# 2011 Madrilenian regional election

The 2011 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 9th Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 129 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The election was won by the People's Party (PP), which had formed the regional government since the 1995 election. Overall, the PP under incumbent President Esperanza Aguirre won 72 seats, although the party's overall vote share decreased. In contrast, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) under former Mayor of Parla Tomás Gómez had their worst result in terms of votes and seats up until that date. The third largest party, United Left (IU), polled their highest share of the vote since 1995, whereas Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD), a party formed after the 2007 election, surpassed the 5% threshold and entered the Assembly for the first time.

## Overview
### Electoral system

The Assembly of Madrid was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Madrid, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Madrilenian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president. Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Community of Madrid and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Madrilenians abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).
All members of the Assembly of Madrid 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 regionally. The Assembly was entitled to one member per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000.

### Election date

The term of the Assembly of Madrid expired four years after the date of its previous election, with elections to the Assembly being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 27 May 2007, setting the election date for the Assembly on Sunday, 22 May 2011.
The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Assembly of Madrid and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.

## 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 0.5 percent of the electorate in the Community of Madrid, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:
| Candidacy | Candidacy | Parties and alliances | Leading candidate | Leading candidate | Ideology | Previous result | Previous result | Gov. | Ref. |
| Candidacy | Candidacy | Parties and alliances | Leading candidate | Leading candidate | Ideology | Votes (%) | Seats | Gov. | Ref. |
| | PP | List People's Party (PP) | | Esperanza Aguirre | Conservatism Christian democracy | 53.29% | 67 | Y | |
| | PSOE | List Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | | Tomás Gómez | Social democracy | 33.57% | 42 | N | |
| | IUCM–LV | List United Left of the Community of Madrid (IUCM) The Greens (LV) | | Gregorio Gordo | Socialism Communism | 8.86% | 11 | N | |
| | UPyD | List Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | | Luis de Velasco | Social liberalism Radical centrism | New party | New party | N | |

## Campaign
### Election debates

2011 Madrilenian regional election debates :
| Date | Organisers | Moderator(s) | P Present | P Present | P Present | P Present | P Present |
| Date | Organisers | Moderator(s) | PP | PSOE | IUCM–LV | Audience | Ref. |
| 8 May | Telemadrid | Víctor Arribas | P Aguirre | P Gómez | P Gordo | 6.4% (175,000) | [6] [7] |

## 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.

### 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; 65 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid (61 until 1 January 2010).

