Spanish regional elections, 2003

Spanish regional elections, 2003
25 May 2003
Regional assemblies of Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community
Registered 18,614,131 2.5%
Turnout 12,795,118 (68.7%)
2.9 pp

Regional administrations after the 2003 regional elections

The 2003 Spanish regional elections were held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the regional parliaments of thirteen of the seventeen autonomous communities—Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community—, not including Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia, which had separate electoral cycles. 792 of 1,186 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain.

Election date

Determination of election day varied depending on the autonomous community, with each one having competency to establish its own regulations. Typically, thirteen out of the seventeen autonomous communities—all but Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia—had their elections fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years, to be held together with nationwide local elections.[1][2]

In some cases, regional presidents had the prerogative to dissolve the regional 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.[3]

Regional governments

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

Autonomous community Previous control New control
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) People's Party (PP)
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)

Overall results

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 regional election results in Spain →
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
People's Party and allies (PP–UPN) 5,575,08143.92371
People's Party (PP) 5,447,62142.91348
Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 127,4601.0023
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 4,843,93038.16317
United Left (IU) 723,7485.7030
Canarian Coalition (CC) 304,4132.4023
Aragonese Union (CHA) 97,7630.779
Aragonese Party (PAR) 79,6700.638
Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 66,4800.528
Leonese People's Union (UPL) 60,3310.482
Canarian Nationalist Federation (FNC) 44,7030.353
PSM–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) 33,9200.274
Majorcan Union (UM) 31,7810.253
Aralar (Aralar) 24,0680.194
Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN) 23,5160.194
Basque Solidarity–Basque Nationalist Party (EA–PNV) 22,8240.184
Riojan Party (PR) 11,8420.092
Others 528,4674.160
Blank ballots 221,5231.75
Valid votes 12,694,06099.21
Invalid votes 101,0580.79
Votes cast / turnout 12,795,11868.74
Registered voters 18,614,131
Popular vote
PP–UPN
 
 43.92%
PSOE
 
 38.16%
IU
 
 5.70%
CC
 
 2.40%
CHA
 
 0.77%
PAR
 
 0.63%
PRC
 
 0.52%
Others
 
 6.16%
Blank ballots
 
 1.86%

Summary by region

Aragon

Cortes of Aragon after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PSOE 270,46837.94
27
PP 219,05830.73
22
CHA 97,76313.71
9
PAR 79,67011.18
8
IU 21,7953.06
1
Others 9,2161.29
0
Blank ballots 14,8742.09
Valid votes 712,84499.36
Invalid votes 4,6130.64
Votes cast / turnout 717,45770.36
Registered voters 1,019,644

Asturias

General Junta of Asturias after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PSOE 250,47440.48
22
PP 242,39639.18
19
IU–BA 68,36011.05
4
Others 43,3437.01
0
Blank ballots 14,1432.29
Valid votes 618,71699.29
Invalid votes 4,4330.71
Votes cast / turnout 623,14963.84
Registered voters 976,104

Balearic Islands

Parliament of the Balearic Islands after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP–AIPF 192,20945.08
30
PSOE–Pacte–COP 121,42528.48
20
PSM–EN 33,9207.95
4
UM 31,7817.45
3
EU–EV 20,7974.88
2
Others 19,1154.48
0
Blank ballots 7,0931.66
Valid votes 426,34099.35
Invalid votes 2,7950.65
Votes cast / turnout 429,13562.84
Registered voters 682,857

Canary Islands

Parliament of the Canary Islands after the election.
List Votes % Seats
CC 304,41332.90
23
PP 283,18630.61
17
PSOE 235,23425.42
17
FNC 44,7034.83
3
Others 27,5662.98
0
Blank ballots 11,8061.28
Valid votes 925,24899.44
Invalid votes 5,2010.56
Votes cast / turnout 930,44964.62
Registered voters 1,439,784

Cantabria

Parliament of Cantabria after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 146,79642.49
18
PSOE 103,60829.99
13
PRC 66,48019.24
8
Others 21,4326.20
0
Blank ballots 7,2022.08
Valid votes 345,51899.18
Invalid votes 2,8590.82
Votes cast / turnout 348,37773.05
Registered voters 476,924

Castile and León

Cortes of Castile and León after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 760,51048.49
48
PSOE 576,76936.77
32
UPL 60,3313.85
2
Others 134,7898.59
0
Blank ballots 36,0272.30
Valid votes 1,568,42699.14
Invalid votes 13,5570.86
Votes cast / turnout 1,581,98372.66
Registered voters 2,177,222

Castilla–La Mancha

Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PSOE 634,13257.83
29
PP 402,04736.66
18
Others 45,8514.18
0
Blank ballots 14,5541.33
Valid votes 1,096,58499.32
Invalid votes 7,5340.68
Votes cast / turnout 1,104,11876.24
Registered voters 1,448,289

Extremadura

Assembly of Extremadura after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PSOE–p 341,52251.66
36
PP 255,80838.70
26
IU–SIEx 41,4486.27
3
Others 13,2532.00
0
Blank ballots 9,0331.37
Valid votes 661,06499.19
Invalid votes 5,4040.81
Votes cast / turnout 666,46875.63
Registered voters 881,228

La Rioja

Parliament of La Rioja after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 84,53348.60
17
PSOE 66,41038.18
14
PR 11,8426.81
2
Others 7,8564.52
0
Blank ballots 3,3081.90
Valid votes 173,94999.17
Invalid votes 1,4520.83
Votes cast / turnout 175,40175.10
Registered voters 233,553

Madrid

Assembly of Madrid after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 1,346,58848.48
57
PSOE 1,083,20539.00
45
IUCM 236,0138.50
9
Others 63,3832.28
0
Blank ballots 48,4331.74
Valid votes 2,777,62299.61
Invalid votes 10,8730.39
Votes cast / turnout 2,788,49562.58
Registered voters 4,455,706

Murcia

Regional Assembly of Murcia after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 367,71056.66
28
PSOE 221,39234.11
16
IURM 36,7545.66
1
Others 13,2322.04
0
Blank ballots 9,9411.53
Valid votes 649,02999.20
Invalid votes 5,2240.80
Votes cast / turnout 654,25369.98
Registered voters 934,896
Parliament of Navarre after the election.
List Votes % Seats
UPN 127,46041.48
23
PSN–PSOE 65,00321.15
11
IUN/NEB 26,9628.77
4
Aralar 24,0687.83
4
CDN 23,5167.65
4
EA–PNV 22,8247.43
4
Others 10,1803.31
0
Blank ballots 7,3042.38
Valid votes 307,31793.52
Invalid votes 21,2926.48
Votes cast / turnout 328,60970.70
Registered voters 464,807

Valencian Community

Corts Valencianes after the election.
List Votes % Seats
PP 1,146,78047.17
48
PSPV–PSOE 874,28835.96
35
Entesa 154,4946.35
6
Others 218,0368.97
0
Blank ballots 37,8051.55
Valid votes 2,431,40399.35
Invalid votes 15,8210.65
Votes cast / turnout 2,447,22471.49
Registered voters 3,423,098

References

  1. ↑ "General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "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). gencat.cat (in Spanish). Institut d'Estudis Autonòmics. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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