2007 Valencia City Council election

The 2007 Valencia City Council election, also the 2007 Valencia municipal election, was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th City Council of the municipality of Valencia. All 33 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.

2007 Valencia City Council election

27 May 2007
All 33 seats in the City Council of Valencia 17 seats needed for a majority
Registered	609,221 3.5%
Turnout	416,802 (68.4%) 0.1 pp
Leader Rita Barberá Carmen Alborch Amadeu Sanchis Party PP PSPV–PSOE EUPV–V–IR Leader since 1991 7 October 2006 2004 Last election 19 seats, 51.2% 12 seats, 30.8% 2 seats, 8.1% Seats won 21 12 0 Seat change 2 0 2 Popular vote 235,158 140,187 19,808 Percentage 56.7% 33.8% 4.8% Swing 5.5 pp 3.0 pp 3.3 pp
Mayor before election Rita Barberá PP Elected Mayor Rita Barberá PP

Electoral system

The City Council of Valencia (Valencian: Ajuntament de València, Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Valencia) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Valencia, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly.[1] Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.[2]

Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the municipality of Valencia 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. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.[1][2] Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:

Population	Councillors
<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 the event of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee.[1]

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they were seeking election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. For the case of Valencia, as its population was between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures were required.[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. 17 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Valencia.

Color key:

  Exit poll

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout						CV	Lead
2007 municipal election	27 May 2007	N/A	68.4	56.7 21	33.8 12	4.8 0	0.8 0	–	1.4 0	22.9
PP[p 1]	21 May 2007	818	?	55.9 19	31.9 12	5.7 2	–	–	–	24.0
Grup Marest/Levante-EMV[p 2]	10–16 May 2007	?	?	44.4 16	37.5 14	7.4 2	3.3 0	–	5.0 1	6.9
Opina/El País[p 3][p 4]	14 May 2007	600	?	56.0 19	36.0 12	5.5 2	–	–	–	20.0
Grup Marest/Levante-EMV[p 5]	28 Mar–5 Apr 2007	1,000	70.0	45.2 17	34.4 13	7.6 3	3.7 0	2.7 0	4.5 0	10.8
PP[p 6][p 7]	12 Mar 2007	?	?	? 19/20	? 11/12	? 2	–	–	–	?
PSPV[p 6][p 7]	12 Mar 2007	?	?	? 18/19	? 13	? 1/2	–	–	–	?
PP[p 8]	12 Feb 2007	?	?	? 18/19	? 12/13	? 2	–	–	–	?
PP[p 9]	13–24 Oct 2006	818	?	55.9 20	29.6 11	5.9 2	<4.0 0	<4.0 0	–	26.3
PSPV[p 10]	22–29 May 2006	900	?	47.8 17/18	36.5 13/14	7.4 2/3	–	–	–	11.3
PSPV[p 11]	16 Jan 2006	?	?	? 19	? 12	? 2	–	–	–	?
PP[p 12][p 13][p 14]	15 Oct–15 Nov 2005	800	?	53.6 19/20	29.3 10/11	9.8 3/4	2.0 0	1.3 0	–	24.3
2004 EP election[3]	13 Jun 2004	N/A	52.4	53.4 19	37.4 14	4.6 0	0.7 0	0.7 0	–	16.0
2004 general election[4]	14 Mar 2004	N/A	77.9	48.5 17	39.0 14	5.9 2	–	1.0 0	–	9.5
2003 municipal election	25 May 2003	N/A	68.5	51.2 19	30.8 12	7.3 2	3.6 0	2.6 0	–	20.4

