Elections to the Madrid Assembly, 2011
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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
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.
Madrid Assembly
The Madrid Assembly is the unicameral regional legislature of the Autonomous Community of Madrid since the approval of the Madrid Charter of Autonomy in 1983....
, the unicameral
Unicameralism
In government, unicameralism is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber. Thus, a unicameral parliament or unicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of one chamber or house...
regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community
Autonomous communities of Spain
An autonomous community In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian .*Galician .*Basque . The second article of the constitution recognizes the rights of "nationalities and regions" to self-government and declares the "indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation".Political power in Spain is...
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
Universal suffrage
Universal suffrage consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens as a whole, though it may also mean extending said right to minors and non-citizens...
in a secret ballot
Secret ballot
The secret ballot is a voting method in which a voter's choices in an election or a referendum are anonymous. The key aim is to ensure the voter records a sincere choice by forestalling attempts to influence the voter by intimidation or bribery. The system is one means of achieving the goal of...
. The electoral system used was closed list
Closed list
Closed list describes the variant of party-list proportional representation where voters can only vote for political parties as a whole and thus have no influence on the party-supplied order in which party candidates are elected...
proportional representation
Proportional representation
Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...
with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method
D'Hondt method
The d'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method described is named after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt who described it in 1878...
. 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
People's Party (Spain)
The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...
(PP) which has formed the government of the Madrid region since the 1995 elections
Elections to the Madrid Assembly, 1995
The 1995 elections to the Madrid Assembly were the fourth elections to the Madrid Assembly, the unicameral regional legislature of the autonomous community of Madrid, since the Spanish transition to democracy...
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
United Left (Spain)
The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain...
, registered their highest vote share since the 1995 elections. Union, Progress and Democracy
Union, Progress and Democracy
Union, Progress and Democracy is a Spanish political party founded in September 2007.It is a progressivist party, between social democracy and social liberalism. One of its goals is to build a federal system for Spain and European Union, with clear responsibilities distributed among local...
, 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
Esperanza Aguirre
Esperanza Aguirre y Gil de Biedma, Countess of Murillo, Grandee of Spain, DBE is a Spanish politician and the current President of Madrid...
of the People's Party, re-elected.
Candidates for President
| Candidates |
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| Party | Candidate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| People's Party People's Party (Spain) The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship... (PP) |
Esperanza Aguirre Esperanza Aguirre Esperanza Aguirre y Gil de Biedma, Countess of Murillo, Grandee of Spain, DBE is a Spanish politician and the current President of Madrid... |
|
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in... (PSM-PSOE) |
Tomás Gómez Franco | |
| United Left United Left (Spain) The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain... (IU) |
Gregorio Gordo | |
| Union, Progress and Democracy Union, Progress and Democracy Union, Progress and Democracy is a Spanish political party founded in September 2007.It is a progressivist party, between social democracy and social liberalism. One of its goals is to build a federal system for Spain and European Union, with clear responsibilities distributed among local... (UPyD) |
Luis de Velasco Rami | |
Opinion polls
| Opinion polls | PP People's Party (Spain) The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship... |
PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in... |
IU United Left (Spain) The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain... |
UPyD Union, Progress and Democracy Union, Progress and Democracy is a Spanish political party founded in September 2007.It is a progressivist party, between social democracy and social liberalism. One of its goals is to build a federal system for Spain and European Union, with clear responsibilities distributed among local... |
Others | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 results: | 67 | 42 | 11 | - | - | - |
| Público(04/2010) | 48.9% | 34.0% | 9.3% | 4.5% | - | - |
| Seat projections | 68 | 47 | 13 | 0 | - | - |
| El País(02/05/2010) | 50.0% | 32.9% | 9.0% | 6.2% | 1.3% | - |
| Seat Projections | 66 | 43 | 11 | 8 | - | - |
| El Mundo El Mundo (Spain) El Mundo is the second largest printed and the largest digital daily newspaper in Spain and one of the newspapers of record in that country, with a daily circulation topping 300,000 readers for the printed edition and 24 million unique web visitors per month for the... (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 El Mundo (Spain) El Mundo is the second largest printed and the largest digital daily newspaper in Spain and one of the newspapers of record in that country, with a daily circulation topping 300,000 readers for the printed edition and 24 million unique web visitors per month for the... (10/10/2010) |
55.4% | 29.8% | 7.2% | 4.0% | - | - |
| Seat Projections | 77 | 41-42 | 9-10 | 0 | - | - |
| El País(09/12/2010) | 52.9% | 32.8% | 7.6% | 3.6% | - | - |
| Seat Projections | 73 | 45 | 10 | 0 | - | - |
| El Mundo El Mundo (Spain) El Mundo is the second largest printed and the largest digital daily newspaper in Spain and one of the newspapers of record in that country, with a daily circulation topping 300,000 readers for the printed edition and 24 million unique web visitors per month for the... (06/01/2011) |
54.6% | 29.7% | 9.8% | 2.3% | 5.8% | - |
| Seat Projections | 74-75 | 40-41 | 13 | 0 | - | - |
| ABC(13/01/2011) | 54.5% | 29.8% | 10.9% | 3.0% | 1.8% | - |
| Seat Projections | 72-74 | 39-40 | 14 | 0-3 | - | - |
| La Razón La Razón (Madrid) La Razón is Spain's fifth highest-circulation general-interest daily newspaper based in Madrid. It is the newest of the five most read, having been founded in 1998 by Luis Maria Ansón.... (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 People's Party (Spain) The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship... |
1,548,306 | 51.73% | 1.56% | 72 | 5 | |
| PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in... |
786,297 | 26.27% | 7,30% | 36 | 6 | |
| United Left United Left (Spain) The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain... |
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 Citizens for Blank Votes Citizens for Blank Votes is a Spanish political party.In Spanish electoral law, a distinction is made between valid votes, blank votes and null votes. Blank votes are interpreted as correctly executed votes for "none of the above", and consistently about 2% of votes are blank... |
19,220 | 0.64% | ||||
| Party Against Bullfighting, Cruelty and Mistreatment to Animals Party Against Bullfighting, Cruelty and Mistreatment to Animals The Party Against Bullfighting, Cruelty and Mistreatment to Animals is a Spanish political party founded in Bilbao on February 24, 2003 focused in the animal rights and against the abuse to them, also as a part of the requirement... |
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 Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain is a communist political party in Spain. PCPE was founded out of the unification of several Marxist-Leninist factions. The youth organization is called the Collectives of Communist Youth.On December 13–15 of 1984 a "Communist Unity Congress" was held... |
5,656 | 0.19% | 0.05% | |||
| Citizens – Party of the Citizenry Citizens – Party of the Citizenry The Citizens – Party of the Citizenry is a Spanish political party which describes itself as centre-left and non-nationalist... |
4,879 | 0.16% | ||||
| Humanist Party Humanist Party (Spain) The Humanist Party is a Spanish political party founded in 1984 and is a member of the Humanist International.-External links:* *... |
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 Liberal Democratic Centre The Liberal Democratic Centre is a liberal political party in Spain.It was launched in February 2008 and since January 2008 it is led by Manuel Alonso, a former leading member of the Union of the Democratic Centre and the Democratic and Social 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 | ||||