2023_Madrid_City_Council_election

2023 Madrid City Council election

2023 Madrid City Council election

Spanish municipal election

The 2023 Madrid City Council election, also the 2023 Madrid municipal election, was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 12th City Council of the municipality of Madrid. All 57 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

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Electoral system

The City Council of Madrid (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Madrid) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Madrid, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly.[1] Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.[2] Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the municipality of Madrid 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.

Local councillors 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 in each local council.[1][2] Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:

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The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the appointee would be determined by lot.[1]

Council composition

The table below shows the composition of the political groups in the City Council at the time of dissolution.[3]

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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 a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. For the case of Madrid, as its population was over 1,000,001, at least 8,000 signatures were required.[2]

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

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In March 2021, four Más Madrid city councillors, including former lieutenant mayor Marta Higueras, split into the Mixed Group to form "Recover Madrid" (Spanish: Recupera Madrid), a platform aiming at "preserving the original project" of former mayor Manuela Carmena under a more moderate and pragmatic line,[15] draining material and economic resources from the Más Madrid group,[16] and becoming involved in controversial choices, such as the approval of the 2022 budget of José Luis Martínez-Almeida, which also saw one of Recupera Madrid's councillors, Felipe Llamas, resigning from his post in disagreement.[17][18] The platform announced its intention to not run in this election, but at the end they designed Luis Cueto as their candidate. On 12 September 2022, Podemos announced its intention to contest the 2023 Madrid City Council elections after deciding not to do so for the 2019 elections, choosing athlete Roberto Sotomayor as the party's candidate.[19]

Campaign

Party slogans

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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 26 May 2019 to 28 May 2023, 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; 29 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Madrid.

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Results

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Notes

  1. José Manuel Calvo and Luis Cueto, former Más Madrid councillors.[4][5]
  2. Marta Higueras, former Más Madrid councillor.[6]
  3. Results for IU–MpM in the 2019 election.
  4. The slogan makes a reference to the Spanish proverb "Que lo haga Rita [la cantaora]" in reference to Rita Giménez
  5. The slogan plays with the surname of the candidate, Villacís, as "Villa" is the title given to the city of Madrid.
  6. The slogan plays with the name of the candidate, Reyes, meaning also "Monarchs" in Spanish.
  7. The slogan plays with the meaning of corriendo, which in English translates both as "quickly" and "by running", the later being a reference to the candidate's background as an athlete.
  8. Within Unidas Podemos.

