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2019 Madrilenian regional election

2019 Madrilenian regional election

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The 2019 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 11th Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 132 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.

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As a result of the election, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) emerged as the largest political party in a Madrilenian regional election for the first time since 1987, but failed short of securing a majority together with Íñigo Errejón's Más Madrid and Unidas Podemos, the latter of which barely surpassed the 5% threshold to win seats in the Assembly. Instead, a right-of-centre alliance between the People's Party (PP), Citizens (Cs) and far-right Vox was able to muster a majority to form a government, which resulted in the election of PP candidate Isabel Díaz Ayuso as new regional president.

Overview

Electoral system

The Assembly of Madrid was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Madrid, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Madrilenian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.[1] Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Community of Madrid and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Madrilenians abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).[2]

All members of the Assembly of Madrid were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. The Assembly was entitled to one member per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000.[1][3] As a result of the increased population in the region, the number of seats up for election increased from 129 to 132.

Election date

The term of the Assembly of Madrid expired four years after the date of its previous election, with elections to the Assembly being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 24 May 2015, setting the election date for the Assembly on Sunday, 26 May 2019.[1][3][4]

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Assembly of Madrid and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution.[5] In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1]

The election to the Assembly of Madrid was officially triggered on 2 April 2019 after the publication of the election decree in the Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid (BOCM), scheduling for the chamber to convene on 11 June.[6]

Background

On 21 March 2018, it transpired that President Cristina Cifuentes could have obtained a master's degree in the King Juan Carlos University through fraudulent means.[7] What initially started off as a suspicion that she could have faked her CV,[8] developed into a major scandal after a series of irregularities in the obtaining of the academic title were revealed, as well as the subsequent attempt from both the university and the regional government to cover up the scandal through document forgery.[9][10] Preliminary probing revealed evidence of possible criminal offenses that were subsequently put under investigation of the judiciary, questioning Cifuentes's continuity as regional premier.[11][12][13] After the release of a 2011 video showing her being detained in a supermarket for shoplifting, Cifuentes resigned on 25 April 2018.[14] She was succeeded by her deputy, Ángel Garrido,[15][16] who was sworn into office on 21 May.[17][18] Cifuentes's scandal joined many others in a long list of corruption cases beleaguering the ruling People's Party (PP) in Spain that ended up with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's downfall on 1 June through a vote of no confidence in the Congress of Deputies.[19][20]

On 17 January 2019, Podemos suffered a major split after it was announced that Carmena and Íñigo Errejón, Podemos candidate for regional president and one of Podemos founders, had agreed to launch a joint platform to run at the regional election.[21][22][23][24] Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias announced later that day that he no longer considered Errejón as the party's candidate in the region for placing himself "outside Podemos" by renouncing the party's trademark, and that Podemos and IU would contest the regional election on their own even if that meant to compete against Más Madrid and, therefore, against Errejón.[25][26] Podemos leaders also urged Errejón to resign his seat in the Congress of Deputies,[27] considering his move as "deceitful" and "a betrayal" to the party.[28] On 21 January, Errejón vacated his seat in the Congress,[29][30] but still called for Podemos, IU and Equo to join the Más Madrid platform.[31] On 25 January, Ramón Espinar, the regional Podemos Secretary-General, announced his resignation and his farewell from politics, allegedly after the party's national leadership deprived Espinar's regional branch of any autonomy to attempt negotiations with Errejón's platform for either running in a joint list or agreeing on a coordinated political action.[32][33][34] On 24 April, four days before the April 2019 Spanish general election, former president of the Community of Madrid Ángel Garrido announced his break up from the PP and his integration within Cs lists for the election.[35]

Parliamentary composition

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the Assembly at the time of dissolution.[36]

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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 0.5 percent of the electorate in the Community of Madrid, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[3][4]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

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Campaign

Election debates

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Opinion polls

The tables below list opinion polling results 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.

Graphical summary

Local regression trend line of poll results from 24 May 2015 to 26 May 2019, with each line corresponding to a political party.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 67 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid (65 until January 2019).

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls   Exit poll

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Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

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Preferred President

The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Community of Madrid.

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Results

Overall

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Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators sorted by order of election.[51]

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Aftermath

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Isabel Díaz Ayuso's administration represented several historical firsts for the Community of Madrid: it was the first time that the region was run by a coalition government—Ayuso's own conservative People's Party (PP) and the center-right Citizens (Cs)—and it was the first time that the far-right, represented by Vox, propped up a regional executive in the Community. A similar governing arrangement was set up in the southern regions of Andalusia and Murcia.[53]

Notes

  1. Results for Podemos (18.64%, 27 seats) and IUCMLV (4.16%, 0 seats) in the 2015 election.
  2. Denotes a main invitee attending the event.

