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2007 Barcelona City Council election

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2007 Barcelona City Council election
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All 41 seats in the City Council of Barcelona
21 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered1,234,368 Red arrow down3.7%
Turnout612,509 (49.6%)
Red arrow down9.6 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jordi Hereu Xavier Trias Alberto Fernández Díaz
Party PSC–PM CiU PP
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 Red arrow down1 Green arrow up3 Blue arrow right0
Popular vote 182,216 155,101 95,083
Percentage 29.9% 25.5% 15.6%
Swing Red arrow down3.7 pp Green arrow up4.1 pp Red arrow down0.5 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Imma Mayol Jordi Portabella
Party ICV–EUiA–EPM ERC–AM
Leader since 1998 1999
Last election 5 seats, 12.1% 5 seats, 12.8%
Seats won 4 4
Seat change Red arrow down1 Red arrow down1
Popular vote 56,953 53,707
Percentage 9.3% 8.8%
Swing Red arrow down2.8 pp Red arrow down4.0 pp
Mayor before election

Jordi Hereu
PSC

Elected Mayor

Jordi Hereu
PSC

The 2007 Barcelona City Council election, also the 2007 Barcelona municipal election, was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th City Council of the municipality of Barcelona. All 41 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Electoral system

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The City Council of Barcelona (Catalan: Ajuntament de Barcelona, Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Barcelona) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Barcelona, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly.[1] Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.[2] Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the municipality of Barcelona 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.

Local councillors 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 in each local council.[1][2] Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:

Population Councillors
<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 mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the appointee would be determined by lot.[1]

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 a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they were seeking election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. In the case of Barcelona, as its population was over 1,000,001, at least 8,000 signatures were required.[2]

Opinion polls

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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; 21 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Barcelona.

Color key:

  Exit poll

Results

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← Summary of the 27 May 2007 City Council of Barcelona election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia–Municipal Progress (PSC–PM) 182,216 29.91 –3.69 14 –1
Convergence and Union (CiU) 155,101 25.46 +4.05 12 +3
People's Party (PP) 95,083 15.61 –0.51 7 ±0
Initiative–EUiA–Agreement for Municipal Progress (ICV–EUiA–EPM) 56,953 9.35 –2.72 4 –1
Republican Left of Catalonia–Municipal Agreement (ERC–AM) 53,707 8.81 –3.99 4 –1
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–Alternative of Discontented Democrats (Ei–ADD) 2,290 0.38 +0.28 0 ±0
Catalan Republican Party (RC) 1,214 0.20 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Catalan People (PCPC) 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–FIC) 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
Family and Life Party (PFiV) 463 0.08 New 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 402 0.07 ±0.00 0 ±0
Platform for Catalonia (PxC) 351 0.06 +0.02 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 270 0.04 –0.03 0 ±0
Internationalist Struggle (LI (LIT–CI)) 209 0.03 ±0.00 0 ±0
Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn) 183 0.03 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 25,002 4.10 +2.42
Total 609,308 41 ±0
Valid votes 609,308 99.48 –0.17
Invalid votes 3,201 0.52 +0.17
Votes cast / turnout 612,509 49.62 –9.62
Abstentions 621,859 50.38 +9.62
Registered voters 1,234,368
Sources[6][7][8][9]
Popular vote
PSC–PM
 
 29.91%
CiU
 
 25.46%
PP
 
 15.61%
ICV–EUiA–EPM
 
 9.35%
ERC–AM
 
 8.81%
C's
 
 3.88%
Others
 
 2.89%
Blank ballots
 
 4.10%
Seats
PSC–PM
 
 34.15%
CiU
 
 29.27%
PP
 
 17.07%
ICV–EUiA–EPM
 
 9.76%
ERC–AM
 
 9.76%

References

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Opinion poll sources
  1. ^ a b "Sondejos". Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ^ "El PSC resiste el avance de CiU en Barcelona". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 19 May 2007.
  3. ^ "El PP se crece en Madrid y Valencia y el PSOE amarra Barcelona y Sevilla". El País (in Spanish). 21 May 2007.
  4. ^ "El tripartito repite en Barcelona pese a un ligero avance de CiU". El País (in Spanish). 21 May 2007.
  5. ^ a b "Ficha técnica de las encuestas. Barcelona". Ajuntament de Barcelona (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Hereu y Gallardón disienten sobre la seguridad en las grandes ciudades". El País (in Spanish). 8 May 2007.
  7. ^ "Una encuesta augura que el tripartito repite en BCN". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 8 May 2007.
  8. ^ "El PSC seguirá gobernando en Barcelona y mejora sus resultados". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 11 May 2007.
  9. ^ "INFORME BARCELONA CIUDAD. Mayo 2007". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 11 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-05-13. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  10. ^ "Preelectoral elecciones municipales, 2007. Ciudad de Barcelona (Estudio nº 2704. Abril-Mayo 2007)" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 11 May 2007.
  11. ^ "Hereu y Trias empatarían en las elecciones municipales de Barcelona, según una encuesta de CiU". Europa Press (in Spanish). 9 October 2006.
  12. ^ "Una encuesta de CiU ve un empate Trias-Clos si ahora hubiera elecciones". ABC (in Spanish). 29 November 2005.
Other
  1. ^ a b c Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local (Law 7) (in Spanish). 2 April 1985. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Electoral results. Parliament of Catalonia election 2006. Barcelona (Municipality)". Government of Catalonia (in Catalan). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Electoral Results Consultation. European Parliament. June 2004. Barcelona Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Congress. March 2004. Barcelona Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Election Results. Municipal Elections 2007. Barcelona". Government of Catalonia (in Catalan). Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Local election results, 27 May 2007" (PDF). Central Electoral Commission (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 2007. Barcelona Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Eleccions municipals a Barcelona (1979 - 2015)". Historia Electoral.com (in Catalan). Retrieved 30 September 2017.
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