2011 Melilla Assembly election

The 2011 Melilla Assembly election was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 5th Assembly of the Autonomous City of Melilla. 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.

2011 Melilla Assembly election

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All 25 seats in the Assembly of Melilla
13 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered54,282 Green arrow up8.1%
Turnout31,589 (58.2%)
Green arrow up0.6 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Juan José Imbroda Mustafa Aberchán Dionisio Muñoz
Party PP CpM PSOE
Leader since 20 July 2000 2 October 1995 October 2004
Last election 15 seats, 56.0% 5 seats, 21.7% 5 seats, 18.2%
Seats won 15 6 2
Seat change Blue arrow right0 Green arrow up1 Red arrow down3
Popular vote 16,852 7,394 2,683
Percentage 53.9% 23.7% 8.6%
Swing Red arrow down2.1 pp Green arrow up2.0 pp Red arrow down9.6 pp

  Fourth party
 
Leader Ignacio Velázquez Rivera
Party PPL
Leader since 26 March 2011
Last election Did not contest
Seats won 2
Seat change Green arrow up2
Popular vote 2,128
Percentage 6.8%
Swing New party

Mayor-President before election

Juan José Imbroda
PP

Elected Mayor-President

Juan José Imbroda
PP

Electoral system

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The Assembly of Melilla was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the autonomous city of Melilla. Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Melilla 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 Melilla 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 Melilla. 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]

Opinion polls

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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; 13 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Melilla.

Results

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Summary of the 22 May 2011 Assembly of Melilla election results
 
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 16,852 53.91 –2.05 15 ±0
Coalition for Melilla (CpM) 7,394 23.66 +1.95 6 +1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 2,683 8.58 –9.65 2 –3
Populars in Freedom Party (PPL) 2,128 6.81 New 2 +2
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 669 2.14 New 0 ±0
Party of Democrats of Melilla (PDM) 529 1.69 New 0 ±0
Green Melilla Platform (PMV) 504 1.61 New 0 ±0
Spanish Alternative (AES) 59 0.19 New 0 ±0
The Phalanx (FE) 57 0.18 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 382 1.22 –0.16
Total 31,257 25 ±0
Valid votes 31,257 98.95 –0.49
Invalid votes 332 1.05 +0.49
Votes cast / turnout 31,589 58.19 +0.54
Abstentions 22,693 41.81 –0.54
Registered voters 54,282
Sources[4][5][6]
Popular vote
PP
53.91%
CpM
23.66%
PSOE
8.58%
PPL
6.81%
UPyD
2.14%
PDM
1.69%
PMV
1.61%
Others
0.37%
Blank ballots
1.22%
Seats
PP
60.00%
CpM
24.00%
PSOE
8.00%
PPL
8.00%

References

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Opinion poll sources
  1. ^ "Estudio sobre la situación política, social y económica del municipio de Melilla" (PDF). Infortécnica (in Spanish). May 2011.
  2. ^ "El Mundo 25-27 de Abril 2011". El Mundo (in Spanish). 25 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Preelectoral elecciones autonómicas, 2011. Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla (Estudio nº 2884. Abril 2011)" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 5 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Rajoy se vuelca a por su billete a la Moncloa". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 6 May 2011.
  5. ^ "El PP lograría el mejor resultado de su historia en Melilla (El Mundo)". Electómetro (in Spanish). 7 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  6. ^ "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.
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