2015 Madrilenian regional election

2015 Madrilenian regional election

24 May 2015
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.

Overview

Electoral system

The Assembly of Madrid was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Madrid, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Madrilenian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.^[1] Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Community of Madrid and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Madrilenians abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).^[2]

All members of the Assembly of Madrid were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. The Assembly was entitled to one member per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000.^[1][3]

Election date

The term of the Assembly of Madrid expired four years after the date of its previous election, with elections to the Assembly being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 22 May 2011, setting the election date for the Assembly on Sunday, 24 May 2015.^[1][3][4]

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Assembly of Madrid and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution.^[5] In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.^[1]

Background

After the 2011 regional election, the People's Party (PP) was re-elected to a fourth consecutive term in office with an absolute majority of seats, with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) under Tomás Gómez obtaining the worst result of its history in the region up until that point. On 17 September 2012, President Esperanza Aguirre, who had renewed the office for a third term, resigned allegedly a result of health issues but also for "personal reasons", being succeeded in the presidency by her deputy, Ignacio González.^[6]

Opinion polls from 2012 predicted a drop in vote support for the PP, to the point that it could lose the absolute majority it had enjoyed almost uninterruptedly since 1995. The same polls had shown that the PSOE remained unable to capitalize on the PP government's electoral wear. On the 2014 European Parliament election, both parties obtained historic lows in the region: with 29.9%, the PP result was its lowest since 1989, while the PSOE's result at 18.9% was the party's lowest score ever. A newly created party, Podemos, was able to poll at 11.3%, placing itself as the third political force of the community and within striking distance of the PSOE.^[7] Podemos's growth in opinion polls since mid-to-late 2014 at the expense of the PSOE's vote inspired fears within the party that it could be displaced to third place both regionally and nationally.^[8]

Parliamentary composition

The Assembly of Madrid was officially dissolved on 31 March 2015, after the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid.^[9] The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the Assembly at the time of dissolution.^[10]

Parliamentary composition in March 2015

Groups		Parties		Legislators
				Seats	Total
	People's Parliamentary Group		PP	71	71
	Socialist Parliamentary Group		PSOE	36	36
	United Left–The Greens Parliamentary Group		IUCM	13	13
	UPyD Parliamentary Group		UPyD	8	8
	Non-Inscrits		INDEP	1[a]	1

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 0.5 percent of the electorate in the Community of Madrid, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.^[3][4]

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

Candidacy		Parties and alliances	Leading candidate		Ideology	Previous result		Gov.	Ref.
						Votes (%)	Seats
	PP	List People's Party (PP)		Cristina Cifuentes	Conservatism Christian democracy	51.73%	72	Y	[12]
	PSOE	List Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Ángel Gabilondo	Social democracy	26.27%	36	N	[13]
	IUCM–LV	List United Left of the Community of Madrid (IUCM) The Greens (LV)		Luis García Montero	Socialism Communism	9.61%	13	N	[14]
	UPyD	List Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)		Ramón Marcos	Social liberalism Radical centrism	6.32%	8	N	[15]
	C's	List Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)		Ignacio Aguado	Liberalism	0.16%	0	N	[16]
	Podemos	List We Can (Podemos) Equo (Equo)		José Manuel López	Left-wing populism Direct democracy Democratic socialism	New party		N	[17]

On 11 February 2015, PSOE secretary-general Pedro Sánchez removed Tomás Gómez, PSOE candidate for the 2015 regional election,^[18] from the party's regional leadership.^[19][20] The decision came, allegedly, after suspicions of Gómez being involved in a tram project corruption scandal during his time as Mayor of Parla,^[21][22] though electoral motives may have helped hasten the move, as Gómez was deemed a bad candidate as Rafael Simancas later recognized.^[23] Ángel Gabilondo, former Education minister in José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's cabinet from 2009 to 2011, was selected as PSOE's leading candidate in the region replacing Gómez on 21 February 2015.^[13]

In United Left (IU), Tania Sánchez, elected as party's presidential candidate in a primary election held on 1 December 2014,^[24] had left the party on 4 February 2015 alongside a number of supporters, over an internal conflict with the party's regional leadership, involved in the Caja Madrid "black" credit cards scandal.^[25] Luis García Montero, a Spanish poet and literary critic, was selected to replace Sánchez' as IU candidate to the Community of Madrid.^[14]

