2011 Melilla Assembly election

2011 Melilla Assembly election

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All 25 seats in the Assembly of Melilla 13 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	54,282 8.1%
Turnout	31,589 (58.2%) 0.6 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 0 1 3 Popular vote 16,852 7,394 2,683 Percentage 53.9% 23.7% 8.6% Swing 2.1 pp 2.0 pp 9.6 pp   Fourth party   Leader Ignacio Velázquez Rivera Party PPL Leader since 26 March 2011 Last election Did not contest Seats won 2 Seat change 2 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

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.

Electoral system

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

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.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout					PPL	Lead
2011 Assembly election	22 May 2011	—	58.2	53.9 15	23.7 6	8.6 2	2.1 0	6.8 2	30.2
Infortécnica [p 1]	25 Apr–6 May 2011	406	?	76.8 16/19	13.0 3/5	10.3 3/4	–	–	63.8
Sigma Dos/El Mundo [p 2]	11–14 Apr 2011	300	?	67.2 18/19	11.6 3	14.9 3/4	–	–	52.3
CIS [p 3] [p 4]	13 Apr 2011	300	?	56.8 16	12.6 3	18.2 5	5.1 1	–	38.6
Sigma Dos/El Mundo [p 5]	28–29 Dec 2010	300	?	70.7 19/20	7.2 1/2	16.7 4	–	–	54.0
Sigma Dos/El Mundo [p 6]	26–27 May 2010	300	?	64.7 18/19	8.9 2	19.5 4/5	–	–	45.2
2009 EP election	7 Jun 2009	—	33.0	56.1 15	–	37.5 10	3.3 0	–	18.6
2008 general election	9 Mar 2008	—	63.7	49.0 13	–	48.1 12	1.1 0	–	0.9
2007 Assembly election	27 May 2007	—	57.6	56.0 15	21.7 5	18.2 5	–	–	34.3

Results

← 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

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.

Other

1. General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
2. "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
3. Statute of Autonomy of Melilla of 1995. Official State Gazette (Law 2) (in Spanish). 13 March 1995. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
4. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 2011. City of Melilla". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
5. "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.
6. "Elecciones Municipales y Autonómicas en Melilla (1979-2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2021.