2015 Zaragoza City Council election
The 2015 Zaragoza City Council election, also the 2015 Zaragoza municipal election, was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 10th City Council of the municipality of Zaragoza. All 31 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.
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All 31 seats in the City Council of Zaragoza 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 502,076 ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 328,920 (65.5%)![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Electoral system
The City Council of Zaragoza (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Sevilla) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Zaragoza, 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 and residing in the municipality of Zaragoza 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.[1][2][3]
Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.[1][2][3] Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:
Population | Councillors |
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<100 | 3 |
101–250 | 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 case of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee.[3]
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election. For the case of Zaragoza, as its population was between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures were required. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.[1][2]
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 given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 16 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Zaragoza.
- Color key:
Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls
Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | ![]() |
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Lead |
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2015 municipal election | 24 May 2015 | N/A | 65.5 | 26.9 10 |
18.7 6 |
6.8 2 |
[lower-alpha 2] | 2.8 0 |
1.5 0 |
[lower-alpha 2] | 12.3 4 |
24.6 9 |
2.3 |
GAD3/Antena 3[p 1] | 11–22 May 2015 | ? | ? | ? 9 |
? 6/7 |
? 2 |
[lower-alpha 2] | – | – | [lower-alpha 2] | ? 4/5 |
? 8/9 |
? |
SoydeZaragoza.es[p 2] | 16–17 May 2015 | 900 | ? | ? 9/10 |
? 6/7 |
? 2/3 |
[lower-alpha 2] | – | – | [lower-alpha 2] | ? 4/5 |
? 10/11 |
? |
JM&A/Público[p 3] | 12 May 2015 | ? | ? | ? 9 |
? 7 |
? 2 |
[lower-alpha 2] | – | – | [lower-alpha 2] | ? 5 |
? 8 |
? |
JM&A/Público[p 4][p 5] | 3 May 2015 | ? | ? | 25.8 9 |
20.2 7 |
6.8 2 |
[lower-alpha 2] | 3.6 0 |
1.4 0 |
[lower-alpha 2] | 16.3 5 |
22.0 8 |
3.8 |
GAD3/ABC[p 6] | 20–29 Apr 2015 | ? | ? | ? 9 |
? 7 |
? 2 |
[lower-alpha 2] | – | – | [lower-alpha 2] | ? 6 |
? 7 |
? |
A+M/Heraldo de Aragón[p 7][p 8] | 6–17 Apr 2015 | ? | ? | 27.0 9/11 |
20.3 7/8 |
7.8 1/2 |
[lower-alpha 2] | 4.1 0 |
1.2 0 |
[lower-alpha 2] | 15.0 5/6 |
20.5 7/8 |
6.5 |
CIS[p 9][p 10] | 23 Mar–20 Apr 2015 | 741 | ? | 27.3 9/10 |
20.0 7 |
7.1 2 |
[lower-alpha 2] | 4.4 0 |
– | [lower-alpha 2] | 14.4 5 |
21.8 7/8 |
5.5 |
ZGZ[p 11][p 12] | 24–29 Mar 2015 | 380 | 65.5 | 24.5 8/9 |
20.0 7/8 |
4.0 0 |
[lower-alpha 2] | 3.0 0 |
1.5 0 |
[lower-alpha 2] | 17.5 6/7 |
23.5 8/9 |
1.0 |
2014 EP election[4] | 25 May 2014 | N/A | 48.6 | 24.4 10 |
20.6 9 |
5.0 0 |
10.5 4 |
– | 10.0 4 |
11.0 4 |
3.6 0 |
– | 3.8 |
AC–MyWord/El Periódico[p 13][p 14] | 11 May 2014 | ? | 61.5 | 27.3 11 |
25.3 10 |
6.3 2 |
12.8 5 |
2.2 0 |
8.8 3 |
– | – | – | 2.0 |
A+M/Heraldo de Aragón[p 15][p 16] | 23 Apr 2014 | ? | ? | 32.1 10/11 |
29.4 9/10 |
8.7 2/3 |
7.2 2 |
5.2 0/1 |
10.8 3/4 |
– | – | – | 2.7 |
AC Consultores/El Periódico[lower-alpha 3][p 17][p 18] | 19 Jan 2014 | ? | 59.0 | 27.0 9/10 |
27.0 10/11 |
12.0 3/4 |
17.0 5/6 |
3.0 0 |
7.0 2 |
– | – | – | Tie |
AC Consultores/El Periódico[lower-alpha 3][p 19] | 21 Apr 2013 | ? | 57.0 | 21.0 8/9 |
32.0 10/11 |
12.0 3/4 |
18.0 5/6 |
2.0 0 |
14.0 3/4 |
– | – | – | 11.0 |
2011 general election[5] | 20 Nov 2011 | N/A | 72.8 | 45.8 15 |
29.3 10 |
[lower-alpha 4] | 12.7 4 |
[lower-alpha 5] | 7.4 2 |
– | – | – | 16.5 |
2011 municipal election | 22 May 2011 | N/A | 65.1 | 41.3 15 |
27.1 10 |
9.2 3 |
7.9 3 |
4.5 0 |
3.6 0 |
– | – | – | 14.2 |
Results
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Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
People's Party (PP) | 87,569 | 26.88 | –14.38 | 10 | –5 | |
Zaragoza in Common (ZGZ)1 | 80,055 | 24.57 | +16.65 | 9 | +6 | |
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 60,807 | 18.67 | –8.47 | 6 | –4 | |
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 40,018 | 12.28 | New | 4 | +4 | |
