Madrid City Council election, 2007

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27 May 2007

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All 57 seats in the City Council of Madrid
29 seats needed for a majority

Registered

2,405,455

3.1%

Turnout

1,585,441 (65.9%)

3.0 pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón	Miguel Sebastián	Ángel Pérez
Party	PP	PSOE	IUCM
Leader since	16 October 2002	25 October 2006	26 January 2007
Last election	30 seats, 51.3%	21 seats, 36.7%	4 seats, 7.2%
Seats won	34	18	5
Seat change	4	3	1
Popular vote	877,589	487,887	136,881
Percentage	55.6%	30.9%	8.7%
Swing	4.3 pp	5.8 pp	1.5 pp

Mayor before election

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
PP

Elected Mayor

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
PP

The 2007 Madrid City Council election, also the 2007 Madrid municipal election, was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th City Council of the municipality of Madrid. All 57 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.

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón's People's Party (PP) went on to win the largest victory achieved by a candidate in a municipal election in Madrid to date, with over 55% of the votes and nearly 60% of the seats. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) plummeted barely above 1995 levels, while United Left (IU) recovered from its negative result in 2003 and gained support for the first time since 1995.

The City Council of Madrid (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Madrid) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Madrid, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the municipality of Madrid 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.

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