2007 Madrilenian regional election

2007 Madrilenian regional election
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All 120 seats in the Assembly of Madrid
61 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered4,458,989 Green arrow up0.1%
Turnout3,001,200 (67.3%)
Green arrow up4.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Esperanza Aguirre Rafael Simancas Inés Sabanés
Party PP PSOE IU
Leader since 16 October 2002 26 November 2000 26 January 2007
Last election 57 seats, 48.5% 45 seats, 39.0% 9 seats, 8.5%
Seats won 67 42 11
Seat change Green arrow up10 Red arrow down3 Green arrow up2
Popular vote 1,592,162 1,002,862 264,782
Percentage 53.3% 33.6% 8.9%
Swing Green arrow up4.8 pp Red arrow down5.4 pp Green arrow up0.4 pp
President before election

Esperanza Aguirre
PP

Elected President

Esperanza Aguirre
PP

The 2007 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 120 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain. Because regional elections in the Community of Madrid were mandated for the fourth Sunday of May every four years, the October 2003 snap election did not alter the term of the four-year legislature starting in May 2003.

Esperanza Aguirre was re-elected for a second term in office, with the People's Party (PP) winning a record absolute majority comprising almost 56% of the seats in the Assembly. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) obtained one of the worst party results since 1995, resulting in Rafael Simancas resigning as Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Madrid shortly thereafter. United Left (IU) continued on its rising trend and won 2 additional seats.

Overview

Electoral system

The Assembly of Madrid was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Madrid, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Madrilenian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.[1] Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Community of Madrid and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

All members of the Assembly of Madrid were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. The Assembly was entitled to one member per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000.[1][2]

Election date

The term of the Assembly of Madrid expired four years after the date of its previous election, with elections to the Assembly being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous ordinary election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the election date for the Assembly on Sunday, 27 May 2007.[1][2][3]

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Assembly of Madrid and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution.[4] In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1]

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 0.5 percent of the electorate in the Community of Madrid, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[2][3]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances 		Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Votes (%) Seats
PP
List
 Esperanza Aguirre Conservatism
Christian democracy 		48.48% 57 checkY
PSOE
List
 Rafael Simancas Social democracy 39.00% 45 ☒N
IUCM
List
 Inés Sabanés Socialism
Communism 		8.50% 9 ☒N

Campaign

Election debates

2007 Madrilenian regional election debates
Date Organisers Moderator(s)     P  Present[a]  
PP PSOE IUCM Audience Ref.
11 May Telemadrid Víctor Arribas P
Aguirre 		P
Simancas 		P
Sabanés 		13.8%
(255,000) 		[5]
[6]

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 61 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid (56 until 21 November 2006).

Color key:

  Exit poll

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 27 May 2007 Assembly of Madrid election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 1,592,162 53.29 +4.81 67 +10
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 1,002,862 33.57 –5.43 42 –3
United Left of the Community of Madrid (IUCM) 264,782 8.86 +0.36 11 +2
The Greens (LV, LVM, LVCM, LV–GV)1 33,044 1.11 +0.14 0 ±0
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 6,877 0.23 New 0 ±0
Spanish Alternative (AES) 5,039 0.17 New 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 5,024 0.17 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 4,231 0.14 +0.07 0 ±0
National Democracy (DN) 3,518 0.12 –0.01 0 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 3,123 0.10 +0.03 0 ±0
The Phalanx (FE) 2,675 0.09 +0.01 0 ±0
Citizen Unity (UC) 2,099 0.07 +0.04 0 ±0
Madrid is Castile (MEC) 2,074 0.07 New 0 ±0
Spanish Democratic Centre (CDEs) 1,816 0.06 New 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 1,757 0.06 +0.01 0 ±0
Madrid First (PM) 1,667 0.06 +0.01 0 ±0
Union for Leganés (ULEG) 1,422 0.05 New 0 ±0
Liberal Centrist Union (UCL) 1,335 0.04 New 0 ±0
Democratic Innovation (ID) 574 0.02 New 0 ±0
Save Telemadrid Party (PSTM) 0 0.00 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 51,665 1.73 –0.01
Total 2,987,746 120 +9
Valid votes 2,987,746 99.55 –0.06
Invalid votes 13,454 0.45 +0.06
Votes cast / turnout 3,001,200 67.31 +4.73
Abstentions 1,457,789 32.69 –4.73
Registered voters 4,458,989
Sources[7][8]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PP
 
 53.29%
PSOE
 
 33.57%
IUCM
 
 8.86%
LV
 
 1.11%
Others
 
 1.45%
Blank ballots
 
 1.73%
Seats
PP
 
 55.83%
PSOE
 
 35.00%
IUCM
 
 9.17%

Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators sorted by order of election.[9]

Aftermath

Investiture processes to elect the President of the Community of Madrid required for an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 48 hours later requiring of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If none of such majorities were achieved, successive candidate proposals could be processed under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly would be automatically dissolved and a snap election called.[1]

Investiture
Esperanza Aguirre (PP)
Ballot → 19 June 2007
Required majority → 61 out of 120 checkY
Yes
  • • PP (67)
67 / 120
No
53 / 120
Abstentions
0 / 120
Absentees
0 / 120
Sources[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Denotes a main invitee attending the event.

References

Opinion poll sources
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  3. ^ "Rajoy saca peor nota que Zapatero en los bastiones electorales del PP". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 2007.
  4. ^ "Aguirre amplía su mayoría en Madrid". El País (in Spanish). 20 May 2007.
  5. ^ "Gallardón y Aguirre ampliarían su victoria en Madrid con más del 52% de los votos". ABC (in Spanish). 20 May 2007.
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  8. ^ "El PP reforzará su mayoría en Madrid". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 20 May 2007.
  9. ^ "La campaña por Madrid echa a andar con todas las encuestas favorables al PP". ABC (in Spanish). 10 May 2007.
  10. ^ "Sondeo de Sigma Dos: El PP renovaría siete autonomías y podría perder dos". El Mundo (in Spanish). 12 May 2007.
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  25. ^ "Rajoy saca peor nota que Zapatero en los bastiones electorales del PP". El País (in Spanish). 2 May 2006.
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  27. ^ "Una encuesta asegura al PP la mayoría absoluta en la región, con 59 escaños". ABC (in Spanish). 12 December 2005.
  28. ^ "El PP consolidaría su mayoría absoluta en Madrid y La Rioja y avanza en Andalucía y Castilla la Mancha". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 19 December 2005.
  29. ^ "Aguirre pierde la mayoría absoluta, según una macroencuesta encargada por el PSOE". El País (in Spanish). 15 May 2005.
  30. ^ "Simancas niega su apoyo a Maragall por confundir "diversidad con privilegio"". ABC (in Spanish). 15 May 2005.
  31. ^ "Enfado de Simancas por la encuesta de El Mundo: "El profesor Malo que se dedique a lo suyo"". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 28 February 2005.
Other
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  3. ^ a b Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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