Aragonese Union (CHA) | 22,067 | 6.77 | –2.47 | 2 | –1 | |
Aragonese Party (PAR) | 9,185 | 2.82 | –1.72 | 0 | ±0 | |
Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 4,928 | 1.51 | –2.07 | 0 | ±0 | |
Blank Seats (EB) | 4,426 | 1.36 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 3,849 | 1.18 | +0.85 | 0 | ±0 | |
Commitment with Aragon (CCA) | 2,088 | 0.64 | +0.31 | 0 | ±0 | |
The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV) | 1,818 | 0.56 | +0.09 | 0 | ±0 | |
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 900 | 0.28 | +0.16 | 0 | ±0 | |
Republican Social Movement (MSR) | 629 | 0.19 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Aragonese Bloc (BAR) | 465 | 0.14 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Aragonese State (EAR) | 453 | 0.14 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Federation of Independents of Aragon (FIA) | 374 | 0.11 | –0.04 | 0 | ±0 | |
Blank ballots | 6,145 | 1.89 | –1.69 | |||
Total | 325,776 | 31 | ±0 | |||
Valid votes | 325,776 | 99.04 | +0.52 | |||
Invalid votes | 3,144 | 0.96 | –0.52 | |||
Votes cast / turnout | 328,920 | 65.51 | +0.38 | |||
Abstentions | 173,156 | 34.49 | –0.38 | |||
Registered voters | 502,076 | |||||
Sources[6][7][8] | ||||||
Notes
References
- Opinion poll sources
- "Encuestas y resultados - elecciones autonómicas y municipales del 24 de mayo de 2015". GAD3 (in Spanish). 28 May 2015.
- "Encuestas electorales al Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza". SoydeZaragoza.es (in Spanish). 17 May 2015.
- "El PP depende de C's para gobernar en Madrid, Valencia, Sevilla y Málaga". Público (in Spanish). 15 May 2015.
- "Ada Colau empata con Trias, Barberá se estrella en Valencia y Podemos tiene la llave en Sevilla". Público (in Spanish). 3 May 2015.
- "Tracking de sondeos en las capitales: la derecha sólo puede esperar que Ciudadanos salve al PP". Público (in Spanish). 3 May 2015.
- "Dos de cada diez antiguos votantes del PP se "fugan" a Ciudadanos". Público (in Spanish). 17 May 2015.
- "Resultados en las municipales de Zaragoza". Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 23 April 2015.
- "ELECCIONES MUNICIPALES ZARAGOZA". Público (in Spanish). 3 May 2015.
- "Preelectoral elecciones autonómicas y municipales 2015. Municipio de Zaragoza (Estudio nº 3064. Marzo-Abril 2015)" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 7 May 2015.
- "El PP se echa a la calle para recuperar a las clases medias". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 8 May 2015.
- "Empate técnico entre Zaragoza en Común y Partido Popular. La campaña será decisiva". Zaragoza en Común (in Spanish). 15 April 2015.
- "ZARAGOZA, Marzo 2015. Sondeo interno Zaragoza en Común". Electograph (in Spanish). 15 April 2015.
- "El PP ganaría las elecciones locales en Zaragoza por un estrecho margen". El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 11 May 2014.
- "ZARAGOZA, Mayo 2014. AC Consultores / MyWord / Periódico de Aragón". Electograph (in Spanish). 11 May 2014.
- "En Zaragoza: El PSOE, con dificultades para reeditar el acuerdo con CHA e IU". Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 23 April 2014.
- "ZARAGOZA, Abril 2014. A+M / Heraldo de Aragón". Electograph (in Spanish). 23 April 2014.
- "El PSOE ganaría en Zaragoza por un ajustado margen sobre el PP". El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 19 January 2014.
- "ZARAGOZA, Enero 2014. AC Consultores / El Periódico de Aragón". Electograph (in Spanish). 19 January 2014.
- "El PSOE ganaría las elecciones en Zaragoza y el PP se desplomaría". El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 21 April 2013.
- Other
- "General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- "Regulation of the Basis of Local Regimes Law of 1985". Law No. 7 of 2 April 1985. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- "Electoral Results Consultation. European Parliament. May 2014. Zaragoza Municipality". infoelectoral.mir.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- "Electoral Results Consultation. Congress. November 2011. Zaragoza Municipality". infoelectoral.mir.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- "Local election results, 24 May 2015, in Valencia, Valladolid, Zamora, Zaragoza, Ceuta and Melilla provinces" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 2015. Zaragoza Municipality". infoelectoral.mir.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- "Municipal elections in Zaragoza since 1979". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 24 February 2018.