The PP had not yet proclaimed a candidate as of February 2015, despite incumbent President Ignacio González being widely presumed to stand for a second term in office.^[26] On 2 March 2015, Spanish newspaper El Mundo's headlines pointed out that González' had asked National Police officers to withhold information over an ongoing investigation on him about a possible tax fraud in the purchase of a luxury penthouse.^[27] González announced that he was the victim of policial 'blackmail' and reiterated his wish to be his party's candidate for the 2015 election.^[28] However, rumours arose in the media that the party's leadership had withdrawn their support from González and expected him to eventually give up on his intention to run.^[29] Finally, on 6 March 2015, incumbent Government delegate in Madrid Cristina Cifuentes was chosen as PP candidate for the autonomous community, while former regional president Esperanza Aguirre was nominated as candidate to the City Council of Madrid.^[12]

Campaign

Election debates

2015 Madrilenian regional election debates

Date	Organisers	Moderator(s)	P  Present[b]
			PP	PSOE	IUCM–LV	UPyD	C's	Podemos	Audience	Ref.
11 May	Telemadrid	Ana Samboal	P Cifuentes	P Gabilondo	P G. Montero	P Marcos	P Aguado	P López	4.9% (124,000)	[30] [31]

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.

Graphical summary

Local regression trend line of poll results from 22 May 2011 to 24 May 2015, with each line corresponding to a political party.

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; 65 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid.

Color key:

  Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls   Exit poll

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout								Lead
2015 regional election	24 May 2015	—	65.7	33.1 48	25.4 37	4.2 0	2.0 0	–	12.2 17	18.6 27	7.7
TNS Demoscopia/RTVE–FORTA[p 1]	24 May 2015	?	?	30.8 43/46	24.4 33/36	4.7 0/6	0.9 0	–	12.0 16/18	22.3 30/33	6.4
GAD3/Antena 3[p 2]	11–22 May 2015	?	?	? 45/47	? 29/32	? 7/8	–	–	? 19/20	? 25/26	?
GAD3/ABC[p 3]	17 May 2015	?	?	32.8 45/47	22.9 31/33	4.5 0/6	0.7 0	–	17.6 24/25	16.8 23/24	9.9
NC Report/La Razón[p 4][p 5][p 6]	17 May 2015	400	?	35.4 47/48	20.7 27/28	5.9 7/8	1.4 0	–	18.9 25/26	15.7 21/22	14.7
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 7][p 8]	11–14 May 2015	1,200	?	34.3 46/47	20.4 27	5.2 6/7	–	–	17.6 23/24	19.2 25/26	13.9
Encuestamos[p 9]	1–12 May 2015	?	?	29.1 39/42	27.0 35/38	5.4 0/6	1.1 0	–	15.2 20/23	17.9 24/26	2.1
Sigma Dos/Mediaset[p 10]	4–7 May 2015	1,800	?	35.1 48/49	19.7 26/27	5.1 6/7	–	–	17.5 23/24	17.9 24	15.4
MyWord/Cadena SER[p 11][p 12]	29 Apr–6 May 2015	801	?	31.8 44/48	19.9 27/30	4.8 0/6	2.1 0	–	17.5 24/26	19.4 27/29	11.9
InvyMark/laSexta[p 13]	27–30 Apr 2015	?	?	33.7 48	22.6 32	4.1 0	1.4 0	–	16.1 23	18.6 26	11.1
Metroscopia/El País[p 14][p 15]	27–28 Apr 2015	1,200	72	27.2 36	21.6 29	5.5 7	–	–	21.4 29	20.7 28	5.6
Idea Nomina Data/Público[p 16]	15–25 Apr 2015	2,065	?	29.0– 32.0 39/43	17.0– 20.0 25/28	3.0– 5.0 0	0.5– 2.5 0	–	20.0– 23.0 29/31	20.0– 23.0 29/31	9.0
Cámara de Comercio[p 17]	23 Apr 2015	?	?	? 39	? 30	? 8	–	–	? 24	? 28	?
Deimos Estadística[p 18]	16–23 Apr 2015	1,210	68.4	36.6 53/54	21.2 29/30	4.3 0	2.0 0	–	17.2 23/24	15.6 22/23	15.4
GAD3/ABC[p 19]	13–20 Apr 2015	1,008	?	32.1 44/46	23.3 32/33	4.7 0/6	0.9 0	–	17.9 24/26	16.9 23/24	8.8
CIS[p 20][p 21]	23 Mar–19 Apr 2015	1,512	?	34.7 48/49	20.0 27/28	5.4 7	2.5 0	–	16.3 22/23	17.3 24	14.7
Sigma Dos/Mediaset[p 22]	14–16 Apr 2015	1,800	?	34.6 46/48	19.4 26	5.9 7/8	1.0 0	–	17.2 23	19.1 25/26	15.2
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 23][p 24]	25–26 Mar 2015	1,200	?	32.8 44/45	20.7 28	6.5 8/9	1.8 0	–	16.6 22/23	19.2 25/26	12.1
NC Report/La Razón[p 25][p 26][p 27]	2–12 Mar 2015	400	?	36.1 48/49	21.4 28/29	5.8 9/10	1.8 0	–	17.7 23/24	15.4 20/21	14.7
Metroscopia/El País[p 28][p 29]	19–20 Feb 2015	1,200	73	28.0 38	17.0 23	5.5 7	5.0 6	–	15.8 21	24.6 34	3.4
PP[p 30][p 31]	18 Feb 2015	?	?[i]	? 63	? 24	–	–	–	? 8	? 34	?
			?[ii]	? 59	? 26	–	–	–	? 9	? 35	?
InvyMark/laSexta[p 32]	12–13 Feb 2015	1,600	?	38.8 59	17.3 26	4.5 0	4.6 0	–	6.0 9	23.6 35	15.2
Metroscopia/El País[p 29][p 33][p 34]	11 Feb 2015	800	?	27.5 37	23.7 32	6.0 8	5.4 7	–	15.4 20	18.5 25	3.8
PP[p 35][p 36]	4 Feb 2015	?	?	? 55	? 19	? 5	? 0	–	? 12	? 38	?
			?	? 51/53	? 23/25	? 7	? 7	–	? 7	? 30/32	?
Metroscopia/El País[p 29]	26 Jan 2015	?	?	23.8 33	19.4 27	7.9 11	6.9 9	–	10.5 14	25.2 35	1.4
Metroscopia/El País[p 29]	24 Nov 2014	?	?	28.0 39	19.7 27	8.3 11	9.4 13	–	–	28.6 39	0.6
Llorente & Cuenca[p 37]	31 Oct 2014	?	?	? 51/55	? 24/27	? 10/14	? 11/14	–	–	? 25/30	?
GAD3/ABC[p 38]	5–11 Sep 2014	1,000	71.0	41.8 61	16.4 24	5.4 8	7.7 11	1.0 0	4.4 0	17.5 25	24.3
Metroscopia/El País[p 29]	8 Sep 2014	?	?	35.7 50	20.6 28	8.7 12	8.7 12	–	–	19.9 27	15.1
2014 EP election[p 39]	25 May 2014	—	46.5	30.0 (48)	19.0 (30)	10.6 (16)	10.6 (17)	2.0 (0)	4.8 (0)	11.4 (18)	11.0
Metroscopia/El País[p 40][p 41][p 42]	24–28 Apr 2014	1,200	60	36.7 53	21.3 31	18.8 27	12.7 18	–	–	–	15.4
InvyMark/laSexta[p 43]	21–25 Apr 2014	?	?	42.3 60	23.9 34	14.4 20	10.5 15	–	–	–	18.4
La Vanguardia[p 44]	30 Mar 2014	?	?	37.2 54	24.3 35	15.8 22	12.4 18	–	–	–	12.9
NC Report/La Razón[p 45][p 46]	15 Oct–12 Nov 2013	?	?	37.9 52/53	23.4 33/34	17.7 24/25	13.4 18/19	–	–	–	14.5
NC Report/La Razón[p 47][p 48][p 49]	15 Apr–10 May 2013	350	?	39.4 56/57	22.3 31/32	? 24/25	? 16/17	–	–	–	17.1
Metroscopia/El País[p 50][p 51][p 52]	29 Apr 2013	600	58	35.2 54	20.1 30	18.9 29	10.4 16	–	–	–	15.1
2011 general election	20 Nov 2011	—	73.3	51.0 (69)	26.0 (35)	8.0 (11)	10.3 (14)	1.9 (0)	–	–	25.0
2011 regional election	22 May 2011	—	65.9	51.7 72	26.3 36	9.6 13	6.3 8	1.0 0	0.2 0	–	25.4
Cristina Cifuentes as PP candidate hypothesis. Ignacio González as PP candidate hypothesis.

Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size							?	N	Lead
2015 regional election	24 May 2015	—	22.6	17.4	2.8	1.4	8.3	12.7	—	31.1	5.2
MyWord/Cadena SER[p 12]	29 Apr–6 May 2015	801	16.0	9.6	3.5	0.9	13.7	14.1	29.8	6.4	1.9
Metroscopia/El País[p 15]	27–28 Apr 2015	1,200	18.2	12.8	3.3	0.2	13.1	13.6	31.4	4.6	4.6
CIS[p 20]	23 Mar–19 Apr 2015	1,512	14.7	11.6	3.5	1.3	10.6	13.8	32.5	8.8	0.9
Metroscopia/El País[p 29]	19–20 Feb 2015	1,200	16.9	9.1	2.6	3.0	9.5	15.4	38.6		1.5
Metroscopia/El País[p 33]	11 Feb 2015	800	18.0	19.2	2.6	2.8	8.8	13.6	–	–	1.2
Metroscopia/El País[p 33]	26 Jan 2015	?	15.4	11.0	4.2	3.9	5.3	17.8	–	–	2.4
2014 EP election	25 May 2014	—	14.3	9.1	5.1	5.1	2.3	5.4	—	51.5	5.2
Metroscopia/El País[p 42]	24–28 Apr 2014	1,200	18.9	10.3	10.7	7.2	–	–	21.7	21.6	8.2
Metroscopia/El País[p 53]	29 Apr 2013	600	18.5	12.8	11.6	6.3	–	–	14.3	26.8	5.7
2011 general election	20 Nov 2011	—	38.4	19.6	6.0	7.7	–	–	—	24.0	18.8
2011 regional election	22 May 2011	—	34.8	17.6	6.5	4.2	0.1	–	—	31.7	17.2

Victory preferences

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

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size							Other/ None	?	Lead
CIS[p 20]	23 Mar–19 Apr 2015	1,512	20.0	16.6	3.6	1.4	11.4	16.3	7.7	23.0	3.4

Victory likelihood

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

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size							Other/ None	?	Lead
CIS[p 20]	23 Mar–19 Apr 2015	1,512	52.4	12.6	0.1	0.1	0.7	4.3	1.1	28.7	39.8

Preferred President

The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Community of Madrid.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size							Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead
			Cifuentes PP	Gabilondo PSOE	Montero IUCM–LV	Marcos UPyD	Aguado Cs	López Podemos
CIS[p 20]	23 Mar–19 Apr 2015	1,512	22.5	18.7	2.8	1.4	3.5	5.2	4.9	41.0	3.8

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 24 May 2015 Assembly of Madrid election results →

Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	1,050,256	33.08	–18.65	48	–24
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	807,385	25.43	–0.84	37	+1
	We Can (Podemos)	591,697	18.64	New	27	+27
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (C's)	385,836	12.15	+11.99	17	+17
	United Left of the Community of Madrid–The Greens (IUCM–LV)	132,207	4.16	–5.47	0	–13
	Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD)	64,643	2.04	–4.28	0	–8
	Vox (Vox)	37,491	1.18	New	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	32,228	1.02	+0.49	0	±0
	Spain 2000 (E–2000)	6,037	0.19	New	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)	5,550	0.17	New	0	±0
	Union for Leganés (ULEG)	5,442	0.17	+0.08	0	±0
	Zero Cuts (Recortes Cero)	4,138	0.13	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	3,460	0.11	–0.02	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)	3,196	0.10	–0.09	0	±0
	The National Coalition (LCN)	2,747	0.09	New	0	±0
	Spanish Alternative (AES)	2,552	0.08	–0.04	0	±0
	Individual Freedom Party (P–LIB)	1,860	0.06	New	0	±0
	Castilian Party–Commoners' Land: Pact (PCAS–TC–Pacto)	1,755	0.06	±0.00	0	±0
	Internationalist Solidarity and Self-Management (SAIn)	1,378	0.04	±0.00	0	±0
Blank ballots		34,856	1.10	–1.29
Total		3,174,714			129	±0
Valid votes		3,174,714	99.03	+0.71
Invalid votes		31,217	0.97	–0.71
Votes cast / turnout		3,205,931	65.69	–0.17
Abstentions		1,674,564	34.31	+0.17
Registered voters		4,880,495
Sources[10][32]

Popular vote PP   33.08% PSOE   25.43% Podemos   18.64% C's   12.15% IUCM–LV   4.16% UPyD   2.04% Vox   1.18% PACMA   1.02% Others   1.20% Blank ballots   1.10%

Seats PP   37.21% PSOE   28.68% Podemos   20.93% C's   13.18%

Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators sorted by order of election.^[33]

