Madrilenian parliamentary election, 2007

Madrilenian parliamentary election, 2007

27 May 2007

All 120 seats in the Assembly of Madrid 61 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls Registered 4,458,989 0.0% Turnout 3,001,200 (67.3%) 4.8 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Esperanza Aguirre Rafael Simancas Inés Sabanés Party PP PSM–PSOE IU Leader since 16 October 2002 26 November 2000 26 January 2007 Last election 57 seats, 48.5% 45 seats, 39.0% 9 seats, 8.5% Seats won 67 42 11 Seat change 10 3 2 Popular vote 1,592,162 1,002,862 264,782 Percentage 53.3% 33.6% 8.9% Swing 4.8 pp 5.4 pp 0.4 pp

President before election Esperanza Aguirre PP Elected President Esperanza Aguirre PP

The 2007 Madrilenian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th Assembly of Madrid, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Madrid. At stake were all seats in the Assembly, determining the President of the Community of Madrid. The number of members increased from 111 to 120 compared to the previous election.

Esperanza Aguirre was re-elected for a second term in office, with the People's Party (PP) winning a record absolute majority comprising almost 56% of the seats in the Assembly. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) obtained one of the worst party results since 1995, resulting in Rafael Simancas resigning as Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Madrid shortly thereafter. United Left (IU) continued on its rising trend and won 2 additional seats.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the regional Assembly was determined by the population count, with 1 seat per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000, according to the most updated census data.^[1] As the updated population census for the 2007 election was the corresponding to year 2006 (6,008,183), the Assembly size was set to 120 seats.^[2]

All Assembly members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of Madrid), 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 community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[3]

Opinion polls

Vote

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

Date	Polling Firm/Source	PP	PSOE	IU	Oth.	Lead
27 May 2007	Regional Election	53.3	33.6	8.9	4.2	19.7
Exit polls
14–17 May	Opina	51.0	38.5	8.0	2.5	12.5
14–16 May	Metroscopia	52.5	35.3	7.8	4.4	17.2
7–15 May	Noxa	52.3	35.7	9.3	2.7	16.6
27 Apr–8 May	Sigma-2	52.7	35.8	7.2	4.3	16.9
6 May	Opina	53.0	38.2	7.8	1.0	14.8
9 Apr–6 May	CIS	51.2	35.6	8.5	4.7	15.6
12 Feb–1 Mar	Metroscopia	51.7	36.6	8.3	3.4	15.1
2007
16–21 Nov	Sigma-2	55.4	33.8	5.6	5.2	21.6
2006
15 May	Synovate	45.1	44.3	9.2	1.4	0.8
2005
2004
26 Oct 2003	Regional Election	48.5	39.0	8.5	4.0	9.5

Seat projections

Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 61 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Madrid Assembly.

61 seats needed for majority (01/01/2006–27/05/2007)

56 seats needed for majority (26/10/2003–01/01/2006)

Date	Polling Firm/Source	PP	PSOE	IU	Others
27 May 2007	Regional Election	67	42	11	0
Exit polls
14–17 May	Opina	63	47−48	9−10	0
14–16 May	Metroscopia	66	44−45	9−10	0
7–15 May	Noxa	65	44	11	0
10 May	Opina	64−65	46−47	9	0
27 Apr–8 May	Sigma-2	65−67	44−46	9	0
6 May	Opina	64−65	46−47	9	0
9 Apr–6 May	CIS	64−65	45	10−11	0
12 Feb–1 Mar	Metroscopia	65	45	10	0
2007
16–21 Nov	Sigma-2	65−66	39−40	6	0
2006
15 May	Synovate	51	50	10	0
2005
2004
26 Oct 2003	Regional Election	57	45	9	0

Results

← Summary of the 27 May 2007 Madrid Assembly election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	1,592,162	53.29	4.81	67	10
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	1,002,862	33.57	5.43	42	3
	United Left of the Madrid Community (IUCM)	264,782	8.86	0.36	11	2
	The Greens (LV)	33,044	1.11	0.65	0	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	6,877	0.23	New	0	±0
	Spanish Alternative (AES)	5,039	0.17	New	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	5,024	0.17	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	4,231	0.14	0.07	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	3,518	0.12	0.01	0	±0
	Spanish Falange of the JONS (FE-JONS)	3,123	0.10	0.03	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		15,419	0.52	–	0	±0
	The Falange (FE)	2,675	0.09	0.01	0	±0
	Citizen Unity Party (PUC)	2,099	0.07	0.04	0	±0
	Madrid is Castile (MEC)	2,074	0.07	New	0	±0
	Spanish Democratic Centre (CDEs)	1,816	0.06	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	1,757	0.06	0.01	0	±0
	Madrid First (PM)	1,667	0.06	New	0	±0
	Union for Leganés (ULEG)	1,422	0.05	New	0	±0
	Liberal Centrist Union (UCL)	1,335	0.04	New	0	±0
	Democratic Innovation (ID)	574	0.02	New	0	±0
	Save Telemadrid Party (PSTM)	0	0.00	New	0	±0

	Blank ballots	51,665	1.73	0.01
Total		2,987,746	100.00		120	9
Valid votes		2,987,746	99.55	0.06
Invalid votes		13,454	0.45	0.06
Votes cast / turnout		3,001,200	67.31	4.79
Abstentions		1,457,789	32.69	4.79
Registered voters		4,458,989
Source(s): Assembly of Madrid Argos Information Portal

Vote share
PP			53.29%
PSOE			33.57%
IUCM			8.86%
LV			1.11%
Others			1.44%
Blank ballots			1.73%

Parliamentary seats
PP			55.83%
PSOE			35.00%
IUCM			9.17%

References

1. "Statute of Autonomy of Madrid; Title I. Chapter I. Of the Assembly of Madrid.)".
2. "The Assembly will have 9 more seats due to census' growth in more than 450,000 inhabitants" (in Spanish). El País. 2007-02-06.
3. "Law 11/1986, of 16 December, electoral of the Community of Madrid; Chapter VII. The electoral system.".