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2011 Valencia municipal election

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Election in the Spanish municipality of Valencia
2011 Valencia municipal election
←2007
22 May 2011
2015 →
All 33 seats in the City Council of Valencia
17 seats needed for a majority
Opinionpolls
Registered579,733 [画像:Decrease] 4.8%
Turnout402,400 (69.4%)
[画像:Increase] 1.0 pp
First party Second party Third party
Leader Rita Barberá Joan Calabuig Joan Ribó
Party PP PSPV–PSOE Compromís
Leadersince 1991 3 October 2010 7 May 2010
Lastelection 21 seats, 56.7% 12 seats, 33.8% Did not contest
Seatswon 20 8 3
Seatchange [画像:Decrease] 1 [画像:Decrease] 4 [画像:Increase] 3
Popularvote 208,727 86,440 35,881
Percentage 52.5% 21.8% 9.0%
Swing [画像:Decrease] 4.2 pp [画像:Decrease] 12.0 pp New party
Fourth party
Leader Amadeu Sanchis
Party EUPV
Leadersince 2004
Lastelection 0 seats, 4.8%
Seatswon 2
Seatchange [画像:Increase] 2
Popularvote 28,489
Percentage 7.2%
Swing [画像:Increase] 2.4 pp
Mayor before election

Rita Barberá
PP

Mayor after election

Rita Barberá
PP

A municipal election was held in Valencia on 22 May 2011 to elect the 9th City Council of the municipality. All 33 seats in the City Council were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

The election saw the ruling People's Party (PP) obtaining a new absolute majority, which allowed incumbent Mayor Rita Barberá to be re-elected for a sixth consecutive term in office. On the other hand, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) saw a sharp decline in support, suffering from the nationwide backlash against José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero-led Government of Spain amid a harsh financial crisis at the time and scoring its worst historical result in a municipal election up to that point.

Also entering the City Council were the Compromís coalition (English: Commitment), formed by the Valencian Nationalist Bloc (Bloc), Initiative of the Valencian People (IdPV) and The Greens–Ecologist Left of the Valencian Country (EV–EE), which emerged as the third political force in the city; and United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV), the regional branch of United Left, which returned to the City Council after being left out in the previous election.

Overview

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Under the 1978 Constitution, the governance of municipalities in Spain—part of the country's local government system—was centered on the figure of city councils (Spanish : ayuntamientos), local corporations with independent legal personality composed of a mayor, a government council and an elected legislative assembly.[1] The mayor was indirectly elected by the local assembly, requiring an absolute majority; otherwise, the candidate from the most-voted party automatically became mayor (ties were resolved by drawing lots).[2] In the case of Valencia, the top-tier administrative and governing body was the City Council of Valencia.[3]

Date

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The term of local assemblies in Spain expired four years after the date of their previous election, with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 54 days before the scheduled election date and published on the following day in the Official State Gazette (BOE).[4] The previous local elections were held on 27 May 2007, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 22 May 2011.

Local assemblies could not be dissolved before the expiration of their term, except in cases of mismanagement that seriously harmed the public interest and implied a breach of constitutional obligations, in which case the Council of Ministers could—optionally—decide to call a by-election.[5]

Elections to the assemblies of local entities were officially called on 29 March 2011 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOE, setting election day for 22 May.[6]

Electoral system

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Voting for local assemblies was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the municipality and with full political rights (provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated), as well as resident non-national European citizens, and those whose country of origin allowed reciprocal voting by virtue of a treaty.[7]

Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each municipality.[8] Each municipality was a multi-member constituency, with a number of seats based on the following scale (amended for smaller municipalities in 2011):[9]

Population Councillors
<100 3
101–250 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
>100,001 +1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction
+1 if total is an even number

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.[10]

Parties and candidates

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The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 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. In the case of Valencia, as its population was between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures were required.[11] Additionally, a balanced composition of men and women was required in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition.[12]

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

Candidacy Parties and
alliances		 Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Vote % Seats
PP
List
 Rita Barberá Conservatism
Christian democracy 		56.7% 21 [画像:Yes] [13]
PSPV–PSOE Joan Calabuig Social democracy 33.8% 12 [画像:No] [14]
[15]
[16]
EUPV Amadeu Sanchis Socialism
Communism 		4.8% 0 [画像:No] [17]
Compromís Joan Ribó Valencianism
Progressivism
Green politics 		Did not contest [画像:No]

Opinion polls

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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.

Voting intention estimates

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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; 17 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Valencia.