Results

← Summary of the 27 May 2007 City Council of Valencia election results →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	235,158	56.67	+5.52	21	+2
	Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV–PSOE)	140,187	33.78	+2.96	12	±0
	United Left–Greens–Republican Left: Municipal Agreement (EUPV–V–IR)^1	19,808	4.77	–3.32	0	–2
	Valencian Coalition (CVa)	5,615	1.35	New	0	±0
	Valencian Union–The Eco-pacifist Greens (UV–LVEP)	3,279	0.79	–2.83	0	±0
	Republican Left of the Valencian Country–Municipal Agreement (ERPV–AM)	1,070	0.26	+0.10	0	±0
	Spain 2000 (E–2000)	775	0.19	±0.00	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	650	0.16	New	0	±0
	Movement for Change and Liberties (MpCL)	546	0.13	New	0	±0
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	539	0.13	New	0	±0
	Ordinary Citizens (CiCa)	504	0.12	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	370	0.09	New	0	±0
	United for Valencia (UxV)	369	0.09	New	0	±0
	National Democracy (DN)	255	0.06	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	213	0.05	–0.02	0	±0
	The Greens of Europe (LVdE)	0	0.00	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		5,644	1.36	–0.27
Total		414,982			33	±0
Valid votes		414,982	99.56	–0.16
Invalid votes		1,820	0.44	+0.16
Votes cast / turnout		416,802	68.42	–0.08
Abstentions		192,419	31.58	+0.08
Registered voters		609,221
Sources[5][6][7][8]

Popular vote PP   56.67% PSPV–PSOE   33.78% EUPV–V–IR   4.77% CVa   1.35% Others   2.07% Blank ballots   1.36%

Seats PP   63.64% PSPV–PSOE   36.36%

References

Opinion poll sources

1. "Un sondeo propio otorga a Barberá una holgada mayoría absoluta". ABC (in Spanish). 21 May 2007.
2. "Barberá empataría con PSPV-EU y Sentandreu tendría la llave del gobierno local de Valencia". Levante-EMV (in Spanish). 21 May 2007.
3. "El PP se crece en Madrid y Valencia y el PSOE amarra Barcelona y Sevilla". El País (in Spanish). 21 May 2007.
4. "Barberá mantiene la mayoría sin signos de fatiga en sus votantes". El País (in Spanish). 21 May 2007.
5. "Barberá gobernaría por un solo concejal". Levante-EMV (in Spanish). 15 April 2007.
6. "Barberá no afloja y roza ya los veinte concejales". ABC (in Spanish). 12 March 2007.
7. "Foto fija en Valencia". ABC (in Spanish). 3 May 2007.
8. "Rita Barberá sigue "intratable" según los sondeos internos de los populares". ABC (in Spanish). 12 February 2007.
9. "El PP revalidaría su mayoría absoluta en Valencia y "robaría" un concejal al PSPV". ABC (in Spanish). 13 December 2006.
10. "Rubio revela una encuesta que sitúa al PSPV como el preferido por los jóvenes". El País (in Spanish). 24 June 2006.
11. "Una encuesta del PSPV refleja que el PP repetiría mayoría absoluta en Valencia". ABC (in Spanish). 16 January 2006.
12. "Un sondeo del PP revela que Barberá volvería a tener mayoría absoluta". El País (in Spanish). 17 December 2005.
13. "Barberá fideliza electores y revalidaría hoy en Valencia su amplia mayoría absoluta Una encuesta interna del PP apunta que el PSOE perdería uno o dos ediles en favor de EU". ABC (in Spanish). 17 December 2005.
14. "Una encuesta del PP da la mayoría a Barberá con el 53% de votos y quita uno o dos ediles al PSPV". Levante-EMV (in Spanish). 17 December 2005.

Other

1. "Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local". Law No. 7 of 2 April 1985. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2020.
2. "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
3. "Electoral Results Consultation. European Parliament. June 2004. Valencia Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
4. "Electoral Results Consultation. Congress. March 2004. Valencia Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
5. "Local election results, 27 May 2007" (PDF). Central Electoral Commission (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 February 2018.
6. "Municipal Elections. Valencia" (PDF). www.valencia.es (in Spanish). City Council of Valencia. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
7. "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 2007. Valencia Municipality". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2017.
8. "Eleccions municipals a València (1979 - 2015)". Historia Electoral.com (in Catalan). Retrieved 30 September 2017.