Elections to the Madrid Assembly, 2011

Elections to the Madrid Assembly, 2011
2007 ←
 22 May 2011
 → 2015
All 129 seats in the Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Leader Esperanza Aguirre Tomas Goméz Franco
Party People's Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Leader since April 2003 28 July 2007
Seats won 72 36
Seat change 5 6
Popular vote 1,548.306 786,297
Percentage 51.73% 26.27%
Swing 1.56% 7.30%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Gregorio Gordo Pardel Luis de Velasco Rami
Party United Left Union, Progress and Democracy
Leader since 20 March 2009 23 October 2010
Seats won 13 8
Seat change 2 8
Popular vote 287,707 189,055
Percentage 9.61% 6.32%
Swing 0.75% 6.32%

The 2011 elections to the Madrid Assembly were the ninth elections to the Madrid Assembly, the unicameral regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Madrid. The elections were held on 22 May 2011 to elect the 129 members of the Assembly, an increase of nine members compared to the 2007 elections.

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The electoral system used was closed list proportional representation with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method. Only lists which poll at least 5% of the total votes (including votes "en blanco" i.e. for "none of the above") were eligible for seats.

The elections were won by the People's Party (PP) which has formed the government of the Madrid region since the 1995 elections[1] In total the PP won 72 seats, the largest won by any party since the Assembly was created and an increase of 5 seats on the 2007 elections, although the PP's overall vote share decreased. In contrast, the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) had their worst result in terms of votes and seats. The third largest party, United Left, registered their highest vote share since the 1995 elections. Union, Progress and Democracy, a party formed after the 2007 elections, exceeded the 5% threshold and entered the Assembly for the first time.

One of the first tasks of the Assembly was to elect the President of Madrid from among their number, with the incumbent President, Esperanza Aguirre of the People's Party, re-elected.

Contents

Candidates for President

Candidates
Party Candidate Notes
People's Party (PP) Esperanza Aguirre
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSM-PSOE) Tomás Gómez Franco
United Left (IU) Gregorio Gordo
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) Luis de Velasco Rami

Opinion polls

Opinion polls PP PSOE IU UPyD Others Undecided
2007 results: 67 42 11 - - -
Público[2](04/2010) 48.9% 34.0% 9.3% 4.5% - -
Seat projections 68 47 13 0 - -
El País[3](02/05/2010) 50.0% 32.9% 9.0% 6.2% 1.3% -
Seat Projections 66 43 11 8 - -
El Mundo[4](01/06/2010) 56.2% 25.5% 10.2% 4.6% 3.5% -
Seat Projections 75-79 33-36 13-14 0-6 - -
El Mundo[5](10/10/2010) 55.4% 29.8% 7.2% 4.0% - -
Seat Projections 77 41-42 9-10 0 - -
El País[6](09/12/2010) 52.9% 32.8% 7.6% 3.6% - -
Seat Projections 73 45 10 0 - -
El Mundo[7](06/01/2011) 54.6% 29.7% 9.8% 2.3% 5.8% -
Seat Projections 74-75 40-41 13 0 - -
ABC[8](13/01/2011) 54.5% 29.8% 10.9% 3.0% 1.8% -
Seat Projections 72-74 39-40 14 0-3 - -
La Razón[9](07/02/2011) 54.5% 28.8% 9.7% 4.5% - -
Seat Projections 72-75 38-40 12-13 0-6 - -

Results

Electorate 4.622.420
Turnout 3,044,349 65.86%
Parties and coalitions Votes % +/- Seats +/-
People's Party 1,548,306 51.73% 1.56% 72 5
PSOE 786,297 26.27% 7,30% 36 6
United Left 287,707 9.61% 0.75% 13 2
Union, Progress and Democracy 189,055 6.32% 8
Ecologists/Greens 29,116 0.97%
Citizens for Blank Votes 19,220 0.64%
Party Against Bullfighting, Cruelty and Mistreatment to Animals 15,897 0.53% 0.30%
For a fairer world (Por un Mundo más Justo) 10,330 0.53% 0.18%
La Falange 6,424 0.21% 0.12%
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain 5,656 0.19% 0.05%
Citizens – Party of the Citizenry 4,879 0.16%
Humanist Party 3,935 0.13% 0.07%
Spanish Alternative (Alternativa Española) 3,690 0.12% 0.05%
Union for Leganes 3,435 0.11% 0.06%
Liberal Democratic Centre 3,169 0.11%
Castillian Party (Partido Castellano) 1,.722 0.06%
Democratic and Centre Forum 1,639 0.05%
International Solidarity and Self (Solidaridad y Autogestión Internacionalista) 1,300 0.04%
None of the above 71,458 2.35% 0.63%
Total 100% 129

References

  1. ^ Madrid election results Historiaelectoral.com, accessed 4 April 2011
  2. ^ "Público. Aguirre pierde ventaja. April 2010". http://www.publico.es/espana/306533/aguirre-pierde-ventaja. 
  3. ^ "La Presidenta se salva y tiene mayoría absoluta (02/05/2010)". http://www.elpais.com/articulo/madrid/presidenta/salva/tiene/mayoria/absoluta/elpepuespmad/20100502elpmad_1/Tes. 
  4. ^ "El PP aplastaría electoralmente al PSOE en las regiones donde ya gobierna". http://www.periodistadigital.com/politica/partidos-politicos/2010/06/01/el-pp-encuestas-arrasa-psoe-zapatero-dimision.shtml. 
  5. ^ "Aguirre ganaría las elecciones a Gómez, con 77 escaños frente 42 en la Asamblea, según un sondeo de El Mundo". http://www.europapress.es/madrid/noticia-aguirre-ganaria-elecciones-gomez-77-escanos-frente-42-asamblea-sondeo-mundo-20101010111415.html. 
  6. ^ "Esperanza Aguirre conserva la mayoría absoluta y Tomás Gómez mejora". http://www.elpais.com/articulo/madrid/Esperanza/Aguirre/conserva/mayoria/absoluta/Tomas/Gomez/mejora/elpepuespmad/20101209elpmad_8/Tes. 
  7. ^ "El PSOE de Madrid recupera puntos respecto a la encuesta de mayo (El Mundo)". http://www.electometro.es/2011/01/el-psoe-de-madrid-recupera-puntos-respecto-a-la-encuesta-de-mayo-el-mundo/. 
  8. ^ "El PP aumenta su mayoría en la Comunidad de Madrid y gana al PSOE por 24,7 puntos". http://www.abc.es/20110113/espana/abcp-aumenta-mayoria-comunidad-madrid-20110113.html. 
  9. ^ "Aguirre supera el triunfo histórico de 2007". http://larazon.es/noticia/9780-aguirre-supera-el-triunfo-historico-de-2007. 
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