2011 Barcelona municipal election

A municipal election was held in Barcelona on 22 May 2011 to elect the 9th City Council of the municipality. All 41 seats in the City Council were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Registered1,163,594

5.7%

Turnout616,537 (53.0%)

3.4 pp

Quick facts All 41 seats in the City Council of Barcelona 21 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...

2011 Barcelona municipal election

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All 41 seats in the City Council of Barcelona
21 seats needed for a majority

Opinion polls

Registered

1,163,594

5.7%

Turnout

616,537 (53.0%)

3.4 pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Xavier Trias	Jordi Hereu	Alberto Fernández Díaz
Party	CiU	PSC–PM	PP
Leader since	17 May 2002	8 September 2006	17 July 2002
Last election	12 seats, 25.5%	14 seats, 29.9%	7 seats, 15.6%
Seats won	14	11	9
Seat change	2	3	2
Popular vote	174,122	134,193	104,475
Percentage	28.7%	22.1%	17.2%
Swing	3.2 pp	7.8 pp	1.6 pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Ricard Gomà	Jordi Portabella
Party	ICV–EUiA–E	UpB–ERC–RI.cat–DCat
Leader since	4 July 2010	16 May 1998
Last election	4 seats, 9.3%	4 seats, 8.8%
Seats won	5	2
Seat change	1	2
Popular vote	62,979	33,900
Percentage	10.4%	5.6%
Swing	1.1 pp	3.2 pp

Mayor before election

Jordi Hereu
PSC

Mayor after election

Xavier Trias
CiU

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Overview

Under the 1978 Constitution, the governance of municipalities in Spain—part of the country's local government system—was centered on the figure of city councils (Spanish: ayuntamientos), local corporations with independent legal personality composed of a mayor, a government council and an elected legislative assembly.^[1] The mayor was indirectly elected by the local assembly, requiring an absolute majority; otherwise, the candidate from the most-voted party automatically became mayor (ties were resolved by drawing lots).^[2] In the case of Barcelona, the top-tier administrative and governing body was the City Council of Barcelona.^[3]

Date

The term of local assemblies in Spain expired four years after the date of their previous election, with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 54 days before the scheduled election date and published on the following day in the Official State Gazette (BOE).^[4] The previous local elections were held on 27 May 2007, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 22 May 2011.

Local assemblies could not be dissolved before the expiration of their term, except in cases of mismanagement that seriously harmed the public interest and implied a breach of constitutional obligations, in which case the Council of Ministers could—optionally—decide to call a by-election.^[5]

Elections to the assemblies of local entities were officially called on 29 March 2011 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOE, setting election day for 22 May.^[6]

Electoral system

Voting for local assemblies was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the municipality and with full political rights (provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated), as well as resident non-national European citizens, and those whose country of origin allowed reciprocal voting by virtue of a treaty.^[7]

Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each municipality.^[8] Each municipality was a multi-member constituency, with a number of seats based on the following scale (amended for smaller municipalities in 2011):^[9]

More information Population, Councillors ...

Population	Councillors
<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

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The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.^[10]

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 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 sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list. In the case of Barcelona, as its population was over 1,000,001, at least 8,000 signatures were required.^[11] Additionally, a balanced composition of men and women was required in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition.^[12]

Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election:

More information Candidacy, Parties and alliances ...

Candidacy		Parties and alliances	Leading candidate		Ideology	Previous result		Gov.	Ref.
Candidacy		Parties and alliances	Leading candidate		Ideology	Vote %	Seats	Gov.	Ref.
	PSC–PM	List Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Jordi Hereu	Social democracy	29.9%	14		^[13] ^[14]
	CiU	List Convergence and Union (CiU) – Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) – Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)		Xavier Trias	Catalan nationalism Centrism	25.5%	12		^[15] ^[16]
	PP	List People's Party (PP)		Alberto Fernández Díaz	Conservatism Christian democracy	15.6%	7		^[17]
	ICV–EUiA–E	List Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV) United and Alternative Left (EUiA) – Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC) – Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC viu) – Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR)		Ricard Gomà	Regionalism Eco-socialism Green politics	9.3%	4		^[18] ^[19] ^[20]
	UpB–ERC– RI.cat–DCat	List Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) Independence Rally (RI.cat) Catalan Democracy (DCat)		Jordi Portabella	Catalan independence Left-wing nationalism Social democracy	8.8%	4		^[21] ^[22]

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Opinion polls

The tables below list opinion polling results 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 poll.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 21 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Barcelona.

