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.

Quick Facts All 25 seats in the Assembly of Melilla 13 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...

2019 Melilla Assembly election

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All 25 seats in the Assembly of Melilla 13 seats needed for a majority
Registered	59,355 2.9%
Turnout	34,393 (57.9%) 1.8 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Juan José Imbroda Mustafa Aberchán Gloria Rojas Party PP CpM PSOE Leader since 20 July 2000 2 October 1995 24 November 2014 Last election 13 seats, 48.1%[lower-alpha 1] 7 seats, 26.4% 3 seats, 12.6% Seats won 10 8 4 Seat change 3 1 1 Popular vote 12,943 10,472 4,928 Percentage 37.8% 30.6% 14.4% Swing 10.3 pp 4.2 pp 1.8 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Jesús Delgado Aboy Eduardo de Castro Party Vox Cs Leader since 15 July 2018 23 February 2015 Last election Did not contest 2 seats, 6.8% Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 2,655 1,897 Percentage 7.8% 5.6% Swing New party 1.2 pp
Mayor-President before election Juan José Imbroda PP Elected Mayor-President Eduardo de Castro Cs

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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]

The electoral law provides that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors are allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors are 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 are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.^[1][2]

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.

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout					PPL					Lead
2019 Assembly election	26 May 2019	—	63.4	37.8 10	30.6 8	14.4 4	5.6 1	[lower-alpha 2]	[lower-alpha 3]	0.2 0	7.8 2	1.2 0	7.2
April 2019 general election	28 Apr 2019	—	63.0	23.9 7	20.4 5	20.7 6	12.9 3	[lower-alpha 2]	[lower-alpha 3]	–	16.9 4	3.8 0	3.5
ElectoPanel/Electomanía[p 1]	31 Mar–7 Apr 2019	?	?	21.7 6	34.0 9	16.3 4	9.4 2	[lower-alpha 2]	[lower-alpha 3]	–	16.0 4	1.0 0	12.3
SyM Consulting[p 2]	4–5 Apr 2019	756	54.9	23.7 6/7	30.9 8/9	13.8 4	9.3 2	[lower-alpha 2]	–	–	16.6 4	–	7.2
ElectoPanel/Electomanía[p 3]	24–31 Mar 2019	?	?	20.6 5	35.0 10	16.0 4	9.2 2	[lower-alpha 2]	[lower-alpha 3]	–	16.7 4	1.0 0	14.4
ElectoPanel/Electomanía[p 4]	17–24 Mar 2019	?	?	20.9 6	34.8 9	16.5 4	8.5 2	[lower-alpha 2]	[lower-alpha 3]	–	16.6 4	1.0 0	13.9
ElectoPanel/Electomanía[p 5]	10–17 Mar 2019	?	?	20.3 5	34.8 9	15.8 4	7.2 2	[lower-alpha 2]	[lower-alpha 3]	–	19.7 5	1.0 0	14.5
ElectoPanel/Electomanía[p 6]	3–10 Mar 2019	?	?	20.0 5	34.8 9	15.6 4	7.5 2	[lower-alpha 2]	[lower-alpha 3]	–	19.5 5	1.0 0	14.8
ElectoPanel/Electomanía[p 7]	22 Feb–3 Mar 2019	?	?	19.9 5	35.0 9	15.2 4	7.7 2	[lower-alpha 2]	[lower-alpha 3]	–	19.7 5	0.9 0	15.1
SyM Consulting[p 8][p 9]	1–2 Feb 2019	464	55.8	23.4 6/7	33.2 9	14.4 3/4	6.1 1	[lower-alpha 2]	–	–	18.2 5	–	9.8
SyM Consulting[p 10]	11 Jan 2019	?	?	20.9 5/6	36.1 10	9.3 2	10.6 2/3	[lower-alpha 2]	–	–	18.6 5	–	15.2
SyM Consulting[p 11]	7–9 Sep 2018	506	59.2	36.5 10	31.9 8/9	13.2 3	13.5 3/4	[lower-alpha 2]	0.9 0	–	–	–	4.6
SyM Consulting[p 12]	24–26 Apr 2018	521	57.2	32.2 9	31.6 8/9	12.9 3	17.5 4/5	[lower-alpha 2]	2.0 0	–	–	–	0.6
SyM Consulting[p 13][p 14]	8–9 Jan 2018	491	58.0	32.8 8/9	30.6 8/9	12.3 2/3	18.4 4/5	[lower-alpha 2]	2.1 0	–	–	–	2.2
SyM Consulting[p 15]	13–14 Jun 2017	531	60.4	39.9 11	30.7 8/9	10.2 2/3	12.2 3	[lower-alpha 2]	3.1 0	–	–	–	9.2
SyM Consulting[p 16][p 17][p 18]	14–15 Mar 2017	535	67.5	38.1 10/11	28.0 8	9.7 2/3	10.6 2/3	[lower-alpha 2]	3.7 0	0.6 0	–	–	10.1
SyM Consulting[p 19][p 20][p 21]	10–11 Jan 2017	546	64.8	37.6 10	27.6 8	8.5 2	10.7 3	[lower-alpha 2]	8.0 2	2.7 0	–	–	10.0
2016 general election	26 Jun 2016	—	47.6	49.9 13	–	25.1 7	12.4 3	–	[lower-alpha 3]	0.5 0	–	9.8 2	24.8
2015 general election	20 Dec 2015	—	49.4	43.9 12	–	24.6 6	15.5 4	–	11.4 3	0.9 0	–	–	19.3
2015 Assembly election	24 May 2015	—	56.1	42.7 12	26.4 7	12.6 3	6.8 2	5.4 1	2.6 0	1.1 0	–	–	16.3

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