Barcelona City Council election, 2007

Barcelona City Council election, 2007

27 May 2007

All 41 seats in the Barcelona City Council 21 seats needed for a majority Registered 1,234,368 3.7% Turnout 612,509 (49.6%) 9.6 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Jordi Hereu Xavier Trias Alberto Fernández Díaz Party PSC CiU PPC Leader since 8 September 2006 25 April 2002 16 July 2002 Last election 15 seats, 33.6% 9 seats, 21.4% 7 seats, 16.1% Seats won 14 12 7 Seat change 1 3 ±0 Popular vote 182,216 155,101 95,083 Percentage 29.9% 25.5% 15.6% Swing 3.7 pp 4.1 pp 0.5 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Imma Mayol Jordi Portabella Party ICV–EUiA ERC Leader since 1998 1999 Last election 5 seats, 12.1% 5 seats, 12.8% Seats won 4 4 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 56,953 53,707 Percentage 9.3% 8.8% Swing 2.8 pp 4.0 pp

Mayor before election Jordi Hereu PSC Elected Mayor Jordi Hereu PSC

The 2007 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th Barcelona City Council, the unicameral local legislature of the municipality of Barcelona. At stake were all 41 seats in the City Council, determining the Mayor of Barcelona.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Barcelona City Council was determined by the population count. According to the municipal electoral law, the population-seat relationship on each municipality was to be established on the following scale:

Inhabitants	Seats
<250	5
251–1,000	7
1,001–2,000	9
2,001–5,000	11
5,001–10,000	13
10,001–20,000	17
20,001–50,000	21
50,001–100,000	25

Additionally, for populations greater than 100,000, 1 seat was to be added per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction, according to the most updated census data, and adding 1 more seat if the resulting seat count gives an even number. As the updated population census for the 2007 election was 1,605,602, the Barcelona City Council size was set to 41 seats.

All City Council members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Barcelona municipality, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the municipality (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.

The Spanish municipal electoral law established a clause stating that, if no candidate was to gather an absolute majority of votes to be elected as mayor of a municipality, the candidate of the most-voted party would be automatically elected to the post.^[1]

Results

← Summary of the 27 May 2007 Barcelona City Council election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Municipal Progress (PSC-PM)	182,216	29.91	3.69	14	1
	Convergence and Union (CiU)	155,101	25.46	4.05	12	3
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	95,083	15.61	0.51	7	±0
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens-Progress Agreement (ICV-EUiA-EP)	56,953	9.35	2.72	4	1
	Republican Left of Catalonia-Municipal Agreement (ERC-AM)	53,707	8.81	3.99	4	1
	Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's)	23,625	3.88	New	0	±0
	The Greens-The Ecologist Alternative (EV-AE)	4,754	0.78	New	0	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	3,073	0.50	New	0	±0
	Unsubmissive Seats (Ei)	2,290	0.38	0.28	0	±0
	Catalan Republic Party (RC)	1,214	0.20	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	972	0.16	New	0	±0
	Republican Left-Left Republican Party (IR-PRE)	822	0.13	New	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	717	0.12	New	0	±0
	Barcelona for Self-determination (BXA)	692	0.11	New	0	±0
	Carmel/Blue Party (PAzul)	618	0.10	New	0	±0
	Citizen Force (FC's)	591	0.10	New	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		1,878	0.31	–	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFyV)	463	0.08	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	402	0.07	±0.00	0	±0
	Platform for Catalonia (PxC)	351	0.06	0.02	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	270	0.04	0.03	0	±0
	Internationalist Fight (LI)	209	0.03	±0.00	0	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	183	0.03	New	0	±0

	Blank ballots	25,002	4.10	2.42
Total		609,308	100.00		41	±0
Valid votes		609,308	99.48	0.17
Invalid votes		3,201	0.52	0.17
Votes cast / turnout		612,509	49.62	9.62
Abstentions		621,859	50.38	9.62
Registered voters		1,234,368
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Vote share
PSC-PM			29.91%
CiU			25.46%
PPC			15.61%
ICV-EUiA-EP			9.35%
ERC-AM			8.81%
C's			3.88%
Others			2.88%
Blank ballots			4.10%

City council seats
PSC-PM			34.15%
CiU			29.27%
PPC			17.07%
ICV-EUiA-EP			9.76%
ERC-AM			9.76%

References

1. "Organic Law 5/1985, of 19 June, of the General Electoral Regime. Title III, Special Provisions for Municipal Elections.".