#### Color key

Exit poll
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | | | | | Lead |
| 2011 regional election | 22 May 2011 | — | 65.9 | 51.7 72 | 26.3 36 | 9.6 13 | 6.3 8 | 25.4 |
| Ipsos–Eco/FORTA | 22 May 2011 | ? | ? | 52.6 72/74 | 25.0 33/36 | 9.8 12/14 | 6.0 8/9 | 27.6 |
| NC Report/La Razón | 3–10 May 2011 | ? | ? | 54.8 73/76 | 28.8 37/39 | ? 12/13 | ? 0/6 | 26.0 |
| Metroscopia/El País | 28–29 Apr 2011 | 600 | ? | 53.4 75 | 29.1 41 | 9.7 13 | 4.3 0 | 24.3 |
| GAD/COPE | 28 Apr 2011 | ? | ? | 54.0 75/76 | 28.3 39/40 | 10.6 13/14 | 3.1 0 | 25.7 |
| Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público | 25–28 Apr 2011 | 1,200 | ? | 52.3 73/74 | 33.3 46/47 | 7.0 9 | 3.4 0 | 19.0 |
| TNS Demoscopia/Antena 3 | 25–26 Apr 2011 | 1,000 | ? | 54.5 75/77 | 29.3 41/42 | 8.6 11/12 | 3.2 0 | 25.2 |
| NC Report/La Razón | 25 Apr 2011 | ? | ? | 55.1 73/76 | 28.3 37/39 | 9.4 12/13 | 4.8 0/6 | 26.8 |
| Ikerfel/Vocento | 15–20 Apr 2011 | 1,550 | ? | 54.6 77 | 30.4 42 | 7.3 10 | 3.7 0 | 24.2 |
| Celeste-Tel/Terra | 13–20 Apr 2011 | 600 | ? | 54.1 72 | 28.3 38 | 9.4 12 | 5.8 7 | 25.8 |
| CIS | 17 Mar–17 Apr 2011 | 1,528 | ? | 52.1 75 | 28.4 41 | 9.1 13 | 3.7 0 | 23.7 |
| Metroscopia/CEIM | 6–15 Apr 2011 | 4,100 | ? | 53.9 77 | 27.1 38 | 9.9 14 | 4.4 0 | 26.8 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo | 11–14 Apr 2011 | 500 | ? | 55.1 76/77 | 28.8 40/41 | 8.4 11 | 2.9 0 | 26.3 |
| NC Report/La Razón | 23–25 Feb 2011 | 1,000 | 69.1 | 54.9 73/76 | 28.5 37/39 | 9.7 12/13 | 4.4 0/6 | 26.4 |
| NC Report/La Razón | 24–27 Jan 2011 | 1,000 | 68.6 | 54.5 72/75 | 28.8 38/40 | 9.7 12/13 | 4.5 0/6 | 25.7 |
| DYM/ABC | 20–30 Dec 2010 | 514 | ? | 54.5 72/74 | 29.8 39/40 | 10.9 14 | 3.0 0/3 | 24.7 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo | 27–29 Dec 2010 | 500 | ? | 54.6 74/75 | 29.7 40/41 | 9.8 13 | 2.3 0 | 24.9 |
| Metroscopia/El País | 8–18 Nov 2010 | 3,605 | ? | 52.9 73 | 32.8 45 | 7.6 10 | 3.6 0 | 20.1 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo | 6–7 Oct 2010 | 800 | ? | 55.4 77 | 29.8 41/42 | 7.2 9/10 | 4.0 0 | 25.6 |
| Metroscopia/El País | 12 Sep 2010 | ? | ? | 51.6 | 32.2 | – | – | 19.4 |
| Metroscopia/El País | 12 Sep 2010 | ? | ? | 48.3 | 38.7 | – | – | 9.6 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo | 24–26 May 2010 | 500 | ? | 56.2 75/79 | 25.5 33/36 | 10.2 13/14 | 4.6 0/6 | 30.7 |
| Metroscopia/El País | 2 May 2010 | ? | ? | 50.6 66 | 32.9 43 | 9.0 11 | 6.2 8 | 17.7 |
| Obradoiro de Socioloxía/Público | 22 Mar–13 Apr 2010 | 804 | ? | 48.9 65/68 | 34.0 45/47 | 9.3 12/13 | 4.5 0/6 | 14.9 |
| Sigma Dos/El Mundo | 4–5 Nov 2009 | 500 | ? | 51.2 | 32.3 | 8.2 | 5.0 | 18.9 |
| 2009 EP election | 7 Jun 2009 | — | 50.4 | 48.6 (64) | 35.6 (47) | 4.5 (0) | 6.9 (9) | 13.0 |
| Metroscopia/El País | 29 Apr 2009 | 400 | ? | 50.6 65 | 32.8 42 | 10.6 13 | – | 17.8 |
| 2008 general election | 9 Mar 2008 | — | 79.1 | 49.2 (66) | 39.7 (54) | 4.7 (0) | 3.7 (0) | 9.5 |
| 2007 regional election | 27 May 2007 | — | 67.3 | 53.3 67 | 33.6 42 | 8.9 11 | – | 19.7 |
| ↑ Tomás Gómez as PSOE candidate hypothesis. ↑ Trinidad Jiménez as PSOE candidate hypothesis. |||||||||

## Results
### Overall

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 Assembly of Madrid 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) | 1,548,306 | 51.73 | –1.56 | 72 | +5 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 786,297 | 26.27 | –7.30 | 36 | –6 |
| | United Left of the Community of Madrid–The Greens (IUCM–LV) | 287,707 | 9.61 | +0.75 | 13 | +2 |
| | Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 189,055 | 6.32 | New | 8 | +8 |
| | Ecolo–Greens (Ecolo)$^1$ | 29,116 | 0.97 | –0.14 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB) | 19,220 | 0.64 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 15,897 | 0.53 | +0.30 | 0 | ±0 |
| | For a Fairer World (PUM+J) | 10,330 | 0.35 | +0.18 | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Phalanx (FE) | 6,424 | 0.21 | +0.12 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 5,656 | 0.19 | +0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 4,879 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 3,935 | 0.13 | +0.07 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Alternative (AES) | 3,690 | 0.12 | –0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Union for Leganés (ULEG) | 3,435 | 0.11 | +0.06 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) | 3,169 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Castilian Party (PCAS) | 1,722 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Centre and Democracy Forum (CyD) | 1,639 | 0.05 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn) | 1,300 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 71,458 | 2.39 | +0.66 | | |
| Total | Total | 2,993,235 | | | 129 | +9 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,993,235 | 98.32 | –1.23 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 51,114 | 1.68 | +1.23 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 3,044,349 | 65.86 | –1.45 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 1,578,401 | 34.14 | +1.45 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 4,622,750 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Ecolo–Greens results are compared to The Greens totals in the 2007 election. |||||||
Popular vote
PP
51.73%
PSOE
26.27%
IUCM–LV
9.61%
UPyD
6.32%
Others
3.69%
Blank ballots
2.39% :
Seats
PP
55.81%
PSOE
27.91%
IUCM–LV
10.08%
UPyD
6.20% :

### Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators sorted by order of election.
Elected legislators :
| # | Name | List |
| 1 | Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma | PP |
| 2 | Tomás Gómez Franco | PSOE |
| 3 | Jaime Ignacio González González | PP |
| 4 | Francisco José Granados Lerena | PP |
| 5 | María Amparo Valcarce García | PSOE |
| 6 | Beatriz María Elorriaga Pisarik | PP |
| 7 | Lucía Figar de Lacalle | PP |
| 8 | Gregorio Gordo Pradel | IUCM–LV |
| 9 | Juan Antonio Barranco Gallardo | PSOE |
| 10 | Antonio Germán Beteta Barreda | PP |
| 11 | Javier Fernández-Lasquetty Blanc | PP |
| 12 | Carmen Menéndez González-Palenzuela | PSOE |
| 13 | María Gador Ongil Cores | PP |
| 14 | Luis Velasco Rami | UPyD |
| 15 | Ana Isabel Mariño Ortega | PP |
| 16 | José Carmelo Cepeda García | PSOE |
| 17 | David Pérez García | PP |
| 18 | Eulalia Vaquero Gómez | IUCM–LV |
| 19 | Engracia Hidalgo Tena | PP |
| 20 | Matilde Fernández Sanz | PSOE |
| 21 | Juan Soler-Espiauba Gallo | PP |
| 22 | María Cristina Cifuentes Cuencas | PP |
| 23 | José Quintana Viar | PSOE |
| 24 | Pedro Muñoz Abrines | PP |
| 25 | Regino García-Badell Arias | PP |
| 26 | Rosa María Alcalá Chacón | PSOE |
| 27 | María Elvira Rodríguez Herrer | PP |
| 28 | Antero Ruiz López | IUCM–LV |
| 29 | Ramón Marcos Allo | UPyD |
| 30 | Esteban Parro del Prado | PP |
| 31 | Enrique Cascallana Gallastegui | PSOE |
| 32 | Luis Peral Guerra | PP |
| 33 | Rosa María Posada Chapado | PP |
| 34 | María Encarnación Moya Nieto | PSOE |
| 35 | José Ignacio Echeverría Echániz | PP |
| 36 | Alicia Delibes Liniers | PP |
| 37 | Carmen Villares Atienza | IUCM–LV |
| 38 | Eusebio González Jabonero | PSOE |
| 39 | Francisco de Borja Sarasola Jáudenes | PP |
| 40 | Juan Van Halen Acedo | PP |
| 41 | Josefa Dolores Pardo Ortiz | PSOE |
| 42 | Regina Plañiol Lacalle | PP |
| 43 | María Loreto Ruiz de Alda Moreno | UPyD |
| 44 | José María de Federico Corral | PP |
| 45 | José Manuel Franco Pardo | PSOE |
| 46 | Luis del Olmo Flórez | PP |
| 47 | Tania Sánchez Melero | IUCM–LV |
| 48 | Eva Piera Rojo | PP |
| 49 | María Helena Almazán Vicario | PSOE |
| 50 | Bartolomé González Jiménez | PP |
| 51 | María Eugenia Carballedo Berlanga | PP |
| 52 | Antonio Miguel Carmona Sancipriano | PSOE |
| 53 | Pedro Núñez Morgades | PP |
| 54 | Bonifacio de Santiago Prieto | PP |
| 55 | María Isabel Peces-Barba Martínez | PSOE |
| 56 | Francisco Javier Rodríguez Rodríguez | PP |
| 57 | María Josefa Amat Ruiz | IUCM–LV |
| 58 | Elvira María García Piñeiro | UPyD |
| 59 | María Pilar Liébana Montijano | PP |
| 60 | José Manuel Freire Campo | PSOE |
| 61 | Enrique Ruiz Escudero | PP |
| 62 | María Luz Bajo Prieto | PP |
| 63 | Carla Delgado Gómez | PSOE |
| 64 | Jesús Fermosel Díaz | PP |
| 65 | Íñigo Henríquez de Luna Losada | PP |
| 66 | José Luis García Sánchez | PSOE |
| 67 | Miguel Ángel Reneses González Solares | IUCM–LV |
| 68 | María Isabel Redondo Alcaide | PP |
| 69 | Sonsoles Trinidad Aboín Aboín | PP |
| 70 | María del Carmen Toledano Rico | PSOE |
| 71 | Jacobo Ramón Beltrán Pedreira | PP |
| 72 | Juan Luis Fabo Ordóñez | UPyD |
| 73 | María Nieves Margarita García Nieto | PP |
| 74 | Antonio Fernández Gordillo | PSOE |
| 75 | Álvaro Moraga Valiente | PP |
| 76 | Jesús Adriano Valverde Bocanegra | PP |
| 77 | Libertad Martínez Martínez | IUCM–LV |
| 78 | Laura Oliva García | PSOE |
