# 2019 Melilla Assembly election

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.

## Electoral system

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.
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.
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.

## 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 |
| 2019 Assembly election | 26 May 2019 | — | 63.4 | 37.8 10 | 30.6 8 | 14.4 4 | 5.6 1 | | | 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) | | | – | 16.9 (4) | 3.8 (0) | 3.5 |
| ElectoPanel/Electomanía | 31 Mar–7 Apr 2019 | ? | ? | 21.7 6 | 34.0 9 | 16.3 4 | 9.4 2 | | | – | 16.0 4 | 1.0 0 | 12.3 |
| SyM Consulting | 4–5 Apr 2019 | 756 | 54.9 | 23.7 6/7 | 30.9 8/9 | 13.8 4 | 9.3 2 | | – | – | 16.6 4 | – | 7.2 |
| ElectoPanel/Electomanía | 24–31 Mar 2019 | ? | ? | 20.6 5 | 35.0 10 | 16.0 4 | 9.2 2 | | | – | 16.7 4 | 1.0 0 | 14.4 |
| ElectoPanel/Electomanía | 17–24 Mar 2019 | ? | ? | 20.9 6 | 34.8 9 | 16.5 4 | 8.5 2 | | | – | 16.6 4 | 1.0 0 | 13.9 |
| ElectoPanel/Electomanía | 10–17 Mar 2019 | ? | ? | 20.3 5 | 34.8 9 | 15.8 4 | 7.2 2 | | | – | 19.7 5 | 1.0 0 | 14.5 |
| ElectoPanel/Electomanía | 3–10 Mar 2019 | ? | ? | 20.0 5 | 34.8 9 | 15.6 4 | 7.5 2 | | | – | 19.5 5 | 1.0 0 | 14.8 |
| ElectoPanel/Electomanía | 22 Feb–3 Mar 2019 | ? | ? | 19.9 5 | 35.0 9 | 15.2 4 | 7.7 2 | | | – | 19.7 5 | 0.9 0 | 15.1 |
| SyM Consulting | 1–2 Feb 2019 | 464 | 55.8 | 23.4 6/7 | 33.2 9 | 14.4 3/4 | 6.1 1 | | – | – | 18.2 5 | – | 9.8 |
| SyM Consulting | 11 Jan 2019 | ? | ? | 20.9 5/6 | 36.1 10 | 9.3 2 | 10.6 2/3 | | – | – | 18.6 5 | – | 15.2 |
| SyM Consulting | 7–9 Sep 2018 | 506 | 59.2 | 36.5 10 | 31.9 8/9 | 13.2 3 | 13.5 3/4 | | 0.9 0 | – | – | – | 4.6 |
| SyM Consulting | 24–26 Apr 2018 | 521 | 57.2 | 32.2 9 | 31.6 8/9 | 12.9 3 | 17.5 4/5 | | 2.0 0 | – | – | – | 0.6 |
| SyM Consulting | 8–9 Jan 2018 | 491 | 58.0 | 32.8 8/9 | 30.6 8/9 | 12.3 2/3 | 18.4 4/5 | | 2.1 0 | – | – | – | 2.2 |
| SyM Consulting | 13–14 Jun 2017 | 531 | 60.4 | 39.9 11 | 30.7 8/9 | 10.2 2/3 | 12.2 3 | | 3.1 0 | – | – | – | 9.2 |
| SyM Consulting | 14–15 Mar 2017 | 535 | 67.5 | 38.1 10/11 | 28.0 8 | 9.7 2/3 | 10.6 2/3 | | 3.7 0 | 0.6 0 | – | – | 10.1 |
| SyM Consulting | 10–11 Jan 2017 | 546 | 64.8 | 37.6 10 | 27.6 8 | 8.5 2 | 10.7 3 | | 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) | – | | 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 |

## Results

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 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)$^1$ | 12,943 | 37.84 | –10.31 | 10 | –3 |
| | Coalition for Melilla (CpM) | 10,472 | 30.62 | +4.21 | 8 | +1 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 4,928 | 14.41 | +1.82 | 4 | +1 |
| | Vox (Vox) | 2,655 | 7.76 | New | 2 | +2 |
| | Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) | 1,897 | 5.55 | –1.20 | 1 | –1 |
| | Forward Melilla (Adelante Melilla) | 667 | 1.95 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | United We Can–United Left (Podemos–IU)$^2$ | 408 | 1.19 | –2.20 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 77 | 0.23 | –0.87 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 158 | 0.46 | –0.52 | | |
| Total | Total | 34,205 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 34,205 | 99.45 | +0.68 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 188 | 0.55 | –0.68 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 34,393 | 57.94 | +1.79 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 24,962 | 42.06 | –1.79 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 59,355 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Party and Populars in Freedom Party in the 2015 election.$^2$ United We Can–United Left–Equo results are compared to the combined totals of We Can and United Left in the 2015 election. |||||||
Popular vote
PP
37.84%
CpM
30.62%
PSOE
14.41%
Vox
7.76%
Cs
5.55%
Adelante Melilla
1.95%
Podemos–IU
1.19%
UPyD
0.23%
Blank ballots
0.46% :
Seats
PP
40.00%
CpM
32.00%
PSOE
16.00%
Vox
8.00%
Cs
4.00% :

## Aftermath

Investiture :
| Ballot → | Ballot → | 15 June 2019 | 15 June 2019 |
| Required majority → | Required majority → | 13 out of 25 | 13 out of 25 |
| | Eduardo de Castro (Cs) • Cs (1) • CpM (8) • PSOE (4) | 13 / 25 | Y |
| | Juan José Imbroda (PP) • PP (10) • Vox (2) | 12 / 25 | N |
| | Blank ballots | 0 / 33 | 0 / 33 |
| | Absentees | 0 / 33 | 0 / 33 |
| Sources ||||