2015 Ceuta Assembly election

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2015 Ceuta Assembly election
Flag Ceuta.svg
  2011 24 May 2015 2019  

All 25 seats in the Assembly of Ceuta
13 seats needed for a majority
Registered61,782 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 2.4%
Turnout29,671 (48.0%)
Red Arrow Down.svg 3.4 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Juan Jesús Vivas José Antonio Carracao Mohamed Alí
Party PP PSOE Caballas
Leader sinceOctober 199913 December 200814 March 2011
Last election18 seats, 65.2%3 seats, 11.7%4 seats, 14.3%
Seats won1344
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg 5 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1 Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0
Popular vote13,3724,1043,881
Percentage45.7%14.0%13.3%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg 19.5 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 2.3 pp Red Arrow Down.svg 1.0 pp

 Fourth partyFifth party
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Leader Fatima Hamed Javier Varga
Party MDyC C's
Leader since27 October 201423 February 2015
Last electionDid not contestDid not contest
Seats won31
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 3 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1
Popular vote3,2651,758
Percentage11.2%6.0%
SwingNew partyNew party

Mayor-President before election

Juan Jesús Vivas
PP

Elected Mayor-President

Juan Jesús Vivas
PP

The 2015 Ceuta Assembly election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 6th 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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Electoral system

The 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]

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 one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. [3] [1]

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 Ceuta.

Results

Summary of the 24 May 2015 Assembly of Ceuta election results
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Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
People's Party (PP)13,37245.74–19.4213–5
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)4,10414.04+2.344+1
Caballas Coalition (Caballas)3,88113.27–1.054±0
Movement for Dignity and Citizenship (MDyC)3,26511.17New3+3
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)1,7586.01New1+1
Democratic and Social Party of Ceuta (PDSC)5311.82–0.520±0
The Greens–Green Group of Ceuta (LV–GV)5111.75–0.100±0
United Left (IU)4611.58New0±0
Vox (Vox)3561.22New0±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)3291.13–1.530±0
Ceutan Free Party (PLCeutí)2000.68New0±0
Blank ballots4681.60+0.08
Total29,23625±0
Valid votes29,23698.53–0.74
Invalid votes4351.47+0.74
Votes cast / turnout29,67148.03–3.34
Abstentions32,11151.97+3.34
Registered voters61,782
Sources [4] [5] [6]
Popular vote
PP
45.74%
PSOE
14.04%
Caballas
13.27%
MDyC
11.17%
C's
6.01%
PDSC
1.82%
LV–GV
1.75%
IU
1.58%
Vox
1.22%
UPyD
1.13%
PLCeutí
0.68%
Blank ballots
1.60%
Seats
PP
52.00%
PSOE
16.00%
Caballas
16.00%
MDyC
12.00%
C's
4.00%

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References

Opinion poll sources
  1. "Ceuta. Del 12 al 15 de mayo de 2015. Estudio de opinión municipal" (PDF). Infortécnica (in Spanish). 16 May 2015.
  2. "CEUTA, Mayo 2015. Sondeo Infortécnica". Electograph (in Spanish). 16 May 2015.
  3. "CEUTA, Mayo 2015. Sondeo Insobel". Electograph (in Spanish). 18 May 2015.
  4. "Preelectoral elecciones autonómicas 2015. Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta (Estudio nº 3077. Marzo-Abril 2015)" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 7 May 2015.
  5. "Sánchez se lanza al ataque como "única alternativa a la derecha"". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 8 May 2015.
  6. "Sociópolis augura otra mayoría del PP (15-16) con la entrada de Ciudadanos y el MDyC en la Asamblea". Ceutaldia (in Spanish). 15 April 2015.
  7. "CEUTA, Marzo 2015. Sondeo Sociópolis". Electograph (in Spanish). 15 April 2015.
  8. "El PSOE se enreda en "el trámite"". El Faro Digital (in Spanish). 22 April 2015. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015.
  9. "CEUTA, Abril 2015. Sondeo SigmaDos". Electograph (in Spanish). 23 April 2015.
  10. "Ciudad autónoma de Ceuta. Octubre de 2014. Estudio de opinión municipal" (PDF). Infortécnica (in Spanish). 6 November 2014.
  11. "CEUTA, Octubre 2014. Infortécnica". Electograph (in Spanish). 6 November 2014.
  12. "El PP revalidaría en 2015 su mayoría absoluta". El Faro Digital (in Spanish). 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014.
  13. "CEUTA, Octubre 2014. Sigma Dos". Electograph (in Spanish). 6 November 2014.
  14. "Estimación Tercera Oleada Ceuta. Enero 2014". SyM Consulting (in Spanish). 30 January 2014.
  15. "CEUTA, Enero 2014. SyM Consulting". Electograph (in Spanish). 29 January 2014.
  16. "Estimación Segunda Oleada Ceuta. Septiembre 2013 (1)". SyM Consulting (in Spanish). 27 September 2013.
  17. "Estimación Segunda Oleada Ceuta. Septiembre 2013 (2)". SyM Consulting (in Spanish). 27 September 2013.
  18. "Estimación Primera Oleada Ceuta. Mayo 2013". SyM Consulting (in Spanish). 1 June 2013.
  19. "Comparativa entre oleada de Mayo y Septiembre de estimación directa de voto". SyM Consulting (in Spanish). 28 September 2013.
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