Color key:

Exit poll

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout PP PSPV EUPV Compromís UPyD Lead
2011 municipal election 22 May 2011 N/a 69.4 52.5
20		 21.8
8		 7.2
2		 9.0
3		 2.8
0		 30.7
Ipsos–Eco/FORTA[p 1] [p 2] 22 May 2011 ? ? 49.9
22/23		 26.3
11/12		 7.2
2/3		 7.8
3/4		 – 23.6
Ikerfel/Vocento[p 3] [p 4] 15 May 2011 800 ? 54.6
20/21		 33.9
12/13		 – – – 20.7
TNS Demoscopia/Antena 3[p 5] [p 6] 4 May 2011 ? ? 55.5
21		 27.1
10		 7.0
2		 3.3
0		 2.7
0		 28.4
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 7] [p 8] 15–19 Apr 2011 400 ? 57.3
21		 28.8
10/11		 5.3
1/2		 – – 28.5
CIS[p 9] [p 10] 17 Mar–17 Apr 2011 494 ? 53.4
21		 27.0
10		 6.6
2		 3.1
0		 3.2
0		 26.4
PP[p 11] [p 12] 25 Feb 2011 ? ? ?
22		 ?
9		 ?
2		 – – ?
2009 EP election 7 Jun 2009 N/a 55.8 53.8
(20)		 34.5
(13)		 3.5
(0)		 0.5
(0)		 3.3
(0)		 19.3
2008 general election 9 Mar 2008 N/a 79.5 53.5
(19)		 38.1
(14)		 3.2
(0)		 0.8
(0)		 1.2
(0)		 15.4
2007 municipal election 27 May 2007 N/a 68.4 56.7
21		 33.8
12		 4.8
0		 – – 22.9

Voting preferences

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The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size PP PSPV EUPV Compromís UPyD [画像:Question]? [画像:X mark]N Lead
2011 municipal election 22 May 2011 N/a 36.0 14.9 4.9 6.2 1.9 N/a 30.6 21.1
CIS[p 9] 17 Mar–17 Apr 2011 494 41.3 16.0 4.3 2.2 2.4 19.3 8.3 25.3
2009 EP election [a] 7 Jun 2009 N/a 29.9 19.2 1.9 0.3 1.8 N/a 44.2 10.7
2008 general election [a] 9 Mar 2008 N/a 42.2 30.1 2.5 0.6 0.9 N/a 20.5 12.1
2007 municipal election 27 May 2007 N/a 38.6 23.0 3.3 – – N/a 31.6 22.9

Preferred Mayor

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The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become mayor of Valencia.

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Other/
None/
Not
care		 [画像:Question]? Lead
Barberá
PP 		Calabuig
PSPV 		Sanchis
EUPV 		Ribó
Compromís 		Igual
UPyD
CIS[p 9] 17 Mar–17 Apr 2011 494 50.4 14.2 0.4 5.3 1.4 5.9 22.4 36.2

Results

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← Summary of the 22 May 2011 City Council of Valencia election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 208,72752.54−4.13 20−1
Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV–PSOE) 86,44021.76−12.02 8−4
Commitment to Valencia: Commitment Municipal Coalition (Compromís) 35,8819.03New 3+3
United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) 28,4897.17+2.40 2+2
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 11,2432.83New 0±0
Greens and Eco-pacifists (VyE) 5,1771.30New 0±0
Valencian Coalition (CVa) 2,2190.56−0.79 0±0
Spain 2000 (E–2000) 1,9200.48+0.29 0±0
Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 1,7710.45New 0±0
Republican Left of the Valencian Country–Municipal Agreement (ERPV–AM) 9800.25−0.01 0±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 7520.19+0.03 0±0
United for Valencia (UxV) 6900.17+0.08 0±0
Family and Life Party (PFyV) 5110.13New 0±0
Humanist Party (PH) 4880.12+0.07 0±0
Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) 4820.12New 0±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 4430.11+0.02 0±0
Party of the Elderly and the Self-employed (PdMA) 3870.10New 0±0
National Democracy (DN) 3430.09+0.03 0±0
Foreigners' Party (PdEx) 3140.08New 0±0
Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) 2950.07New 0±0
SOS Democracy (SOSDM) 2770.07New 0±0
Valencian Nationalist Left–European Valencianist Party (ENV–RV–PVE) 2750.07New 0±0
The Republic (La República) 2710.07New 0±0
Authentic Phalanx (FA) 2200.06New 0±0
Blank ballots 8,6612.18+0.82
Total 397,256 33±0
Valid votes 397,25698.72−0.84
Invalid votes 5,1441.28+0.84
Votes cast / turnout 402,40069.41+0.99
Abstentions 177,33330.59−0.99
Registered voters 579,733
Sources[18] [19] [20]
Popular vote
PP
52.54%
PSPV–PSOE
21.76%
Compromís
9.03%
EUPV
7.17%
UPyD
2.83%
VyE
1.30%
Others
3.18%
Blank ballots
2.18%
Seats
PP
60.61%
PSPV–PSOE
24.24%
Compromís
9.09%
EUPV
6.06%

Aftermath

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Government formation

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Investiture
Ballot → 11 June 2011
Required majority → 17 out of 33
  • • PP (20)
20 / 33
 [画像:check]Y
8 / 33
 [画像:X mark]N
3 / 33
 [画像:X mark]N
Amadeu Sanchis (EUPV)
2 / 33
 [画像:X mark]N
Abstentions/Blank ballots
0 / 33
Absentees
0 / 33
Sources[21]

Notes

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  1. 1 2 Does not include non-resident citizens.

