2019 Melilla Assembly election

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2019 Melilla Assembly election
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  2015 26 May 2019 2023  

All 25 seats in the Assembly of Melilla
13 seats needed for a majority
Registered59,355 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 2.9%
Turnout34,393 (57.9%)
Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1.8 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Juan José Imbroda Mustafa Aberchán Gloria Rojas
Party PP CpM PSOE
Leader since20 July 20002 October 199524 November 2014
Last election13 seats, 48.1% [a] 7 seats, 26.4%3 seats, 12.6%
Seats won1084
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg 3 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1
Popular vote12,94310,4724,928
Percentage37.8%30.6%14.4%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg 10.3 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 4.2 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1.8 pp

 Fourth partyFifth party
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Leader Jesús Delgado Aboy Eduardo de Castro
Party Vox Cs
Leader since15 July 201823 February 2015
Last electionDid not contest2 seats, 6.8%
Seats won21
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 2 Red Arrow Down.svg 1
Popular vote2,6551,897
Percentage7.8%5.6%
SwingNew party Red Arrow Down.svg 1.2 pp

Mayor-President before election

Juan José Imbroda
PP

Elected Mayor-President

Eduardo de Castro
Cs

The 2019 Melilla Assembly election was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 7th 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, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.

Contents

Electoral system

The Assembly of Melilla is the top-tier administrative and governing body of the autonomous city of Melilla. Voting for the Assembly is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises 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 allows Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. [1] [2] [3]

The 25 members of the Assembly of Melilla are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied. Parties not reaching the threshold are not taken into consideration for seat distribution. [1] [2] [3]

The Mayor-President is indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause requires that mayoral candidates earn the vote of an absolute majority of members, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly shall 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 Melilla.

Results

Summary of the 26 May 2019 Assembly of Melilla election results
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Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
People's Party (PP)112,94337.84–10.3110–3
Coalition for Melilla (CpM)10,47230.62+4.218+1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)4,92814.41+1.824+1
Vox (Vox)2,6557.76New2+2
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)1,8975.55–1.201–1
Forward Melilla (Adelante Melilla)6671.95New0±0
United We Can–United Left (PodemosIU)24081.19–2.200±0
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)770.23–0.870±0
Blank ballots1580.46–0.52
Total34,20525±0
Valid votes34,20599.45+0.68
Invalid votes1880.55–0.68
Votes cast / turnout34,39357.94+1.79
Abstentions24,96242.06–1.79
Registered voters59,355
Sources [4] [5] [6]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PP
37.84%
CpM
30.62%
PSOE
14.41%
Vox
7.76%
Cs
5.55%
Adelante Melilla
1.95%
Podemos–IU
1.19%
UPyD
0.23%
Blank ballots
0.46%
Seats
PP
40.00%
CpM
32.00%
PSOE
16.00%
Vox
8.00%
Cs
4.00%

Aftermath

Investiture
Ballot →15 June 2019
Required majority →13 out of 25
13 / 25
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  • PP (10)
  • Vox (2)
12 / 25
X mark.svg
Blank ballots
0 / 33
Absentees
0 / 33
Sources [7]

Notes

  1. Aggregated data for PP and PPL in the 2015 election.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Within PP.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Within Unidas Podemos.

References

Opinion poll sources
  1. "ElectoPanel municipal (12A): muchas ciudades pendientes de un concejal". Electomanía (in Spanish). 12 April 2019.
  2. "Estimación oleada Enero 2019 Melilla. Autonómicas 2019". SyM Consulting (in Spanish). 18 April 2019.
  3. "ElectoPanel municipales (4A): Madrid en Pie no consigue entrar en el Ayuntamiento". Electomanía (in Spanish). 4 April 2019.
  4. "ElectoPanel Municipales (28M). Mayorías ajustadas en varias ciudades". Electomanía (in Spanish). 28 March 2019.
  5. "ElectoPanel para municipales (21M): situación estable en la última semana". Electomanía (in Spanish). 21 March 2019.
  6. "ElectoPanel grandes áreas metropolitanas 14M: la izquierda resiste en Valencia, Madrid se le escapa a Carmena". Electomanía (in Spanish). 14 March 2019.
  7. "ElectoPanel municipal: distintas mayorías posibles y mucha igualdad en varias ciudades". Electomanía (in Spanish). 7 March 2019.
  8. "#encuesta #elecciones en #Melilla. #BCM #Febrero2019". SyM Consulting (in Spanish). 9 February 2019.
  9. "Estimación oleada Enero 2019 Melilla. Autonómicas 2019". SyM Consulting (in Spanish). 9 February 2019.
  10. "Una encuesta sobre las elecciones de mayo en Melilla da una unos resultados sorprendentes". Melilla Hoy (in Spanish). 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  11. "Estimación oleada Septiembre 2018. Melilla. Autonómicas Mayo 2019". SyM Consulting (in Spanish). 24 September 2018.
  12. "Estimación oleada Abril 2018. Melilla. Autonómicas Mayo 2019". SyM Consulting (in Spanish). 2 May 2018.
  13. "Estimación oleada Enero 2018. Melilla. Autonómicas Mayo 2019". SyM Consulting (in Spanish). 13 February 2018.
  14. "MELILLA. Elecciones autonómicas. Sondeo SyM Consulting, Febrero 2018". Electograph (in Spanish). 13 February 2018.
  15. "Estimación oleada Junio 2017. Melilla. Autonómicas Mayo 2019". SyM Consulting (in Spanish). 19 June 2017.
  16. "Al PP se le resiste la mayoría absoluta". La Luz de Melilla (in Spanish). 23 March 2017. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017.
  17. "Estimación oleada Marzo 2017. Melilla. Autonómicas Mayo 2019". SyM Consulting (in Spanish). 24 March 2017.
  18. "MELILLA, Marzo 2017. Sondeo SyM Consulting". Electograph (in Spanish). 24 March 2017.
  19. "El pacto PP-PPL resta y arrastra a los populares hasta los 10 escaños". La Luz de Melilla (in Spanish). 8 February 2017. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017.
  20. "Estimación oleada Enero 2017. Melilla. Autonómicas Mayo 2019". SyM Consulting (in Spanish). 8 February 2017.
  21. "MELILLA, Enero 2017. Sondeo SyM Consulting". Electograph (in Spanish). 8 February 2017.
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