64 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - Out of a total electorate of 591,157, the turnout was 374,946 (63.4%), an 8% decrease on the previous election. One of the main features of the election was the collapse in support for the CDS, who lost their representation on the council. As a result, all the main four groupings, the PSOE, IU, PP and UV, increased their vote share, with PP gaining 2 seats relative to the Popular Alliance's 1987 performance and both UV and IU gaining a seat. Candidates for Mayor were:- * Clementina Ródenas (PSOE) * Rita Barberà (PP), *

(UV) * Manuel Moret (EUPV) * Vicent Álvarez (UPV) * Luis Gil (CDS) Although the PSOE had had a slight increase in their vote share, UV councillors voted for the PP candidate, Rita Barberà. Both parties governed Valencia with a one-seat majority.

1995 Local Election

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(PP) , align="right" , 223,963 , align="right" , 49.58 , align="right" , +23.84 , align="right" , 17 , align="right" , +8 , - , align=left,

(PSOE) , align="right" , 110,071 , align="right" , 24.37 , align="right" , -13.28 , align="right" , 8 , align="right" , -5 , - , align=left, United Left (IU) - Greens , align="right" , 67,532 , align="right" , 14.95 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , 5 , align="right" , +2 , - , align=left,

(UV) , align="right" , 41,019 , align="right" , 9.08 , align="right" , -12.68 , align="right" , 3 , align="right" , -5 , - , align=left, Greens , align="right", 8,945 , align="right", 2.42 , align="right”, +1.57 , align="right", , align="right”, , - , align=left, Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) , align="right" , 1,645 , align="right" , 0.36 , align="right" , -1.74 , align="right" , , align="right" , , - , align=left, Unity of the Valencian People (UPV) –

Valencian Nationalist Bloc The Valencian Nationalist Bloc ( ca-valencia, Bloc Nacionalista Valencià, Bloc or ''BNV''; ) was a Valencian nationalist party in the Valencian Country, Spain. It was the largest party in the Coalició Compromís until 2021, when it was replaced ...

(BNV) , align="right" , 4,290 , align="right" , 0.95 , align="right" , -0.67 , align="right" , , align="right" , , - , align=left, Others , align="right" , 3,174 , align="right" , 0.72 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - Out of a total electorate of 627,784, the turnout was 485,649 (73.1%), a 9.7% increase on the previous election. The election saw both the People's Party and United Left making gains at the expense of the PSOE and Valencian Union. The People's Party almost doubled its share of the vote and made enough gains to hold an absolute majority on the city council. Candidates for Mayor were:- * Rita Barberà (PP) * Aurelio Martínez (PSOE) * Manuel Moret (EUPV) * Juan Vicente (UV) Rita Barberà was re-elected Mayor.

1999 Local Election

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(PP) , align="right" , 214,129 , align="right" , 54.25 , align="right" , +4.67 , align="right" , 20 , align="right" , +3 , - , align=left,

(PSOE) , align="right" , 116,437 , align="right" , 29.50 , align="right" , +5.13 , align="right" , 11 , align="right" , +3 , - , align=left, United Left (IU) , align="right" , 25,602 , align="right" , 6.49 , align="right" , -8.46 , align="right" , 2 , align="right" , -3 , - , align=left,

(UV) , align="right" , 19,070 , align="right" , 4.83 , align="right" , -4.25 , align="right" , , align="right" , -3 , - , align=left,

(BNV) - Greens , align="right" , 12,897 , align="right" , 3.27 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - , align=left, Others , align="right" , 6,553 , align="right" , 1.66 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - Out of a total electorate of 643,516, the turnout was 403,583 (62.7%), a 10.4% decrease on the previous election. The election saw both the People's Party and PSOE making gains at the expense of the Valencian Union and United Left. For the first time the People's Party polled a majority of votes. Valencian Union narrowly missed the 5% threshold for representation on the council and lost its remaining seats. Candidates for Mayor were:- * Rita Barberà (PP) * Ana Noguera (PSOE) * Antonio Montalbán (IU) * Társilo Piles (UV) Rita Barberà was re-elected Mayor.