References

Opinion poll sources
  1. [p 1]
    "Sondeo: el PP obtendría mayoría absoluta en Madrid y arrebataría al PSOE la C. Valenciana y Aragón con el apoyo de Vox". RTVE (in Spanish). 28 May 2023.
  2. [p 2]
    "Almeida parte con ventaja en una semana decisiva para las elecciones municipales en Madrid". Público (in Spanish). 22 May 2023.
  3. [p 3]
    "Elecciones municipales: Sánchez ganaría Barcelona, pero perdería Sevilla". La Razón (in Spanish). 22 May 2023.
  4. [p 4]
    "Almeida consigue una clara victoria y podría gobernar en solitario el Ayuntamiento de Madrid". El Debate. 20 May 2023.
  5. [p 5]
    "Almeida vence al engullir todo el voto de Cs, pero la izquierda todavía disputa la mayoría". 20 minutos. 22 May 2023.
  6. [p 6]
    "Almeida no es Ayuso: retiene Madrid pero la izquierda queda cerca, según la encuesta de 40dB". El País. 22 May 2023.
  7. [p 7]
    "Informe preelectoral para el Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Mayo 2023" (PDF). 40dB. 22 May 2023.
  8. [p 8]
    "Almeida crece a costa de la desaparición de Villacís pero depende de Vox". El Mundo. 18 May 2023.
  9. [p 9]
    "Almeida, a tres escaños de la mayoría absoluta". La Razón. 15 May 2023.
  10. [P 10]
    "Martínez-Almeida ganaría las elecciones de Madrid el 28M, pero necesitaría el apoyo de Vox, según el sondeo de Sigma Dos". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 14 May 2023.
  11. [P 11]
    "Almeida se acerca a la mayoría absoluta: podrá gobernar solo al sumar más que la izquierda". El Español (in Spanish). 22 May 2023.
  12. [P 12]
    "Almeida ganará las elecciones pero necesitará a Vox porque Villacís no logrará ser concejal". OKDiario (in Spanish). 15 May 2023.
  13. [P 13]
    "La debacle de Ciudadanos deja a Almeida a dos concejales de la mayoría absoluta". VozPópuli (in Spanish). 14 May 2023.
  14. [P 14]
    "Ferraz maneja encuestas que sacan a Almeida del Ayuntamiento de Madrid". El Confidencial Digital (in Spanish). 27 April 2023.
  15. [P 15]
    "Preelectoral elecciones municipales y autonómicas 2023. Madrid municipio (Estudio nº 3402. Abril 2023)" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 11 May 2023.
  16. [P 16]
    "Estimación de voto. Municipios, grandes ciudades y Comunidades Autónomas (Estudio nº 3402. Abril 2023)" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 11 May 2023.
  17. [P 17]
    "Almeida toca la mayoría absoluta en Madrid y se asegura la Alcaldía". ABC (in Spanish). 16 April 2023.
  18. [P 18]
    "Almeida supera en 14 puntos a Más Madrid pero queda lejos de la mayoría absoluta". El Mundo (in Spanish). 15 April 2023.
  19. [P 19]
    "[MUN] MADRID. Encuesta SigmaDos 15/04/2023: PODEMOS-IU 5,8% (3), MÁS MADRID 23,9% (14/15), PSOE 17,5% (10/11), Cs 6,2% (3), PP 38,2% (22/23), VOX 7,1% (4)". Electográfica (in Spanish). 15 April 2023.
  20. [P 20]
    "Almeida podrá gobernar en solitario y Villacís sostiene a Ciudadanos en Madrid capital". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 6 March 2023.
  21. [P 21]
    "Ayuso, a un paso de no depender de Vox: se acerca a la mayoría absoluta con Mónica García segunda". El Español (in Spanish). 6 March 2023.
  22. [P 22]
    "[MUN] MADRID. Encuesta SocioMétrica 06/03/2023: PODEMOS-IU 4,4% (0/2), MÁS MADRID 27,3% (16/17), PSOE 13,9% (8/9), Cs 4,6% (0/3), PP 38,2% (23/24), VOX 10,1% (6/7)". Electográfica (in Spanish). 6 March 2023.
  23. [P 23]
    "Almeida ganará las elecciones y seguirá como alcalde con el apoyo de Vox al desaparecer Ciudadanos". OKDiario (in Spanish). 21 February 2023.
  24. [P 24]
    "Más Madrid se consolida como alternativa a Almeida y Podemos-IU roza su regreso al Ayuntamiento". Público (in Spanish). 18 February 2023.
  25. [P 25]
    "Almeida ganaría las elecciones de Madrid con 28 concejales y gobernaría con mayoría simple sin necesidad de Vox". ABC (in Spanish). 15 February 2023.
  26. [P 26]
    "Encuesta elecciones Ayuntamiento de Madrid". GAD3 (in Spanish). 15 February 2023.
  27. [P 27]
    "Un sondeo de Cs coloca a Almeida al borde de la absoluta en Madrid y deja fuera a Villacís". The Objective (in Spanish). 4 December 2022.
