The 2019 Melilla Assembly election was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 7th Assembly of the Autonomous City of Melilla. All 25 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.

Electoral system The Assembly of Melilla is the top-tier administrative and governing body of the autonomous city of Melilla. Voting for the Assembly is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Melilla and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allows Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty.

The 25 members of the Assembly of Melilla are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied. Parties not reaching the threshold are not taken into consideration for seat distribution.

The Mayor-President is indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause requires that mayoral candidates earn the vote of an absolute majority of members, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly shall be automatically appointed to the post. In case of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee.

Parties and candidates 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 at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.

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 poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 13 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Melilla.

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout PPL Lead 2019 Assembly election 26 May 2019 63.4 37.8 30.6 14.4 5.6 0.2 7.8 1.2 7.2 April 2019 general election 28 Apr 2019 63.0 23.9 20.4 20.7 12.9 – 16.9 3.8 3.5 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 31 Mar–7 Apr 2019?? 21.7 34.0 16.3 9.4 – 16.0 1.0 12.3 SyM Consulting 4–5 Apr 2019 756 54.9 23.7 30.9 13.8 9.3 – – 16.6 – 7.2 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 24–31 Mar 2019?? 20.6 35.0 16.0 9.2 – 16.7 1.0 14.4 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 17–24 Mar 2019?? 20.9 34.8 16.5 8.5 – 16.6 1.0 13.9 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 10–17 Mar 2019?? 20.3 34.8 15.8 7.2 – 19.7 1.0 14.5 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 3–10 Mar 2019?? 20.0 34.8 15.6 7.5 – 19.5 1.0 14.8 ElectoPanel/Electomanía 22 Feb–3 Mar 2019?? 19.9 35.0 15.2 7.7 – 19.7 0.9 15.1 SyM Consulting 1–2 Feb 2019 464 55.8 23.4 33.2 14.4 6.1 – – 18.2 – 9.8 SyM Consulting 11 Jan 2019?? 20.9 36.1 9.3 10.6 – – 18.6 – 15.2 SyM Consulting 7–9 Sep 2018 506 59.2 36.5 31.9 13.2 13.5 0.9 – – – 4.6 SyM Consulting 24–26 Apr 2018 521 57.2 32.2 31.6 12.9 17.5 2.0 – – – 0.6 SyM Consulting 8–9 Jan 2018 491 58.0 32.8 30.6 12.3 18.4 2.1 – – – 2.2 SyM Consulting 13–14 Jun 2017 531 60.4 39.9 30.7 10.2 12.2 3.1 – – – 9.2 SyM Consulting 14–15 Mar 2017 535 67.5 38.1 28.0 9.7 10.6 3.7 0.6 – – 10.1 SyM Consulting 10–11 Jan 2017 546 64.8 37.6 27.6 8.5 10.7 8.0 2.7 – – 10.0 2016 general election 26 Jun 2016 47.6 49.9 – 25.1 12.4 – 0.5 – 9.8 24.8 2015 general election 20 Dec 2015 49.4 43.9 – 24.6 15.5 – 11.4 0.9 – – 19.3 2015 Assembly election 24 May 2015 56.1 42.7 26.4 12.6 6.8 5.4 2.6 1.1 – – 16.3

Results + ← Summary of the 26 May 2019 Assembly of Melilla election results → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP)1 12,943 37.84 –10.31 10 –3 Coalition for Melilla (CpM) 10,472 30.62 +4.21 8 +1 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 4,928 14.41 +1.82 4 +1 Vox (Vox) 2,655 7.76 New 2 +2 Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 1,897 5.55 –1.20 1 –1 Forward Melilla (Adelante Melilla) 667 1.95 New 0 ±0 United We Can–United Left (Podemos–IU)2 408 1.19 –2.20 0 ±0 Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) 77 0.23 –0.87 0 ±0 Blank ballots 158 0.46 –0.52 Total 34,205 25 ±0 Valid votes 34,205 99.45 +0.68 Invalid votes 188 0.55 –0.68 Votes cast / turnout 34,393 57.94 +1.79 Abstentions 24,962 42.06 –1.79 Registered voters 59,355 Sources

Aftermath Investiture Ballot → 15 June 2019 Required majority → 13 out of 25 Blank ballots Absentees Sources

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