Madrid City Council election, 2007

Madrid City Council election, 2007
Madrid
27 May 2007

All 57 seats in the Madrid City Council
29 seats needed for a majority
Registered 2,405,455 Decrease3.2%
Turnout 1,585,402 (65.9%)
Decrease3.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Miguel Sebastián Ángel Pérez
Party PP PSM–PSOE IU
Leader since 16 October 2002 25 October 2006 26 January 2007
Last election 30 seats, 51.3% 21 seats, 36.7% 4 seats, 7.2%
Seats won 34 18 5
Seat change Increase4 Decrease3 Increase1
Popular vote 877,544 487,893 136,881
Percentage 55.6% 30.9% 8.7%
Swing Increase4.3 pp Decrease5.8 pp Increase1.5 pp

Mayor before election

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
PP

Elected Mayor

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
PP

The 2007 Madrid City Council election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th Madrid City Council, the unicameral local legislature of the municipality of Madrid. At stake were all seats in the City Council, determining the Mayor of Madrid. The number of members increased from 55 to 57 compared to the previous election.

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón's People's Party (PP) went on to win the largest victory achieved by a candidate in a municipal election in Madrid to date, with over 55% of the votes and nearly 60% of the seats. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) plummeted barely above 1995 levels, while United Left (IU) recovered from its negative result in 2003 and gained support for the first time since 1995.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Madrid City Council was determined by the population count. According to the municipal electoral law, the population-seat relationship on each municipality was to be established on the following scale:

Inhabitants Seats
<250 5
251–1,000 7
1,001–2,000 9
2,001–5,000 11
5,001–10,000 13
10,001–20,000 17
20,001–50,000 21
50,001–100,000 25

Additionally, for populations greater than 100,000, 1 seat was to be added per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction, according to the most updated census data, and adding 1 more seat if the resulting seat count gives an even number. As the updated population census for the 2007 election was 3,128,600, the Madrid City Council size was set to 57 seats.

All City Council members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Madrid municipality, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the municipality (which include blank ballotsfor none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.

The Spanish municipal electoral law established a clause stating that, if no candidate was to gather an absolute majority of votes to be elected as mayor of a municipality, the candidate of the most-voted party would be automatically elected to the post.[1]

Results

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Madrid City Council election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
People's Party (PP) 877,544 55.65 Increase4.35 34 Increase4
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 487,893 30.94 Decrease5.74 18 Decrease3
United Left (IU) 136,881 8.68 Increase1.46 5 Increase1
The Greens (LV) 14,011 0.89 Decrease0.66 0 ±0
Spanish Alternative (AES) 6,140 0.39 New 0 ±0
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 3,167 0.20 New 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 2,501 0.16 New 0 ±0
Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS) 1,920 0.12 New 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 1,681 0.11 Decrease0.02 0 ±0
National Democracy (DN) 1,571 0.10 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 32,066 2.03 Increase0.43
Total 1,577,031 100.00 57 Increase2
Valid votes 1,577,031 99.47 Decrease0.09
Invalid votes 8,371 0.53 Increase0.09
Votes cast / turnout 1,585,402 65.91 Decrease2.99
Abstentions 820,053 34.09 Increase2.99
Registered voters 2,405,455
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Vote share
PP
 
55.65%
PSOE
 
30.94%
IU
 
8.68%
Others
 
2.70%
Blank ballots
 
2.03%
City council seats
PP
 
59.65%
PSOE
 
31.58%
IU
 
8.77%

References

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