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Exit poll

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout							Lead
Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout							Lead

2011 municipal election	22 May 2011	N/a	53.0	22.1 11	28.7 14	17.2 9	10.4 5	5.6 2	1.9 0	6.6

Ipsos–Eco/FORTA^{[p 1]}^{[p 2]}	22 May 2011	?	?	? 10/12	? 14/16	? 7/8	? 4/5	? 2/3	–	?
Ikerfel/Vocento^{[p 3]}^{[p 4]}	14 May 2011	900	?	27.2 12	30.9 14	14.9 6/7	? 4	? 4/5	–	3.7
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 5]}^{[p 6]}	12–13 May 2011	800	?	23.5 12	29.0 14	15.9 7/8	9.4 4/5	6.0 2/3	2.7 0	5.5
Sigma Dos/El Mundo^{[p 5]}^{[p 7]}	10–12 May 2011	400	?	26.2 12	32.1 14/15	17.1 7/8	8.6 4	7.8 3	–	5.9
Metroscopia/El País^{[p 8]}^{[p 9]}	10–11 May 2011	1,000	55.0	24.7 12	29.4 15	15.4 7	9.4 4	6.7 3	–	4.7
GAD/COPE^{[p 10]}^{[p 11]}	9 May 2011	?	?	24.5 12	30.2 14	18.1 8	8.5 4	7.9 3	–	5.7
TNS Demoscopia/Antena 3^{[p 12]}^{[p 13]}^{[p 14]}	2–3 May 2011	750	?	24.9 11/12	32.3 15/16	16.1 7/8	10.2 4	6.9 3/4	3.7 0	7.4
GAPS/CiU^{[p 15]}^{[p 16]}	26–29 Apr 2011	800	?	23.0– 24.6 11/12	33.4– 34.4 16/17	13.9– 14.9 6/7	8.7– 9.7 4	6.0– 7.0 2/3	–	9.8– 10.4
Noxa/La Vanguardia^{[p 17]}	25–27 Apr 2011	600	?	24.9 11/12	31.6 14/15	18.3 8	9.6 4	6.6 3	2.2 0	6.7
Sigma Dos/El Mundo^{[p 18]}	15–18 Apr 2011	400	?	26.2 12	32.5 15/16	19.3 8/9	6.7 3	5.4 2	–	6.3
CIS^{[p 19]}^{[p 20]}	17 Mar–17 Apr 2011	967	?	25.2 12	33.1 16	12.4 5	8.9 4	8.5 4	4.3 0	7.9
PSOE^{[p 21]}	1–15 Mar 2011	800	?	? 13	? 16	? 6	? 3	? 3	–	?
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 22]}^{[p 23]}	21–22 Feb 2011	800	?	24.6 11/12	35.3 16/17	14.3 6/7	8.0 3/4	7.5 3	–	10.7
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 24]}^{[p 25]}	31 Jan–1 Feb 2011	400	?^[a]	27.0 13	32.0 15	15.5 7	6.5 3	7.5 3	–	5.0
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 24]}^{[p 25]}	31 Jan–1 Feb 2011	400	?^[b]	18.5 9	38.0 18/19	15.5 7	8.0 3/4	8.0 3/4	–	19.5
Feedback/La Vanguardia^{[p 26]}	12–14 Jan 2011	600	60.0^[a]	33.4 15	34.3 16	13.4 6	6.4 2	5.1 2	–	0.9
Feedback/La Vanguardia^{[p 26]}	12–14 Jan 2011	600	60.0^[b]	21.3 10	42.5 19	13.7 6	7.0 3	8.1 3	–	21.2
Ara^{[p 27]}^{[p 28]}	8 Dec 2010	?	?	? 9/11	? 17/19	? 6	? 4/5	? 2/3	–	?
2010 regional election	28 Nov 2010	N/a	62.3	17.8 (9)	36.3 (18)	14.2 (7)	9.3 (4)	6.5 (3)	4.1 (0)	18.5
Sigma Dos/El Mundo^{[p 29]}^{[p 30]}	15–18 Nov 2010	400	?	25.5 11/12	31.5 14/15	17.1 8	10.1 4	6.7 3	3.5 0	6.0
GAPS/CiU^{[p 31]}^{[p 32]}	25–31 May 2010	817	?	20.0– 21.0 10/11	36.7– 37.7 17/19	13.2– 14.2 6/7	6.8– 7.8 2/3	6.0– 7.0 3	–	16.7
Noxa/La Vanguardia^{[p 33]}	24–27 May 2010	1,000	?	24.7 11	39.6 17	14.9 6	9.5 4	6.7 3	1.9 0	14.9
GAPS/CiU^{[p 31]}^{[p 34]}	28 Nov–10 Dec 2009	805	?	24.0– 25.0 11/12	32.7– 33.7 15/16	13.3– 14.3 6/7	9.2– 10.2 4/5	7.9– 8.9 3/4	1.8 0	8.7
Noxa/La Vanguardia^{[p 35]}	18–23 Nov 2009	1,000	?	28.8 13	30.1 13	17.4 7/8	11.0 4/5	7.5 3	3.9 0	1.3
2009 EP election	7 Jun 2009	N/a	40.5	32.7 (15)	21.7 (10)	20.7 (9)	8.0 (3)	8.4 (4)	0.4 (0)	11.0
GAPS/CiU^{[p 31]}^{[p 36]}^{[p 37]}	10–23 Mar 2009	810	?	26.9 13	32.8 15	14.0 6	8.6 4	7.6 3	2.0 0	5.9
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 38]}^{[p 39]}^{[p 40]}	1–3 Dec 2008	800	?	27.7 13/14	27.9 13/14	15.1 7	8.0 3/4	8.0 3/4	–	0.2
GAPS/CiU^{[p 41]}	21–30 May 2008	804	?	26.5– 27.5 12/13	28.2– 29.2 13/14	12.9– 13.9 5/7	8.7– 9.7 4/5	10.9– 11.9 4/6	1.5– 2.5 0	1.7
2008 general election	9 Mar 2008	N/a	72.2	42.8 (18)	20.7 (9)	18.3 (8)	6.4 (3)	7.0 (3)	0.9 (0)	22.1