| 79 | María Nadia Álvarez Padilla | PP |
| 80 | Francisco de Borja Carabante Muntada | PP |
| 81 | Óscar Iglesias Fernández | PSOE |
| 82 | Eduardo Oficialdegui Alonso de Celada | PP |
| 83 | Germán Alcayde Fort | PP |
| 84 | María Paz Martín Lozano | PSOE |
| 85 | Salvador Victoria Bolívar | PP |
| 86 | Mauricio Valiente Ots | IUCM–LV |
| 87 | Marta María Escudero Díaz-Tejeiro | PP |
| 88 | Enrique Normand de la Sotilla | UPyD |
| 89 | Mario Lisandro Salvatierra Saru | PSOE |
| 90 | Pilar Busó Borús | PP |
| 91 | Fernando Díaz Robles | PP |
| 92 | María Victoria Moreno Sanfrutos | PSOE |
| 93 | Colomán Trabado Pérez | PP |
| 94 | José Cabrera Orellana | PP |
| 95 | Jesús Miguel Dionisio Ballesteros | PSOE |
| 96 | María Espinosa de la Llave | IUCM–LV |
| 97 | María Inmaculada Sanz Otero | PP |
| 98 | María Carmen González Fernández | PP |
| 99 | Josefa Navarro Lanchas | PSOE |
| 100 | José Tomás Serrano Guio | PP |
| 101 | Raimundo Herraiz Romero | PP |
| 102 | Pedro Santín Fernández | PSOE |
| 103 | Alberto Reyero Zubiri | UPyD |
| 104 | Eva Tormo Mairena | PP |
| 105 | Ana Camins Martínez | PP |
| 106 | Sonia Conejero Palero | PSOE |
| 107 | Arsenio Rubén Bejarano Ferreras | IUCM–LV |
| 108 | Ángel Fernández Díaz | PP |
| 109 | José Miguel Moreno Torres | PP |
| 110 | Juan Segovia Noriega | PSOE |
| 111 | Carlos González Pereira | PP |
| 112 | María Belén Prado Sanjurjo | PP |
| 113 | María Teresa González Ausín | PSOE |
| 114 | María del Carmen Martín Irañeta | PP |
| 115 | María Isabel Moreno Martínez | IUCM–LV |
| 116 | Miguel Aguado Arnáez | PSOE |
| 117 | Álvaro González López | PP |
| 118 | Gabriel Julio López López | UPyD |
| 119 | José María Arribas del Barrio | PP |
| 120 | María Julia Martínez Torales | PSOE |
| 121 | Ignacio González Velayos | PP |
| 122 | Ana Abella Alava | PP |
| 123 | Eustaquio Jiménez Molero | PSOE |
| 124 | Francisco Javier Hernández Martínez | PP |
| 125 | Joaquín Sanz Arranz | IUCM–LV |
| 126 | Carmen Pérez-Llorca Zamora | PP |
| 127 | Modesto Nolla Estrada | PSOE |
| 128 | Antonio Pablo González Terol | PP |
| 129 | María Begoña García Martín | PP |

## Aftermath
### Government formation

Investiture processes to elect the President of the Community of Madrid required for an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 48 hours later requiring of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If none of such majorities were achieved, successive candidate proposals could be processed under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly would be automatically dissolved and a snap election called.
Investiture Esperanza Aguirre (PP) :
| Ballot → | Ballot → | 15 June 2011 |
| Required majority → | Required majority → | 65 out of 129 Y |
| | Yes • PP (72) | 72 / 129 |
| | No • PSOE (36) • IUCM–LV (13) • UPyD (8) | 57 / 129 |
| | Abstentions | 0 / 129 |
| | Absentees | 0 / 129 |
| Sources |||

### 2012 investiture

On 17 September 2012, Esperanza Aguirre announced her resignation as President of the Community of Madrid, being succeeded by Ignacio González.
Investiture Ignacio González (PP) :
| Ballot → | Ballot → | 26 September 2012 |
| Required majority → | Required majority → | 65 out of 129 Y |
| | Yes • PP (72) | 72 / 129 |
| | No • PSOE (34) • IUCM–LV (11) • UPyD (8) | 53 / 129 |
| | Abstentions | 0 / 129 |
| | Absentees • PSOE (2) • IUCM–LV (2) | 4 / 129 |
| Sources |||