2007 Madrid City Council election

2007 Madrid City Council election

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All 57 seats in the City Council of Madrid
29 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered2,405,455 Red arrow down3.1%
Turnout1,585,441 (65.9%)
Red arrow down3.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Miguel Sebastián Ángel Pérez
Party PP PSOE IU
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 Green arrow up4 Red arrow down3 Green arrow up1
Popular vote 877,589 487,887 136,881
Percentage 55.6% 30.9% 8.7%
Swing Green arrow up4.3 pp Red arrow down5.8 pp Green arrow up1.5 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.