2007 municipal election	27 May 2007	N/a	49.6	29.9 14	25.5 12	15.6 7	9.3 4	8.8 4	3.9 0	4.4

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Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size							?	N	Lead
Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size							?	N	Lead

2011 municipal election	22 May 2011	N/a	11.5	15.0	9.0	5.4	2.9	1.0	N/a	47.0	3.5

CIS^{[p 19]}	17 Mar–17 Apr 2011	967	17.4	23.4	5.4	5.0	6.1	1.8	26.2	9.7	6.0
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 22]}	21–22 Feb 2011	800	23.0	29.8	4.9	5.6	5.5	–	17.5	6.9	6.8
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 24]}	31 Jan–1 Feb 2011	400^[a]	23.8	27.3	7.8	4.3	6.3	–	20.1	6.5	3.5
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 24]}	31 Jan–1 Feb 2011	400^[b]	14.8	33.0	8.0	5.8	6.8	–	19.6	6.3	18.2
2010 regional election^[c]	28 Nov 2010	N/a	11.0	22.5	8.8	5.7	4.0	2.5	N/a	37.7	11.5
DYM/City Council^{[p 42]}	10–19 Jun 2010	800	10.7	18.1	2.3	4.4	3.7	–	36.5	15.1	7.4
DYM/City Council^{[p 43]}	25 Nov–3 Dec 2009	800	17.1	17.0	2.4	4.8	4.0	–	29.1	18.8	0.1
DYM/City Council^{[p 44]}	15–23 Jun 2009	799	15.8	14.6	1.8	4.9	6.6	0.4	32.7	17.3	1.2
2009 EP election^[c]	7 Jun 2009	N/a	13.2	8.7	8.3	3.2	3.4	0.2	N/a	59.5	4.5
DYM/City Council^{[p 45]}	3–12 Dec 2008	800	23.9	19.6	3.6	7.9	5.9	0.4	23.7	10.8	4.3
DYM/City Council^{[p 46]}	16–27 Jun 2008	800	22.4	20.0	3.2	7.0	5.3	0.7	22.9	13.2	2.4
2008 general election^[c]	9 Mar 2008	N/a	30.8	14.8	13.2	4.6	5.0	0.7	N/a	27.8	16.0
Central de Campo/City Council^{[p 47]}	26–28 Sep 2007	800	23.4	14.0	3.8	7.4	6.5	0.9	23.2	10.2	9.4

2007 municipal election	27 May 2007	N/a	14.8	12.6	7.7	4.6	4.4	1.9	N/a	50.4	2.2

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Victory preferences

The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a municipal election taking place.

