Barcelona City Council election, 2007

Barcelona City Council election, 2007
Barcelona
27 May 2007

All 41 seats in the Barcelona City Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Registered 1,234,368 Decrease3.7%
Turnout 612,509 (49.6%)
Decrease9.6 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jordi Hereu Xavier Trias Alberto Fernández Díaz
Party PSC CiU PPC
Leader since 8 September 2006 25 April 2002 16 July 2002
Last election 15 seats, 33.6% 9 seats, 21.4% 7 seats, 16.1%
Seats won 14 12 7
Seat change Decrease1 Increase3 ±0
Popular vote 182,216 155,101 95,083
Percentage 29.9% 25.5% 15.6%
Swing Decrease3.7 pp Increase4.1 pp Decrease0.5 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Imma Mayol Jordi Portabella
Party ICV-EUiA ERC
Leader since 1998 1999
Last election 5 seats, 12.1% 5 seats, 12.8%
Seats won 4 4
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease1
Popular vote 56,953 53,707
Percentage 9.3% 8.8%
Swing Decrease2.8 pp Decrease4.0 pp

Mayor before election

Jordi Hereu
PSC

Elected Mayor

Jordi Hereu
PSC

The 2007 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th Barcelona City Council, the unicameral local legislature of the municipality of Barcelona. At stake were all 41 seats in the City Council, determining the Mayor of Barcelona.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Barcelona City Council was determined by the population count. According to the municipal electoral law, the population-seat relationship on each municipality was to be established on the following scale:

Inhabitants Seats
<250 5
251–1,000 7
1,001–2,000 9
2,001–5,000 11
5,001–10,000 13
10,001–20,000 17
20,001–50,000 21
50,001–100,000 25

Additionally, for populations greater than 100,000, 1 seat was to be added per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction, according to the most updated census data, and adding 1 more seat if the resulting seat count gives an even number. As the updated population census for the 2007 election was 1,605,602, the Barcelona City Council size was set to 41 seats.

All City Council members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Barcelona municipality, 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 municipality (which include blank ballotsfor none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.

The Spanish municipal electoral law established a clause stating that, if no candidate was to gather an absolute majority of votes to be elected as mayor of a municipality, the candidate of the most-voted party would be automatically elected to the post.[1]

Results

Summary of the 27 May 2007 Barcelona City Council election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Municipal Progress (PSC-PM) 182,216 29.91 Decrease3.69 14 Decrease1
Convergence and Union (CiU) 155,101 25.46 Increase4.05 12 Increase3
People's Party of Catalonia (PPC) 95,083 15.61 Decrease0.51 7 ±0
Initiative for Catalonia Greens-Progress Agreement (ICV-EUiA-EP) 56,953 9.35 Decrease2.72 4 Decrease1
Republican Left of Catalonia-Municipal Agreement (ERC-AM) 53,707 8.81 Decrease3.99 4 Decrease1
Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's) 23,625 3.88 New 0 ±0
The Greens-The Ecologist Alternative (EV-AE) 4,754 0.78 New 0 ±0
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 3,073 0.50 New 0 ±0
Unsubmissive Seats (Ei) 2,290 0.38 Increase0.28 0 ±0
Catalan Republic Party (RC) 1,214 0.20 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 972 0.16 New 0 ±0
Republican Left-Left Republican Party (IR-PRE) 822 0.13 New 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 717 0.12 New 0 ±0
Barcelona for Self-determination (BXA) 692 0.11 New 0 ±0
Carmel/Blue Party (PAzul) 618 0.10 New 0 ±0
Citizen Force (FC's) 591 0.10 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 25,002 4.10 Increase2.42
Total 609,308 100.00 41 ±0
Valid votes 609,308 99.48 Decrease0.17
Invalid votes 3,201 0.52 Increase0.17
Votes cast / turnout 612,509 49.62 Decrease9.62
Abstentions 621,859 50.38 Increase9.62
Registered voters 1,234,368
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Vote share
PSC-PM
 
29.91%
CiU
 
25.46%
PPC
 
15.61%
ICV-EUiA-EP
 
9.35%
ERC-AM
 
8.81%
C's
 
3.88%
Others
 
2.88%
Blank ballots
 
4.10%
City council seats
PSC-PM
 
34.15%
CiU
 
29.27%
PPC
 
17.07%
ICV-EUiA-EP
 
9.76%
ERC-AM
 
9.76%

References

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