2003 Local Election

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(PP) , align="right" , 220,548 , align="right" , 52.00 , align="right" , -2.25 , align="right" , 19 , align="right" , -1 , - , align=left,

(PSOE) , align="right" , 132,903 , align="right" , 31.33 , align="right" , +1.83 , align="right" , 12 , align="right" , +1 , - , align=left, United Left (IU) , align="right" , 31,519 , align="right" , 7.43 , align="right" , +0.94 , align="right" , 2 , align="right" , , - , align=left,

(UV) , align="right" , 15,593 , align="right" , 3.68 , align="right" , -1.15 , align="right" , , align="right" , , - , align=left,

(BNV) - Greens , align="right" , 11,201 , align="right" , 2.64 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - , align=left, Cannabis Party (PCPLYN) , align="right" , 4,177 , align="right" , 0.98 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - , align=left, Greens , align="right" , 3,369 , align="right" , 0.79 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - , align=left, Others , align="right" , 4,840 , align="right" , 1.13 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - Out of a total electorate of 631,225, the turnout was 432,336 (68.5%), a 5.8% increase on the previous election. The election saw little change relative to the previous election. PSOE made a small increase at the expense of the People's Party and gained a seat from them. Candidates for Mayor were:- * Rita Barberà (PP) * Rafael Rubio (PSOE) * Antonio Montalbán (IU) * José María Chiquillo Barber (UV) * Ferran Puchades (BNV) Rita Barberà was re-elected Mayor.

2007 Local Election

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(PP) , align="right" , 235,158 , align="right" , 57.45 , align="right" , +5.45 , align="right" , 21 , align="right" , +2 , - , align=left,

(PSOE) , align="right" , 140,187 , align="right" , 34.25 , align="right" , +2.92 , align="right" , 12 , align="right" , , - , align=left, United Left (IU) - Greens , align="right" , 19,808 , align="right" , 4.84 , align="right" , -2.59 , align="right" , , align="right" , -2 , - , align=left, Valencian Coalition , align="right" , 5,615 , align="right" , 1.37 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - , align=left,

(UV) , align="right" , 3,279 , align="right" , 0.80 , align="right" , -2.88 , align="right" , , align="right" , , - , align=left, Others , align="right" , 5,291 , align="right" , 1.28 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - Out of a total electorate of 608,976, the turnout was 416,802 (68.4%), a 0.1% decrease on the previous election. The election saw a continuation of the trend towards a

Two-party system A two-party system is a political party system in which two major political parties consistently dominate the political landscape. At any point in time, one of the two parties typically holds a majority in the legislature and is usually refe ...

with United Left losing their representation on the council due to them falling below the 5% threshold for representation. This was the first occasion on which either United Left or their predecessors the Communist Party would be unrepresented. Though both main parties increased their vote share, the main beneficiaries were the People's Party who gained both the United Left seats. Candidates for Mayor were:- * Rita Barberà (PP) * Carmen Alborch (PSOE) * Amadeu Sanchis (IU) * Vicente González-Lizondo Sánchez (UV) * Juan García Sentandreu (CV) Rita Barberà was re-elected Mayor.

2011 Local Election

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(PP) , align="right" , 208,727 , align="right" , 52.54 , align="right" , -4.91 , align="right" , 20 , align="right" , -1 , - , align=left,

(PSOE) , align="right" , 86,440 , align="right" , 21.76 , align="right" , -12.49 , align="right" , 8 , align="right" , -4 , - , align=left,

Coalició Compromís Coalició Compromís (; en, Commitment Coalition or Compromise Coalition), also known as Compromís,Ávila López, E. (2016) ''Modern Spain'', p. 85 is a Valencianist electoral coalition in the Valencian Community, Spain. The parties involved i ...

(Compromís) , align="right" , 35,881 , align="right" , 9.03 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , 3 , align="right" , N/A , - , align=left,

United Left of the Valencian Country United Left of the Valencian Country () is the Valencian federation of the Spanish left wing political and social movement United Left. Marga Sanz is the current General Coordinator and Ignacio Blanco Giner its spokesperson. The Communist Party o ...

(EUPV) , align="right" , 28,489 , align="right" , 7.17 , align="right" , +2.33 , align="right" , 2 , align="right" , +2 , - , align=left,

Union, Progress and Democracy Union, Progress and Democracy ( es, link=no, Unión, Progreso y Democracia , UPyD ) was a Spanish political party founded in September 2007 and dissolved in December 2020. It was a social-liberal party that rejected any form of nationalism, espe ...

(UPyD) , align="right" , 11,243 , align="right" , 2.83 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - , align=left,

Confederation of the Greens The Confederation of the Greens ( es, Confederación de los Verdes), frequently referred to as simply The Greens ( es, Los Verdes, LV), is a green political party in Spain. Since 2011, 13 out of 16 of their member parties belong to Equo; for thi ...