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size							Other/ None	?	Lead
Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size							Other/ None	?	Lead
CIS^{[p 19]}	17 Mar–17 Apr 2011	967	20.9	27.7	6.3	6.8	6.2	1.9	10.1	20.1	6.8

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Victory likelihood

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a municipal election taking place.

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size							Other/ None	?	Lead
Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size							Other/ None	?	Lead
GAD/COPE^{[p 10]}	9 May 2011	?	29.0	43.0	7.0	–	–	–	21.0		14.0
CIS^{[p 19]}	17 Mar–17 Apr 2011	967	19.6	46.8	3.6	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.3	28.5	27.2
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 48]}	21–22 Feb 2011	800	23.6	51.9	4.0	0.1	0.4	–	0.1	19.9	28.3
Feedback/La Vanguardia^{[p 26]}	12–14 Jan 2011	600	18.4	57.3	–	–	–	–	1.3	23.0	38.9

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Preferred Mayor

The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become mayor of Barcelona.

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size									Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead

			Hereu PSC	Tura PSC	Trias CiU	F. Díaz PP	Mayol ICV–EUiA	Gomà ICV–EUiA	Portabella ERC	Cañas C's
GAPS/CiU^{[p 15]}	26–29 Apr 2011	800	20.4	–	28.6	<7.0	–	<7.0	<7.0	–	<30.0		8.2
Noxa/La Vanguardia^{[p 17]}	25–27 Apr 2011	600	28.0	–	26.0	8.0	3.0	6.0	–	–	18.0	11.0	2.0
CIS^{[p 19]}	17 Mar–17 Apr 2011	967	17.9	–	23.8	3.5	–	2.2	6.6	0.7	7.7	37.6	5.9
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 48]}	21–22 Feb 2011	800	19.3	2.6	15.9	1.4	1.5	1.8	–	–	57.5		3.4
GAPS/CiU^{[p 31]}	25–31 May 2010	817	10.4	–	28.3	6.9	–	2.8	7.0	–	20.6	24.0	17.9
GAPS/CiU^{[p 34]}	28 Nov–10 Dec 2009	805	16.6	–	23.0	7.2	–	5.0	9.0	–	19.3	19.9	6.4
Noxa/La Vanguardia^{[p 35]}	18–23 Nov 2009	1,000	25.0	–	22.0	7.0	–	10.0	9.0	–	18.0	7.0	3.0
GAPS/CiU^{[p 36]}	10–23 Mar 2009	810	22.8	–	23.3	5.9	–	2.5	8.0	–	18.6	21.6	0.5
GAPS/CiU^{[p 36]}	21–30 May 2008	804	16.8	–	18.3	6.1	7.5	–	7.2	–	22.7	21.4	1.5

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Hereu vs. Trias

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size			Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead

			Hereu PSC	Trias CiU
Metroscopia/El País^{[p 8]}	10–11 May 2011	1,000	34.0	42.0	24.0		8.0
GAPS/CiU^{[p 15]}	26–29 Apr 2011	800	32.0	47.9	20.1		15.9
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 48]}	21–22 Feb 2011	800	36.9	46.8	8.0	8.4	9.9
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 25]}	31 Jan–1 Feb 2011	400	26.3	52.3	8.5	13.1	26.0
Feedback/La Vanguardia^{[p 26]}	12–14 Jan 2011	600	30.4	48.2	21.4		17.8
GAPS/CiU^{[p 31]}	25–31 May 2010	817	22.9	51.4	19.3	6.4	28.5
Noxa/La Vanguardia^{[p 33]}	24–27 May 2010	1,000	25.0	54.0	16.0	5.0	29.0
GAPS/CiU^{[p 34]}	28 Nov–10 Dec 2009	805	32.2	45.1	17.3	5.5	12.9
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 38]}	1–3 Dec 2008	800	41.9	36.9	21.2		5.0

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Tura vs. Trias

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size			Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead

			Tura PSC	Trias CiU
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 25]}	31 Jan–1 Feb 2011	400	32.0	43.3	7.8	17.0	11.3
Feedback/La Vanguardia^{[p 26]}	12–14 Jan 2011	600	38.1	43.8	18.1		5.7

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Predicted Mayor

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood for each leader to become mayor.