  28. [P 28]
    "Maroto tampoco es rival: Almeida volverá a ser alcalde con el apoyo de Vox y Cs". OKDiario (in Spanish). 15 November 2022.
  29. [P 29]
    "Almeida crece pero quedaría en manos de Ciudadanos y Vox". El Mundo (in Spanish). 7 November 2022.
  30. [P 30]
    "MADRID. Encuesta SigmaDos 07/11/2022: MÁS MADRID 27,0% (16), PSOE 18,3% (11), Cs 6,0% (3), PP 37,9% (23), VOX 7,9% (4)". Electográfica (in Spanish). 7 November 2022.
  31. [P 31]
    "Una encuesta de GAD3 da la mayoría absoluta a Almeida, confirma la desaparición de Cs y sitúa a PSOE como segunda fuerza". Europa Press (in Spanish). 1 November 2022.
  32. [P 32]
    "Una encuesta de GAD3 da la mayoría absoluta a Almeida, confirma la desaparición de Cs y sitúa a PSOE como segunda fuerza". Europa Press (in Spanish). 13 July 2022.
  33. [P 33]
    "Almeida arranca ya la campaña electoral de 2023 con una encuesta interna: mayoría absoluta y 'sorpasso' del PSOE a Más Madrid". El País (in Spanish). 13 July 2022.
  34. [P 34]
    "Almeida acaricia la mayoría absoluta en Cibeles: no necesitaría a Vox". La Razón (in Spanish). 15 May 2022.
  35. [P 35]
    "Almeida resiste en sus horas bajas pero necesitaría a Vox y Ciudadanos, que sobrevive en Madrid a la debacle general". El Mundo (in Spanish). 15 May 2022.
  36. [P 36]
    "MADRID. Encuesta SigmaDos 15/05/2022: MÁS MADRID 26,9% (16), PSOE 15,1% (9), Cs 6,7% (4), PP 35,3% (21), VOX 11,8% (7)". Electograph (in Spanish). 15 May 2022.
  37. [P 37]
    "Almeida podría revalidar la alcaldía con Villacís, que es la dirigente madrileña mejor valorada". El Español (in Spanish). 2 May 2022.
  38. [P 38]
    "MADRID. Encuesta SocioMétrica 02/05/2022: MM-PODEMOS-IU 26,6% (16), PSOE 11,2% (6), Cs 7,2% (4), PP 40,2% (25), VOX 9,9% (6)". Electograph (in Spanish). 2 May 2022.
  39. [P 39]
    "Almeida será el más votado pero seguirá de alcalde con Vox y Cs por un solo concejal de ventaja". OKDiario (in Spanish). 23 April 2022.
  40. [P 40]
    "MadPanel (13A): Más Madrid recuperaría la alcaldía. Villacís sube, baja Almeida". Electomanía (in Spanish). 14 April 2022.
  41. [P 41]
    "MadPanel (19F): subida de la izquierda, que se sitúa al borde de arrebatarle la alcaldía a Almeida". Electomanía (in Spanish). 19 February 2022.
  42. [P 42]
    "Almeida crece pero se queda lejos de la gran mayoría que mantiene Ayuso". El Mundo (in Spanish). 9 November 2021.
  43. [P 43]
    "MADRID. Encuesta SigmaDos 09/11/2021: PODEMOS-IU 9,8% (5), MÁS MADRID 25,1% (15), PSOE 12,2% (7), Cs 8,4% (4), PP 35,4% (22), VOX 6,9% (4)". Electograph (in Spanish). 9 November 2021.
  44. [P 44]
    "ChulaPanel (17M): Subida de Ayuso e Iglesias en la CAM. En el Ayuntamiento, Almeida necesitaría a Vox para tener mayoría y Villacís se quedaría sin escaño". Electomanía (in Spanish). 17 March 2021.
  45. [P 45]
    "MadPanel (27S): Almeida atrae votos de Vox y Cs, pero la subida de Ahora Madrid deja a la izquierda a un concejal de quitarle la alcaldía". Electomanía (in Spanish). 27 September 2020.
  46. [P 46]
    "Almeida ganaría las elecciones en Madrid con comodidad a costa de Ciudadanos y Vox". Telemadrid (in Spanish). 1 July 2020.
  47. [P 47]
    "Aprobados y suspensos para los líderes políticos del Ayuntamiento de Madrid". Telemadrid (in Spanish). 1 July 2020.
  48. [P 48]
    "Almeida arrasa tras su gestión del Covid-19: tendría tantos ediles (21) como la suma de PSOE y Más Madrid". OKDiario (in Spanish). 14 May 2020.
  49. [P 49]
    "El PP roza la mayoría absoluta en Madrid capital y casi dobla al PSOE". ABC (in Spanish). 3 May 2020.
  50. [P 50]
    "Barómetro de ABC/GAD3 Comunidad de Madrid y Ayuntamiento de Madrid (2 y 3 de mayo)". GAD3 (in Spanish). 2 May 2020.
  51. [P 51]
    "MadPanel (3A): Almeida logra la primera plaza. Subida del PSOE y Vox, mientras Más Madrid y Cs caen". Electomanía (in Spanish). 3 April 2020.
  52. [P 52]
    "MadPanel (11Oct): victoria para Almeida muy igualado con Pepu. Más Madrid se hunde sin Carmena y Vox disputa la tercera plaza". Electomanía (in Spanish). 11 October 2019.
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