EH Bildu would widen the gap in Gipuzkoa despite the PNV also rising
Although the PNV would improve its performance, the abertzale coalition would consolidate its leadership and gain a six-point lead, according to EITB Focus.
EH Bildu will consolidate Gipuzkoa significantly, approaching 40% of the vote (39.7%; 2.4 points more), and would consolidate its hegemony in the territory. According to the latest EITB Focus poll, although the PNV would also improve its performance — reaching 33.7% of the vote, one point above — the abertzale coalition would manage to widen the gap with jeltzales, opening a gap of 4.7 points today.
EH Bildu and PNV would be the only parties that would go up in Gipuzkoa and consolidate the bipartisan trend, with more than 73% of the vote between them.
The PSE-EE would get about 14.5% of the vote, losing one and a half points, while the PP would get 5.3% of the vote, losing one point.
As for the space of the Confederal Left, it would be around 4% of the vote (2.3% for the Sumar brand and 2.1% for Podemos). Finally, Vox would only get 2.6% of the vote.
Knowledge and valuation
In Gipuzkoa, 69.3 per cent of respondents say they know the MP, Eider Mendoza, and give him an average rating of 6.2. The approval rate is 51.1 per cent.
With regard to municipalities, the EITB Focus poll did not measure voting intentions for municipal elections, but asked about municipal management.
In Donostia-San Sebastián, for example, the survey shows that Mayor Jon Insausti has a great deal of knowledge and acceptance, even though he has only been in office for seven months. He is known to 96.3% of the Donostiarras surveyed and valued his performance at 66.9%. The Mayor of San Sebastián has received a note of 6, the highest among the mayors of the capitals.
The survey also asks about the management of other municipalities in the Basque Country, beyond the capitals. As for Gipuzkoa, it analyses the municipal management of Irun, Eibar and Tolosa.
The mayor of Irun, Cristina Laborda, has a level of knowledge of 95.2%, 62.7% approval and 5.3% valuation, while the socialist mayor, Jon Iraola, has a high level of knowledge, the highest of all mayors, 98.8% of those surveyed in Eibar know it, 72.2% approval and 5.8% valuation.
Finally, the Mayor of Tolosa, Andu Martínez de Rituerto, has obtained a level of knowledge of 93.7%, approval of 81.9% and an assessment of 6.9%, according to which the Mayor of Tolosa is the most valued of the municipal officials who appear in the survey.
Methodology and sample
The methodology used in this research has been quantitative in nature, carried out through the interview technique.
This research technique makes it possible to respond to all the objectives set, obtaining results of maximum validity and reliability. The universe of the study consists of persons aged 18 or over residing in the Basque Autonomous Community and Navarre and the field work was carried out between 17 April and 13 May 2026.
Stratified sampling has been carried out with proportional quota allocation using quantitative methodology.
Sample
A total of 4,250 surveys have been conducted (950 in Álava, 1,500 in Bizkaia, 1,200 in Gipuzkoa and 600 in Navarre). The surveys have been distributed in 400 capitals — Vitoria, Bilbao, San Sebastián and Pamplona — 200 in Llodio, Amurrio, Getxo, Basauri, Barakaldo, Tolosa, Irún and Eibar; 50 in Salvatierra; 500 in the rest of Bizkaia; 200 in the rest of Gipuzkoa and Navarra; and 100 in the rest of Álava.
The margin of error is ± 1.5 per cent for general data, ± 3.17 per cent for the Historical Territory of Álava, ± 2.53 per cent for the Historical Territory of Bizkaia, ± 2.82 per cent for the Historical Territory of Gipuzkoa and ± 3.99 per cent for Navarre, with a confidence level of 95 per cent.
The sample has been random and stratified by territorial area, municipality, sex and age.
24% of the surveys have been conducted in Basque and the remaining 76% in Spanish, weighing the overall results according to the population size of the municipalities surveyed.
The field work was conducted between 17 April and 13 May 2026 through telephone interviews.
The average survey time was 10 minutes and 22 seconds, the shortest survey time being 6 minutes and the longest survey being 36 minutes.
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