# 2011 Melilla Assembly election

The 2011 Melilla Assembly election was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 5th 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.

## Electoral system

The Assembly of Melilla was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the autonomous city of Melilla. Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised 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 allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty.
The 25 members of the Assembly of Melilla were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.
The Mayor-President was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of members, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In case of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee.

## 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 one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.

## Opinion polls

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.
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | | | | | PPL | Lead |
| 2011 Assembly election | 22 May 2011 | — | 58.2 | 53.9 15 | 23.7 6 | 8.6 2 | 2.1 0 | 6.8 2 | 30.2 |
| Infortécnica | 25 Apr–6 May 2011 | 406 | ? | 76.8 16/19 | 13.0 3/5 | 10.3 3/4 | – | – | 63.8 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo | 11–14 Apr 2011 | 300 | ? | 67.2 18/19 | 11.6 3 | 14.9 3/4 | – | – | 52.3 |
| CIS | 13 Apr 2011 | 300 | ? | 56.8 16 | 12.6 3 | 18.2 5 | 5.1 1 | – | 38.6 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo | 28–29 Dec 2010 | 300 | ? | 70.7 19/20 | 7.2 1/2 | 16.7 4 | – | – | 54.0 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo | 26–27 May 2010 | 300 | ? | 64.7 18/19 | 8.9 2 | 19.5 4/5 | – | – | 45.2 |
| 2009 EP election | 7 Jun 2009 | — | 33.0 | 56.1 (15) | – | 37.5 (10) | 3.3 (0) | – | 18.6 |
| 2008 general election | 9 Mar 2008 | — | 63.7 | 49.0 (13) | – | 48.1 (12) | 1.1 (0) | – | 0.9 |
| 2007 Assembly election | 27 May 2007 | — | 57.6 | 56.0 15 | 21.7 5 | 18.2 5 | – | – | 34.3 |

## Results

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Assembly of Melilla election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 16,852 | 53.91 | –2.05 | 15 | ±0 |
| | Coalition for Melilla (CpM) | 7,394 | 23.66 | +1.95 | 6 | +1 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 2,683 | 8.58 | –9.65 | 2 | –3 |
| | Populars in Freedom Party (PPL) | 2,128 | 6.81 | New | 2 | +2 |
| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 669 | 2.14 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Party of Democrats of Melilla (PDM) | 529 | 1.69 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Green Melilla Platform (PMV) | 504 | 1.61 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Alternative (AES) | 59 | 0.19 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Phalanx (FE) | 57 | 0.18 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 382 | 1.22 | –0.16 | | |
| Total | Total | 31,257 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 31,257 | 98.95 | –0.49 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 332 | 1.05 | +0.49 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 31,589 | 58.19 | +0.54 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 22,693 | 41.81 | –0.54 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 54,282 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
Popular vote
PP
53.91%
CpM
23.66%
PSOE
8.58%
PPL
6.81%
UPyD
2.14%
PDM
1.69%
PMV
1.61%
Others
0.37%
Blank ballots
1.22% :
Seats
PP
60.00%
CpM
24.00%
PSOE
8.00%
PPL
8.00% :