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2023 Basque foral elections

Spanish local elections

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ96371003 ↗
Source-derived summary

Foral elections were held in the Basque Country on 28 May 2023 to elect the 12th General Assemblies of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa. All 153 seats in the three General Assemblies were up for election. They were held concurrently with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

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The following table lists party control in the foral deputations. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2023—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Basque, foral and elections can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “2023 Basque foral elections” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.