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size						Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead

			Hereu PSC	Trias CiU	F. Díaz PP	Gomà ICV–EUiA	Portabella ERC
GAPS/CiU^{[p 15]}	26–29 Apr 2011	800	29.8	50.7	–	–	–	19.5		20.9
GAPS/CiU^{[p 31]}	25–31 May 2010	817	21.5	38.9	2.0	0.4	1.5	6.9	28.7	17.4
GAPS/CiU^{[p 31]}	28 Nov–10 Dec 2009	805	41.7	20.6	1.6	0.2	1.1	1.0	33.9	21.1

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Results

More information Parties and alliances, Popular vote ...

← Summary of the 22 May 2011 City Council of Barcelona election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Convergence and Union (CiU)	174,122	28.73	+3.27	14	+2
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia–Municipal Progress (PSC–PM)	134,193	22.14	−7.77	11	−3
	People's Party (PP)	104,475	17.24	+1.63	9	+2
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens–EUiA–Agreement (ICV–EUiA–E)	62,979	10.39	+1.04	5	+1
	Unity for Barcelona–Republican Left–Rally (UpB–ERC–RI.cat–DCat)	33,900	5.59	−3.22	2	−2

	Popular Unity Candidacy–Alternative for Barcelona (CUP–AxB)	11,833	1.95	New	0	±0
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	11,742	1.94	−1.94	0	±0
	Blank Seats–Citizens for Blank Votes (EB–CenB)	10,115	1.67	+1.29	0	±0
	Catalan Solidarity for Independence (SI)	6,823	1.13	New	0	±0
	The Greens–European Green Group (EV–GVE)	6,128	1.01	New	0	±0
	Pirates of Catalonia (Pirata.cat)	4,675	0.77	New	0	±0
	Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	4,308	0.71	+0.21	0	±0
	Platform for Catalonia (PxC)	3,405	0.56	+0.50	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	1,593	0.26	+0.14	0	±0
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	1,463	0.24	New	0	±0
	Pensioners in Action Party (PDLPEA)	1,382	0.23	New	0	±0
	The Barcelona of Neighbourhoods (LBB)	1,189	0.20	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Catalan People (PCPC)	979	0.16	±0.00	0	±0
	Open Your Eyes Party (PATO)	954	0.16	New	0	±0
	Left Republican Party–Republican Left (PRE–IR)	710	0.12	−0.01	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	624	0.10	+0.03	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFiV)	533	0.09	+0.01	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE de las JONS)	349	0.06	New	0	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	246	0.04	+0.01	0	±0
	Communist Unification of Spain (UCE)	219	0.04	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		27,107	4.47	+0.37

Total		606,046			41	±0

Valid votes		606,046	98.30	−1.18
Invalid votes		10,491	1.70	+1.18
Votes cast / turnout		616,537	52.99	+3.37
Abstentions		547,057	47.01	−3.37
Registered voters		1,163,594

Sources^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]

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Popular vote

CiU			28.73%
PSC–PM			22.14%
PP			17.24%
ICV–EUiA–E			10.39%
UpB–ERC–RI.cat			5.59%
CUP–AxB			1.95%
C's			1.94%
EB–CenB			1.67%
SI			1.13%
EV–GVE			1.01%
Others			3.73%
Blank ballots			4.47%

Seats

CiU			34.15%
PSC–PM			26.83%
PP			21.95%
ICV–EUiA–E			12.20%
UpB–ERC–RI.cat			4.88%

Aftermath

Government formation

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Ballot →		1 July 2011
Investiture
Required majority →		21 out of 41
	Xavier Trias (CiU) • CiU (15) • UpB (2)	17 / 41	Y
	Jordi Hereu (PSC) • PSC (11)	11 / 41	N
	Alberto Fernández Díaz (PP) • PP (8)	8 / 41	N
	Ricard Gomà (ICV–EUiA) • ICV–EUiA (5)	5 / 41	N
	Abstentions/Blank ballots	0 / 41
	Absentees	0 / 41
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2011 Barcelona municipal election

Overview

Date

Electoral system

Parties and candidates

Opinion polls

Voting intention estimates

Voting preferences

Victory preferences

Victory likelihood

Preferred Mayor

Predicted Mayor

Results

Aftermath

Government formation

Notes

References

Bibliography

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