References

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Opinion poll sources

  1. ↑ "Gema Amor tendría la llave del gobierno en Benidorm". Diario Información (in Spanish). 22 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "El PP revalidaría su mayoría absoluta en Valencia, Alicante y Castellón, según un sondeo". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 22 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "El PP sigue firme en las tres capitales". ABC (in Spanish). 15 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Sondeo municipales II (Grupo Vocento)". Electómetro (in Spanish). 16 May 2011. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "El PP renovaría su mandato en los ayuntamientos de Valencia y Cáceres". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 4 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "Encuesta de TNS Demoscopia para Antena 3 y Onda Cero 4-5-2011, Elecciones municipales en Valencia". ForoCoches (in Spanish). 28 April 2011.
  7. ↑ "Encuesta de Sigma Dos para El Mundo, Elecciones municipales en Valencia 28-4-2011". ForoCoches (in Spanish). 28 April 2011.
  8. ↑ "Una primera aproximación a la batalla (electoral) de Valencia". La Página Definitiva (in Spanish). 28 April 2011.
  9. 1 2 3 "Preelectoral elecciones autonómicas y municipales, 2011. Comunidad Valenciana y Ciudad de Valencia (Estudio no 2872. Marzo-Abril 2011)". CIS (in Spanish). 5 May 2011.
  10. ↑ "Rajoy se vuelca a por su billete a la Moncloa". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 6 May 2011.
  11. ↑ "Una encuesta del PP da al PSPV tres concejales menos en el ayuntamiento". Levante-EMV (in Spanish). 25 February 2011.
  12. ↑ "EU entraría en el Ayuntamiento de Valencia con dos concejales (sondeo encargado por el PP)". Electómetro (in Spanish). 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

Other

  1. ↑ Constitution (1978) , art. 140; LBRL (1985) , art. 19.
  2. ↑ LBRL (1985) , art. 19; LOREG (1985) , art. 196.
  3. ↑ LBRL (1985) , arts. 121–132.
  4. ↑ LOREG (1985) , arts. 42 & 194.
  5. ↑ LBRL (1985) , art. 61.
  6. ↑ Royal Decree 424/2011 (2011) , art. 1.
  7. ↑ Constitution (1978) , art. 13; LBRL (1985) , art. 19; LOREG (1985) , arts. 2–3 & 176.
  8. ↑ LOREG (1985) , arts. 163 & 180.
  9. ↑ LOREG (1985) , art. 179.
  10. ↑ LOREG (1985) , arts. 46, 48 & 182.
  11. ↑ LOREG (1985) , arts. 44 & 187.
  12. ↑ LOREG (1985) , art. 44 bis.
  13. ↑ "Barberá volverá a presentarse a la alcaldía de Valencia en 2011". El País (in Spanish). Valencia. 25 February 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  14. ↑ Hernández, Marisol (13 September 2010). "Carmen Alborch no será la candidata socialista al Ayuntamiento de Valencia". El Mundo (in Spanish). Valencia. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  15. ↑ "El diputado Joan Calabuig se perfila como candidato socialista a la Alcaldía". El Mundo (in Spanish). Valencia. Europa Press. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  16. ↑ Obrador, José Luis (3 October 2010). "Calabuig gana las primarias en Valencia y se las verá con Rita Barberá en mayo de 2011". 20 minutos (in Spanish). Valencia. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  17. ↑ "Amadeu Sanchis encabezará la lista de EU a la Alcaldía de Valencia en 2011". El Mundo (in Spanish). Valencia. Europa Press. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  18. ↑ Lozano, Carles. "Eleccions municipals a València (des de 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Catalan). Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  19. ↑ "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior . Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  20. ↑ "Acuerdo de 30 de junio de 2011, de la Junta Electoral Central, por el que se procede a la publicación del resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 424/2011, de 28 de marzo, y celebradas el 22 de mayo de 2011, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona. Provincias: Salamanca, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Segovia, Sevilla, Soria, Tarragona, Teruel, Toledo, Valencia, Valladolid, Vizcaya, Zamora, Zaragoza, Ceuta y Melilla" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish) (181): 86078–86708. 29 July 2011. ISSN 0212-033X . Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  21. ↑ "Barberá asume por sexta ocasión consecutiva la alcaldía de Valencia". La Vanguardia. Valencia. EFE. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2025.

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