The 2011 Ceuta Assembly election was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 5th Assembly of the Autonomous City of Ceuta. All 25 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
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All 25 seats in the Assembly of Ceuta 13 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 60,357  4.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 31,003 (51.4%) 8.9 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The People's Party (PP) has dominated recent elections to the Assembly, winning 19 of the seats in the 2003 and 2007 elections and polls suggested incorrectly that the PP was likely to increase its majority. The second largest party, the Ceutan Democratic Union (UCDE), formed an electoral alliance with the Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta (PSPC) under the name Caballas Coalition (Caballas). UCDE did not repeat its alliance with United Left of Ceuta (IU), that decided not to take part in the election. The third largest party, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), was predicted incorrectly to overtake the Caballas Coalition, according to opinion polls.
Juan Jesús Vivas Lara (PP) retained the post of Mayor-President, held since 2001.
Electoral system
editThe Assembly of Ceuta was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the autonomous city of Ceuta. Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Ceuta and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty.[1][2][3]
The 25 members of the Assembly of Ceuta were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.[1][2][3]
The Mayor-President was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of members, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In case of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee.[3]
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in Ceuta. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.[1][2]
Parties and leaders
editBelow is a list of the main parties and coalitions which contested the election:
| Parties and coalitions | Ideology | Candidate | |
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| People's Party (PP) | Conservatism, Christian democracy | Juan Jesús Vivas | |
| Caballas Coalition (Caballas) | Regionalism | Mohamed Alí | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Social democracy | José Antonio Carracao | |
Opinion polls
editThe 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; 13 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Ceuta.
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | 
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Lead |
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| 2011 Assembly election | 22 May 2011 | — | 51.4 | 65.2 18 |
14.3 4 |
11.7 3 |
2.7 0 |
50.9 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 1][p 2] | 11–14 Apr 2011 | 300 | ? | 70.1 19/20 |
9.4 2 |
13.6 3/4 |
– | 56.5 |
| CIS[p 3][p 4] | 13 Apr 2011 | 300 | ? | 68.9 21 |
7.0 2 |
9.4 2 |
2.0 0 |
59.5 |
| Sigma Dos/PP[p 5][p 6] | 21 Jan 2011 | 1,000 | ? | 73.0– 74.0 20 |
? 2 |
? 3 |
– | ? |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 7] | 28–29 Dec 2010 | 300 | ? | 71.4 19/20 |
9.6 2 |
13.5 3/4 |
– | 57.9 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 8] | 26–27 May 2010 | 300 | ? | 74.3 21 |
9.6 2 |
8.5 2 |
– | 64.7 |
| Mercociudad/PP[p 9][p 10] | 6 May 2010 | 500 | ? | ? 19 |
? 3/4 |
? 2/3 |
– | ? |
| 2009 EP election | 7 Jun 2009 | — | 31.6 | 59.5 16 |
– | 32.7 9 |
3.6 0 |
26.8 |
| 2008 general election | 9 Mar 2008 | — | 63.3 | 55.1 14 |
– | 40.5 11 |
1.3 0 |
14.6 |
| 2007 Assembly election | 27 May 2007 | — | 60.3 | 65.2 19 |
16.4 4 |
8.7 2 |
– | 48.8 |
Results
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| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| People's Party (PP) | 20,054 | 65.16 | –0.02 | 18 | –1 | |
| Caballas Coalition (Caballas)1 | 4,407 | 14.32 | –6.60 | 4 | ±0 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 3,601 | 11.70 | +3.05 | 3 | +1 | |
| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 818 | 2.66 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Democratic and Social Party of Ceuta (PDSC) | 720 | 2.34 | –1.31 | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Greens–Green Group of Ceuta (LV–GV) | 570 | 1.85 | +0.90 | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Phalanx (FE) | 138 | 0.45 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 468 | 1.52 | +0.86 | |||
| Total | 30,776 | 25 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 30,776 | 99.27 | –0.16 | |||
| Invalid votes | 227 | 0.73 | +0.16 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 31,003 | 51.37 | –8.92 | |||
| Abstentions | 29,354 | 49.63 | +8.92 | |||
| Registered voters | 60,357 | |||||
| Sources[4][5][6] | ||||||
Footnotes:
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Notes
editReferences
edit- Opinion poll sources
- ^ "El Mundo 25-27 de Abril 2011". El Mundo (in Spanish). 25 April 2011.
- ^ "Ascenso del PSOE a costa del UDCE en Ceuta (El Mundo)". Electómetro (in Spanish). 25 April 2011. Archived from the original on 27 April 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Preelectoral elecciones autonómicas, 2011. Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta (Estudio nº 2883. Abril 2011)" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 5 May 2011.
- ^ "El PSOE fija su objetivo: salvar los muebles". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 6 May 2011.
- ^ "Un sondeo del PP nacional da a Vivas 20 escaños en Ceuta". El Faro Digital (in Spanish). 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013.
- ^ "3 de cada 4 ceutíes votaría por Vivas (PP) en Ceuta (sondeo propio)". Electómetro (in Spanish). 22 January 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ "El PSOE se afianza como principal partido de la oposición en Ceuta (El Mundo)". Electómetro (in Spanish). 7 January 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011.
- ^ "Caso electoral histórico en más comunidades autónomas (El Mundo)". Electómetro (in Spanish). 1 June 2010. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ "El PP repetiría 19 diputados en las próximas elecciones según una encuesta de Mercociudad". Ceutaldia (in Spanish). 6 May 2010.
- ^ "El PP repetiría 19 diputados en las próximas elecciones en Ceuta (Mercociudad)". Electómetro (in Spanish). 6 May 2010. Archived from the original on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- Other
- ^ a b c General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ a b c "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ a b c Statute of Autonomy of Ceuta of 1995. Official State Gazette (Law 1) (in Spanish). 13 March 1995. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 2011. City of Ceuta". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Acuerdo de 30 de junio de 2011, de la Junta Electoral Central, por el que se procede a la publicación del resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 424/2011, de 28 de marzo, y celebradas el 22 de mayo de 2011, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona. Provincias: Salamanca, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Segovia, Sevilla, Soria, Tarragona, Teruel, Toledo, Valencia, Valladolid, Vizcaya, Zamora, Zaragoza, Ceuta y Melilla" (PDF) (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Elecciones Municipales y Autonómicas en Ceuta (1979-2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2021.