2011 Madrid City Council election

2011 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
Registered	2,308,360 4.0%
Turnout	1,551,613 (67.2%) 1.3 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Jaime Lissavetzky Ángel Pérez Party PP PSOE IUCM–LV Leader since 16 October 2002 3 October 2010 26 January 2007 Last election 34 seats, 55.6% 18 seats, 30.9% 5 seats, 8.7% Seats won 31 15 6 Seat change 3 3 1 Popular vote 756,952 364,600 163,706 Percentage 49.7% 23.9% 10.7% Swing 5.9 pp 7.0 pp 2.0 pp   Fourth party   Leader David Ortega Party UPyD Leader since 9 October 2010 Last election Did not contest Seats won 5 Seat change 5 Popular vote 119,601 Percentage 7.9% Swing New party
Mayor before election Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón PP Elected Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón PP

The 2011 Madrid City Council election, also the 2011 Madrid municipal election, was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 9th 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.

The People's Party (PP) won its 6th consecutive absolute majority of seats in the City Council, albeit with a diminished voter base, suffering its worst loss of support in the city up until that time (120,000 votes, 6 percentage points and 3 seats were lost from 2007). Only the collapse of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) vote, which obtained the worst result of its history as a result of the criticised José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's premiership in the national government, was larger. United Left (IU) benefitted from the PSOE debacle, while newly founded Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) attracted votes from sectors disenchanted with both PSOE and PP and entered the City Council in the first election in which they stood.

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, who was re-elected for a third term in office, left the mayoralty in late 2011 to become Justice Minister, after his party won the 2011 Spanish general election and Mariano Rajoy was elected Prime Minister. He was succeeded as mayor by Ana Botella.