2003 Spanish regional elections

2003 Spanish regional elections
25 May 2003
26 October 2003[a]
16 November 2003
927 seats in the regional parliaments of Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid,[a] Murcia, Navarre and Valencian Community
Regional administrations by leading party in 2003

Regional elections were held in Spain during 2003 to elect the regional parliaments of fourteen of the seventeen autonomous communities: Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid,[a] Murcia, Navarre, the Valencian Community. 927 of 1,186 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held on 25 May for most regions (concurrently with local elections all across the country), on 26 October for a repeat election in Madrid, and on 16 November in Catalonia.

Election date

Determination of election day varied depending on the autonomous community. Typically, most autonomous communities held their elections on the fourth Sunday of May every four years, concurrently with nationwide local elections, while others had their own, separate electoral cycles. In some cases, regional presidents had the prerogative to dissolve parliament and call for extra elections at a different time, but newly elected assemblies were restricted to serving out what remained of their previous four year-terms without altering the period to their next ordinary election. In other cases—Andalusia (since 1994), the Basque Country (1981), Catalonia (1985) and Galicia (1985)—the law granted regional presidents the power to call snap elections resulting in fresh four-year parliamentary terms.[1][2]

Regional governments

The following table lists party control in autonomous communities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Election day Region Previous control New control
25 May Aragon Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Asturias Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Balearic Islands Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) People's Party (PP)
Canary Islands Canarian Coalition (CC) Canarian Coalition (CC)
Cantabria People's Party (PP) Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)
Castile and León People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Castilla–La Mancha Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Extremadura Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
La Rioja People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Madrid People's Party (PP) Inconclusive
Murcia People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
Navarre Navarrese People's Union (UPN) Navarrese People's Union (UPN)
Valencian Community People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
26 October Madrid People's Party (PP) People's Party (PP)
16 November Catalonia Convergence and Union (CiU) Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)

Summary by region

May (13 regions)

Aragon

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PSOE 270,46837.94+7.13 27+4
PP 219,05830.73−7.48 22−6
CHA 97,76313.71+2.67 9+4
PAR 79,67011.18−2.07 8−2
IU 21,7953.06−0.80 1±0
Others 9,2161.29 0±0
Blank ballots 14,8742.09+0.01
Valid votes 712,84499.36+0.07
Invalid votes 4,6130.64−0.07
Votes cast / turnout 717,45770.36+5.76
Registered voters 1,019,644

Asturias

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PSOE 250,47440.48−5.52 22−2
PP 242,39639.18+6.87 19+4
IU–BA 68,36011.05+2.05 4+1
URAS 17,5522.84−4.30 0−3
PAS 11,3761.84−0.74 0±0
LV–IVA 6,5611.06+0.52 0±0
Others 7,8541.27 0±0
Blank ballots 14,1432.29+0.72
Valid votes 618,71699.29−0.11
Invalid votes 4,4330.71+0.11
Votes cast / turnout 623,14963.84+0.22
Registered voters 976,104

Balearic Islands

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 190,56244.70+0.69 29+1
PSIB–PSOE 104,61424.54+2.52 15+2
PSM–EN 33,9207.95−3.77 4−1
UM 31,7817.45+0.14 3±0
EU–EV 20,7974.88−0.55 2−1
Pacte+COP 16,8113.94−0.91 5−2
ASI 6,7071.57+0.92 0±0
AIPF 1,6470.39+0.07 1+1
Others 12,4082.91 0±0
Blank ballots 7,0931.66−0.20
Valid votes 426,34099.35+0.13
Invalid votes 2,7950.65−0.13
Votes cast / turnout 429,13562.84+5.34
Registered voters 682,857

Canary Islands

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
CC 304,41332.90−4.36 23−3
PP 283,18630.61+3.48 17+2
PSOE 235,23425.42+1.39 17−2
FNC 44,7034.83+0.02 3+3
LVC 18,3401.98+0.52 0±0
IUC 12,1281.31−1.43 0±0
Others 15,4381.67 0±0
Blank ballots 11,8061.28−0.23
Valid votes 925,24899.44+0.02
Invalid votes 5,2010.56−0.02
Votes cast / turnout 930,44964.59+3.79
Registered voters 1,440,576

Cantabria

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 146,79642.49−0.01 18−1
PSOE 103,60829.99−3.09 13−1
PRC 66,48019.24+5.73 8+2
IUC 12,7703.70+0.01 0±0
UCn 5,5151.60New 0±0
Others 3,1470.91 0±0
Blank ballots 7,2022.08−0.35
Valid votes 345,51899.18−0.03
Invalid votes 2,8590.82+0.03
Votes cast / turnout 348,37773.05+4.27
Registered voters 476,924

Castile and León

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 760,51048.49−1.96 48±0
PSOE 576,76936.77+3.71 32+2
UPL 60,3313.85+0.15 2−1
IUCyL 54,0853.45−1.98 0−1
TC–PNC 18,5951.19−0.20 0−1
Others 62,1093.96 0±0
Blank ballots 36,0272.30−0.37
Valid votes 1,568,42699.14+0.09
Invalid votes 13,5570.86−0.09
Votes cast / turnout 1,581,98372.66+5.08
Registered voters 2,177,222

