Madrid City Council election, 1991

Madrid City Council election, 1991

← 1987 26 May 1991 1995 →
All 57 seats in the Madrid City Council 29 seats needed for a majority
Registered	2,524,947 6.3%
Turnout	1,493,222 (59.1%) 11.0 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader José María Álvarez del Manzano Juan Barranco Francisco Herrera Party PP PSOE IU Leader since 10 October 1986 19 January 1986 7 June 1990 Leader's seat Madrid Madrid Madrid Last election 20 seats, 34.0% 24 seats, 40.5% 3 seats, 6.1% Seats won 30 21 6 Seat change 10 3 3 Popular vote 702,834 510,556 144,640 Percentage 47.2% 34.3% 9.7% Swing 13.2 pp 6.2 pp 3.6 pp   Fourth party   Leader José Ramón Lasuén Party CDS Leader since 22 March 1991 Leader's seat Madrid Last election 8 seats, 15.1% Seats won 0 Seat change 8 Popular vote 43,112 Percentage 2.9% Swing 12.2 pp
Mayor before election Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún CDS Elected Mayor José María Álvarez del Manzano PP

Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún
CDS

José María Álvarez del Manzano
PP

The 1991 Madrid City Council election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the city council of the municipality of Madrid. All 57 seats in the City Council were up for election.

The People's Party (PP), People's Alliance new electoral brand, went on to win a City Council election in Madrid for the first time with an absolute majority of seats. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) continued its decline in the city and lost 3 seats and around 150,000 votes, while United Left (IU) recovered from its 1987 debacle and, for the first time since 1979, increased in seats and votes. The ruling Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), whose local leader Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún had announced his intention not to run for re-election, all but disappeared from the Council after failing to meet the required 5% threshold.

As a result of the election, José María Álvarez del Manzano was elected Mayor unopposed, a post he would retain until 2003, becoming the longest-serving democratically elected Mayor of Madrid.

The number of seats in the Madrid City Council was determined by the population count. According to the municipal electoral law, the population-seat relationship on each municipality was to be established on the following scale:

Additionally, for populations greater than 100,000, 1 seat was to be added per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction, according to the most updated census data, and adding 1 more seat if the resulting seat count gives an even number. As the updated population census for the 1991 election was 3,120,732, the Madrid City Council size was set to 57 seats.

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