2015 Madrilenian regional election

2015 Madrilenian regional election

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All 129 seats in the Assembly of Madrid 65 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	4,880,495 5.6%
Turnout	3,205,931 (65.7%) 0.2 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Cristina Cifuentes Ángel Gabilondo José Manuel López Party PP PSOE Podemos Leader since 6 March 2015 21 February 2015 1 April 2015 Last election 72 seats, 51.7% 36 seats, 26.3% Did not contest Seats won 48 37 27 Seat change 24 1 27 Popular vote 1,050,256 807,385 591,697 Percentage 33.1% 25.4% 18.6% Swing 18.6 pp 0.9 pp New party   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ignacio Aguado Luis García Montero Ramón Marcos Party C's IUCM–LV UPyD Leader since 2 March 2015 27 February 2015 18 October 2014 Last election 0 seats, 0.2% 13 seats, 9.6% 8 seats, 6.3% Seats won 17 0 0 Seat change 17 13 8 Popular vote 385,836 132,207 64,643 Percentage 12.2% 4.2% 2.0% Swing 12.0 pp 5.4 pp 4.3 pp
President before election Ignacio González PP Elected President Cristina Cifuentes PP

The 2015 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 10th Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 129 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The ruling People's Party (PP) emerged once again as the largest political force in the region, but it saw a substantial drop in its vote support and the loss of the absolute majority it had held almost uninterruptedly since 1995—with a brief interlude in 2003—. However, as both the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and newcomer Podemos fell one seat short of an absolute majority, it meant that the PP could remain in government through an agreement with liberal Citizens (C's). As a result, Cristina Cifuentes became the new President of the Community of Madrid, forming a minority government with C's providing confidence and supply. Cifuentes would be the third regional President in three years, after Esperanza Aguirre's resignation in 2012 and incumbent president Ignacio González not running for the office as a result of several scandals.

The strong performance of both Podemos and C's was at the expense of left-wing United Left (IU)—which lost its parliamentary representation for the first time in history as a result of not reaching the required 5% threshold—and Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD), whose parliamentary presence was ephemeral having only entered the regional parliament in 2011.