Elected legislators
#	Name	List
1	Cristina Cifuentes Cuencas		PP
2	Ángel Gabilondo Pujol		PSOE
3	José Manuel López Rodrigo		Podemos
4	Ángel Garrido García		PP
5	Carmen Martínez Ten ^(es)		PSOE
6	Ignacio Jesús Aguado Crespo		C's
7	Jaime González Taboada ^(es)		PP
8	Lorena Ruiz-Huerta García de Viedma		Podemos
9	Pedro González Zerolo		PSOE
10	María Paloma Adrados Gautier		PP
11	Carlos Izquierdo Torres ^(es)		PP
12	Mercedes Gallizo Llamas ^(es)		PSOE
13	Ramón Espinar Merino		Podemos
14	César Zafra Hernández ^(d)		C's
15	María Gádor Ongil Cores ^(es)		PP
16	José Manuel Freire Campo ^(es)		PSOE
17	Álvaro César Ballarín Valcárcel ^(es)		PP
18	Beatriz Gimeno Reinoso		Podemos
19	María Carmen López Ruiz		PSOE
20	Ana Isabel Mariño Ortega ^(es)		PP
21	Eva María Borox Montoro		C's
22	David Pérez García		PP
23	Pablo Padilla Estrada ^(ca)		Podemos
24	José Manuel Franco Pardo		PSOE
25	Juan Soler-Espiauba Gallo ^(es)		PP
26	María Pilar Llop Cuenca		PSOE
27	Cecilia Salazar-Alonso Revuelta ^(d)		Podemos
28	Tomás Marcos Arias		C's
29	Bartolomé González Jiménez ^(es)		PP
30	Juan José Moreno Navarro ^(ca)		PSOE
31	Francisco de Borja Sarasola Jáudenes ^(es)		PP
32	Jacinto Morano González		Podemos
33	Rosalía Gonzalo López		PP
34	Mónica Silvana González González		PSOE
35	Marta Marbán de Frutos ^(d)		C's
36	José Ignacio Echeverría Echaniz		PP
37	Carmen San José Pérez ^(d)		Podemos
38	José Carmelo Cepeda García de León		PSOE
39	Elena González-Moñux Vázquez		PP
40	Pilar Sánchez Acera ^(es)		PSOE
41	Emilio Delgado Orgaz ^(d)		Podemos
42	Jesús Fermosel Díaz ^(es)		PP
43	Daniel Álvarez Cabo		C's
44	Daniel Vicente Viondi ^(d)		PSOE
45	Enrique Matías Ossorio Crespo		PP
46	María Espinosa de la Llave ^(ca)		Podemos
47	Juan Van-Halen Acedo		PP
48	María Encarnación Moya Nieto		PSOE
49	María Eugenia Carballedo Berlanga		PP
50	Esther Ruiz Fernández		C's
51	Modesto Nolla Estrada ^(d)		PSOE
52	Eduardo Gutiérrez Benito		Podemos
53	Eva Tormo Mairena ^(d)		PP
54	Josefa Navarro Lanchas		PSOE
55	Juan Antonio Gómez-Angulo Rodríguez^(es)		PP
56	Jazmín Beirak Ulanosky ^(ca)		Podemos
57	Juan Trinidad Martos ^(d)		C's
58	Isabel Gema González González ^(fr)		PP
59	José Quintana Viar ^(es)		PSOE
60	Isabel Natividad Díaz Ayuso		PP
61	Raúl Camargo Fernández ^(d)		Podemos
62	Ana García D'Atri		PSOE
63	Luis Peral Guerra		PP
64	Alberto Reyero Zubiri ^(es)		C's
65	Juan Segovia Noriega ^(ca)		PSOE
66	Raquel Huerta Bravo ^(d)		Podemos
67	José Enrique Núñez Guijarro ^(d)		PP
68	Pedro Manuel Rollán Ojeda		PP
69	María Reyes Maroto Illera		PSOE
70	Alejandro Sánchez Pérez ^(es)		Podemos
71	Ignacio García de Vinuesa Gardoqui ^(es)		PP
72	María Teresa de la Iglesia Vicente		C's
73	Rafael Gómez Montoya ^(es)		PSOE
74	Manuel Francisco Quintanar Díez ^(d)		PP
75	Isabel Serra Sánchez		Podemos
76	Carla Delgado Gómez		PSOE
77	Ana Isabel Pérez Baos ^(d)		PP
78	Enrique Rico García Hierro		PSOE
79	Pedro Núñez Morgades García de Leaniz		C's
80	María Inés Berrio Fernández-Caballero ^(d)		PP
81	Isidro López Hernández ^(d)		Podemos
82	Álvaro Moraga Valiente ^(d)		PP
83	Mónica Carazo Gómez		PSOE
84	Clara Serra Sánchez		Podemos
85	Diego Lozano Pérez ^(d)		PP
86	Enrique Veloso Lozano		C's
87	Juan Lobato Gandarias		PSOE
88	María Pilar Liébana Montijano ^(d)		PP
89	Miguel Ardanuy Pizarro		Podemos
90	María Isaura Leal Fernández		PSOE
91	María Isabel Redondo Alcaide ^(d)		PP
92	José María Arribas del Barrio		PP
93	Diego Cruz Torrijos		PSOE
94	María Dolores González Pastor		C's
95	Olga Abasolo Pozas ^(d)		Podemos
96	Alfonso Carlos Serrano Sánchez-Capuchino ^(d)		PP
97	María Isabel Andaluz Andaluz		PSOE
98	Ana Camins Martínez ^(d)		PP
99	Hugo Martínez Abarca		Podemos
100	Pedro Pablo García Rojo Garrido		PSOE
101	Luis del Olmo Flórez ^(d)		PP
102	Francisco Lara Casanova		C's
103	María Josefa Aguado del Olmo ^(d)		PP
104	Josefa Pardo Ortiz ^(es)		PSOE
105	Elena Sevillano de las Heras ^(d)		Podemos
106	José Manuel Berzal Andrade ^(d)		PP
107	Agustín Vinagre Alcázar ^(d)		PSOE
108	Miguel Ongil López ^(es)		Podemos
109	Susana Solís Pérez		C's
110	Miguel Angel Ruiz López		PP
111	María Carmen Mena Romero		PSOE
112	Daniel Ortiz Espejo ^(es)		PP
113	Laura Díaz Román ^(d)		Podemos
114	José Ángel Gómez Chamorro Torres		PSOE
115	Jacobo Ramón Beltrán Pedreira ^(ca)		PP
116	Jesús Ricardo Megías Morales		C's
117	Sonsoles Trinidad Aboín Aboín ^(d)		PP
118	Eva María Manguan Valderrama ^(es)		PSOE
119	Marco Candela Pokoma ^(d)		Podemos
120	María Cristina Álvarez Sánchez		PP
121	Nicolás Rodríguez García		PSOE
122	Antonio Pablo González Terol ^(es)		PP
123	Mónica García Gómez		Podemos
124	Juan Ramón Rubio Ruiz		C's
125	María Lucía Inmaculada Casares Díaz		PSOE
126	José Tortosa de la Iglesia		PP
127	Eduardo Fernández Rubiño		Podemos
128	José Cabrera Orellana ^(d)		PP
129	Pedro Santín Fernández		PSOE