References

Opinion poll sources
  1. "Gabilondo gana en la Comunidad y Carmena en el Ayuntamiento, según el sondeo de Telemadrid". Telemadrid (in Spanish). 26 May 2019.
  2. "#emojiPanel Comunidad de Madrid (24M)". Electomanía (in Spanish). 24 May 2019.
  3. "#emojiPanel Comunidad de Madrid (23M)". Electomanía (in Spanish). 23 May 2019.
  4. "#emojiPanel Comunidad de Madrid (22M)". Electomanía (in Spanish). 22 May 2019.
  5. "#emojiPanel Comunidad de Madrid (21M)". Electomanía (in Spanish). 21 May 2019.
  6. "Resultados por comunidades. Encuesta mayo 2019" (PDF). La Razón (in Spanish). 20 May 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  7. "#emojiPanel Comunidad de Madrid (20M)". Electomanía (in Spanish). 20 May 2019.
  8. "Carmena, Gabilondo y el pinchazo de Vox". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 20 May 2019.
  9. "Mayoría absoluta de derechas". La Razón (in Spanish). 3 February 2019.
  10. "Tertulia de Federico: Campaña de La Sexta contra VOX". esRadio (in Spanish). 10 December 2018.
  11. "Radiografía del voto (Abril 2018)". La Razón (in Spanish). 2 May 2018.
  12. "Situación política de la Comunidad de Madrid". El País (in Spanish). 26 April 2018.
  13. "Cifuentes sube tres escaños tras la crisis de la "operación Lezo"". La Razón (in Spanish). 2 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  14. "Intención de voto en la Comunidad de Madrid. Encuesta NC Report abril 2017" (PDF). La Razón (in Spanish). 2 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  15. "Sondeo de la Comunidad de Madrid". El País (in Spanish). 30 April 2017.
Other
  1. "Ley Orgánica 3/1983, de 25 de febrero, de Estatuto de Autonomía de la Comunidad de Madrid". Organic Law No. 3 of 25 February 1983 (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  2. Reig Pellicer, Naiara (16 December 2015). "Spanish elections: Begging for the right to vote". cafebabel.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  3. "Ley 11/1986, de 16 de diciembre, Electoral de la Comunidad de Madrid". Law No. 11 of 16 November 1986 (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  4. "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985 (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  5. "Ley 5/1990, de 17 de mayo, reguladora de la facultad de disolución de la Asamblea de Madrid por el Presidente de la Comunidad". Law No. 5 of 17 May 1990 (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  6. "Cifuentes y otros casos de políticos con 'problemas' con sus currículums". Público (in Spanish). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  7. "El acta del máster que exhibió Cifuentes tiene al menos dos firmas falsificadas". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  8. "La presidenta del tribunal denuncia: su firma es falsa y nunca evaluó a Cifuentes". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  9. "Un sector del PP de Madrid quiere 'sacrificar' a Cifuentes en favor de Casado". El Boletín (in Spanish). 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  10. "El PP se plantea ya que Cifuentes no vuelva a ser candidata en 2019". El País (in Spanish). 7 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  11. Blasco, Pedro (25 April 2018). "Ángel Garrido, nombrado presidente en funciones de la Comunidad de Madrid". Voz Populi (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  12. Marcos, José (25 April 2018). "Ángel Garrido, el sucesor natural de Cifuentes". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  13. Sánchez, Esther (21 May 2018). "Ángel Garrido jura el cargo como presidente de la Comunidad de Madrid". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  14. "Lo que queda de la España azul del PP". El País (in Spanish). 1 June 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  15. "Errejón se desmarca de Podemos y concurrirá con las siglas de Carmena". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  16. "Errejón y Carmena pactan un tándem electoral al margen de Podemos e IU". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  17. "Errejón desafía a Iglesias e irá a las elecciones con la marca de Carmena". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  18. "Iglesias avisa a Errejón de que Podemos presentará su propia candidatura para la Comunidad de Madrid". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  19. "Podemos se resiste a echar a Errejón pero le ataca con dureza". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 18 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  20. "Íñigo Errejón deja su escaño: "Sigo en Podemos, pero hay que abrir el partido a más gente"". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  21. "Iñigo Errejón consuma la ruptura con Podemos y deja de ser diputado". El Mundo (in Spanish). 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  22. "Errejón llama a Podemos, IU y Equo a sumarse a la plataforma 'Más Madrid'". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  23. "La crisis en Podemos se lleva por delante a Ramón Espinar, que presenta su dimisión". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  24. "Espinar da un portazo a la dirección de Podemos tras la negativa de ésta a pactar con Errejón". Público (in Spanish). 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  25. "Ciudadanos ficha a Ángel Garrido, expresidente de la Comunidad de Madrid". El País (in Spanish). 24 April 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  26. "Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid (1983-2021)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  27. "Ángel Gabilondo proclamado candidato del PSOE a la Presidencia de la Comunidad de Madrid". El País (in Spanish). 12 June 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  28. Gil, Ivan (13 April 2019). "IU rectifica y llega a un acuerdo para confluir con Podemos en Madrid". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  29. "Ciudadanos apuesta por Villacís y Aguado para las elecciones de 2019". El Mundo (in Spanish). 8 October 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  30. Aspiroz, Ander (1 March 2019). "Errejón ficha a doce de los 27 diputados de Podemos en la Comunidad de Madrid". Diario Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  31. "Así te hemos contado el debate de los candidatos a la Comunidad de Madrid" (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  32. "Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 2019" (PDF) (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  33. Junta Electoral Provincial de Madrid: "Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 2019" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid (134): 106–108. 7 June 2019. ISSN 1989-4791.

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