2007 Melilla Assembly election

The 2007 Melilla Assembly election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 4th 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.

2007 Melilla Assembly election

27 May 2007
All 25 seats in the Assembly of Melilla 13 seats needed for a majority
Registered	50,193 2.0%
Turnout	28,934 (57.6%) 0.2 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, 55.0% 7 seats, 26.3% 3 seats, 12.0% Seats won 15 5 5 Seat change 0 2 2 Popular vote 16,102 6,245 5,246 Percentage 56.0% 21.7% 18.2% Swing 1.0 pp 4.6 pp 6.2 pp
Mayor-President before election Juan José Imbroda PP Elected Mayor-President Juan José Imbroda PP

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]

Results

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	16,102	55.96	+0.96	15	±0
	Coalition for Melilla (CpM)	6,245	21.71	–4.62	5	–2
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	5,246	18.23	+6.24	5	+2
	Convergence of Melilla (CM)	783	2.72	–7.67	0	±0
Blank ballots		396	1.38	+0.26
Total		28,772			25	±0
Valid votes		28,772	99.44	–0.01
Invalid votes		162	0.56	+0.01
Votes cast / turnout		28,934	57.65	+0.26
Abstentions		21,259	42.35	–0.26
Registered voters		50,193
Sources[4][5][6]

Popular vote PP   55.96% CpM   21.71% PSOE   18.23% CM   2.72% Blank ballots   1.38%

Seats PP   60.00% CpM   20.00% PSOE   20.00%

References

1. "General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). 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". Law No. 2 of 13 March 1995. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 April 2018.
4. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 2007. City of Melilla". infoelectoral.mir.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
5. "Local election results, 27 May 2007" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
6. "Municipal and regional elections in Melilla since 1979". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 6 April 2018.