Aftermath

Government formation

Further information: Government of Cristina Cifuentes

Investiture processes to elect the President of the Community of Madrid required for an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 48 hours later requiring of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If none of such majorities were achieved, successive candidate proposals could be processed under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly would be automatically dissolved and a snap election called.^[1]

Investiture Cristina Cifuentes (PP)
Ballot →		24 June 2015
Required majority →		65 out of 129 Y
	Yes • PP (48) • C's (17)	65 / 129
	No • PSOE (37) • Podemos (27)	64 / 129
	Abstentions	0 / 129
	Absentees	0 / 129
Sources[10]

2017 motion of no confidence

Motion of no confidence Lorena Ruiz-Huerta (Podemos)
Ballot →		8 June 2017
Required majority →		65 out of 129 N
	Yes • Podemos (27)	27 / 129
	No • PP (48) • C's (17)	64 / 129
	Abstentions • PSOE (37)	37 / 129
	Absentees	1 / 129
Sources[34]

2018 investiture

Further information: Government of Ángel Garrido

The PSOE announced that it would table a motion of no confidence on Cifuentes' government, after it was revealed that Cifuentes could have obtained a master's degree through fraudulent means and that documents were falsified in order to cover up the scandal.^[35][36][37] After Cifuentes' resignation as a result of the ensuing scandals, the motion of censure was cancelled and Ángel Garrido was elected as new president.

Investiture Ángel Garrido (PP)
Ballot →		18 May 2018
Required majority →		65 out of 129 Y
	Yes • PP (48) • C's (17)	65 / 129
	No • PSOE (37) • Podemos (27)	64 / 129
	Abstentions	0 / 129
	Absentees	0 / 129
Sources[10]

Notes

1. Teresa Gómez-Limón, former PP legislator.^[11]
2. Denotes a main invitee attending the event.

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