Castilla–La Mancha

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PSOE 634,13257.83+4.41 29+3
PP 402,04736.66−3.74 18−3
IU–ICAM 33,4133.05−0.36 0±0
Others 12,4381.13 0±0
Blank ballots 14,5541.33−0.09
Valid votes 1,096,58499.32±0.00
Invalid votes 7,5340.68±0.00
Votes cast / turnout 1,104,11876.24+1.39
Registered voters 1,448,289

Extremadura

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PSOE–p 341,52251.66+2.03 36+2
PP 255,80838.70−1.31 26−2
IU–SIEx 41,4486.27−0.74 3±0
EU 12,1711.84+0.17 0±0
PH 1,0820.16New 0±0
Blank ballots 9,0331.37+0.22
Valid votes 661,06499.19−0.19
Invalid votes 5,4040.81+0.19
Votes cast / turnout 666,46875.63+2.19
Registered voters 881,228

La Rioja

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 84,53348.60−2.66 17−1
PSOE 66,41038.18+2.90 14+1
PR 11,8426.81+1.05 2±0
IU 4,7292.72−1.19 0±0
LV 2,8581.64+0.38 0±0
MASH 2690.15−0.12 0±0
Blank ballots 3,3081.90−0.36
Valid votes 173,94999.17+0.04
Invalid votes 1,4520.83−0.04
Votes cast / turnout 175,40175.10+6.44
Registered voters 233,553

Madrid

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 1,429,89046.67−4.40 55±0
PSOE 1,225,39039.99+3.56 47+8
IUCM 235,4287.68−0.01 9+1
LV 42,3221.38+0.69 0±0
Others 70,1082.29 0±0
Blank ballots 60,9421.99−0.11
Valid votes 3,064,08099.55+0.04
Invalid votes 13,9720.45−0.04
Votes cast / turnout 3,078,05269.27+8.39
Registered voters 4,443,533

Murcia

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 367,71056.66+3.82 28+2
PSOE 221,39234.11−1.80 16−2
IURM 36,7545.66−1.34 1±0
LVRM 10,2081.57+0.64 0±0
Others 3,0240.47 0±0
Blank ballots 9,9411.53+0.09
Valid votes 649,02999.20−0.10
Invalid votes 5,2240.80+0.10
Votes cast / turnout 654,25369.98+2.32
Registered voters 934,896
Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
UPN 127,46041.48+0.11 23+1
PSN–PSOE 65,00321.15+0.87 11±0
IUN/NEB 26,9628.77+1.89 4+1
Aralar 24,0687.83New 4+4
CDN 23,5167.65+0.79 4+1
EA–PNV 22,8247.43+1.99 4+1
Batzarre 7,8732.56New 0±0
EH n/an/a−15.58 0−8
Others 2,3070.75 0±0
Blank ballots 7,3042.38+0.03
Valid votes 307,31793.52−5.65
Invalid votes 21,2926.48+5.65
Votes cast / turnout 328,60970.70+4.45
Registered voters 464,826

Valencian Community

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 1,146,78047.17−0.71 48−1
PSPV–PSOE 874,28835.96+2.05 35±0
Entesa 154,4946.35+0.30 6+1
Bloc–EV 114,0114.69+0.16 0±0
UV 72,5572.98−1.70 0±0
Others 31,4681.29 0±0
Blank ballots 37,8051.55±0.00
Valid votes 2,431,40399.35−0.06
Invalid votes 15,8210.65+0.06
Votes cast / turnout 2,447,22471.49+3.68
Registered voters 3,423,098

October (Madrid)

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PP 1,346,58848.48+1.81 57+2
PSOE 1,083,20539.00−0.99 45−2
IUCM 236,0138.50+0.82 9±0
Others 63,3832.28 0±0
Blank ballots 48,4331.74−0.25
Valid votes 2,777,62299.61+0.06
Invalid votes 10,8730.39−0.06
Votes cast / turnout 2,788,49562.58−6.69
Registered voters 4,455,706

November (Catalonia)

Parties and alliances Votes % ±pp Seats +/−
PSC–CpC 1,031,45431.16−6.69 42−10
CiU 1,024,42530.94−6.76 46−10
ERC 544,32416.44+7.77 23+11
PP 393,49911.89+2.38 15+3
ICV–EA 241,1637.28+3.35 9+6
Others 45,4061.37 0±0
Blank ballots 30,2120.91−0.02
Valid votes 3,310,48399.74−0.01
Invalid votes 8,7930.26+0.01
Votes cast / turnout 3,319,27662.54+3.34
Registered voters 5,307,837

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 The Community of Madrid was forced to hold a snap election on 26 October 2003 after the Tamayazo scandal led to no new government being elected following the May election.
  2. ↑ PSOE's sister party in Catalonia.
  3. ↑ PP's sister party in Navarre.

References

  1. ↑ LOREG (1985), art. 42.
  2. ↑ "Un paso más hacia la ruptura de la homogeneidad del calendario electoral de las comunidades autónomas: la reforma de la Ley Orgánica 13/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Reintegración y Amejoramiento del Régimen Foral de Navarra" [A further step towards breaking the homogeneity of the electoral calendar of the autonomous communities: the reform of the Organic Law 13/1982, of August 10, on Reintegration and Improvement of the Foral Regime of Navarre] (PDF). Institute of Regional Studies (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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