(LV) , align="right" , 5,177 , align="right" , 1.30 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - , align=left, Valencian Coalition , align="right" , 2,219 , align="right" , 0.56 , align="right" , -0.81 , align="right" , , align="right" , , - , align=left, Others , align="right" , 10,419 , align="right" , 2.63 , align="right" , N/A , align="right" , , align="right" , N/A , - The turnout was 69.4%, an increase of 1% on the previous election. The result was considered a surprise by the largest circulation daily newspaper El País, as Coalició Compromís, an electoral alliance led by the

, won their first seats on the council, while United Left returned to the council after a four-year absence. Candidates for Mayor were:- * Rita Barberà (PP) * Joan Calabuig (PSOE) * Amadeu Sanchis (IU) *

(Compromís) * Ramón Igual (UPyD) Rita Barberà was re-elected Mayor.

2015 Local Election

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(PP) , align="right" , 107,435 , align="right" , 25.7 , align="right" , , align="right" , 10 , align="right" , -10 , - , align=left,

(Compromís) , align="right" , 97,114 , align="right" , 23.3 , align="right" , , align="right" , 9 , align="right" , +6 , - , align=left, Citizens (C's) , align="right" , 64,228 , align="right" , 15.4 , align="right" , , align="right" , 6 , align="right" , +6 , - , align=left,

(PSOE) , align="right" , 58,338 , align="right" , 14 , align="right" , , align="right" , 5 , align="right" , -3 , - , align=left, Valencia in common (VALC) , align="right" , 40,927 , align="right" , 9.82 , align="right" , , align="right" , 3 , align="right" , +3 , - , align=left,

(EUPV) , align="right" , 19,639 , align="right" , 4.71 , align="right" , , align="right" , 0 , align="right" , -2 , - , align=left,

(UPyD) , align="right" , 5,757 , align="right" , 1.38 , align="right" , , align="right" , , align="right" , , - , align=left, Animalist Party Against Mistreatment to Animals (PACMA) , align="right" , 4,518 , align="right" , 1.09 , align="right" , , align="right" , , align="right" , , - , align=left, Others , align="right" , , align="right" , , align="right" , , align="right" , , align="right" , , - The turnout was 72.1%, the highest turnout since the 1995 election. The election saw Rita Barberá's PP lost its majority for the first time since the 1990s. Compromís had its highest number of votes in history and came second in the election. Citizens won representation on the council for the first time. PSOE lost almost half its representation and Podemos, as part of València en Comú, won representation for the first time. United Left lost its representation. Candidates for Mayor were: * Rita Barberà (PP) *

(Compromís) * Fernando Giner (Ciudadanos) * Joan Calabuig (PSOE) * Jordi Peris (València en Comú) * Amadeu Sanchis (IU) Joan Ribó (Compromís) was elected Mayor, with the support of PSOE and València en Comú

2019 Local Election

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(Compromís) , align="right" , 106,395 , align="right" , 27.44 , align="right" , , align="right" , 10 , align="right" , +1 , - , align=left,

(PP) , align="right" , 84,328 , align="right" , 21.75 , align="right" , , align="right" , 8 , align="right" , -2 , - , align=left,

(PSOE) , align="right" , 74,597 , align="right" , 19.24 , align="right" , , align="right" , 7 , align="right" , +2 , - , align=left, Citizens (C's) , align="right" , 68,283 , align="right" , 17.61 , align="right" , , align="right" , 6 , align="right" , = , - , align=left, Vox (VOX) , align="right" , 28,126 , align="right" , 7.25 , align="right" , , align="right" , 2 , align="right" , +2 , - , align=left, Podemos-

(Podemos-EUPV) , align="right" , 16,158 , align="right" , 4.17 , align="right" , , align="right" , 0 , align="right" , -3 , - , align=left, Others , align="right" , , align="right" , , align="right" , , align="right" , , align="right" , , - The turnout was 66.3%, a decrease on the previous election.Resultados municipals
El País, accessed 24 November 2019 Compromís received the most votes for the first time, with an increase on the previous election. PP's decline continued, losing two seats to the far-right party Vox, who won its first seats. PSOE gained two seats, its first increase in representation since the 2003 elections. Citizens repeated the same results. The Podemos-United Left coalition lost its representation, having stood as part of València en Comú at the previous election. Candidates for Mayor were: *

(Compromís) * María José Catalá (PP) * Sandra Gómez (PSOE) * Fernando Giner (Ciudadanos) * José Gosalbez Paya (Vox) * Maria Oliver (Podemos-IU) Joan Ribó (Compromís) was re-elected Mayor, with the support of PSOE

References

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Elections in Valencia city, Generalitat Valenciana website, accessed 3 July 2010
Municipal elections in Spain Valencia City council elections