Elections to the Aragonese Corts, 2003

The Elections to the Aragonese Corts, 2003 were the sixth democratic elections to the Aragonese Corts, the Argonese regional parliament, in Spain since the Corts were restored in 1983 and were held on 25 May 2003. The elections were held using closed list proportional representation in three electoral districts corresponding to each of the three Provinces of Aragon. Seats were allocated on a Provincial basis using the D'Hondt method of allocation. Only lists which polled at least 3% of the total votes in a particular province (including votes "en blanco" i.e. for "none of the above") were eligible for seats in that province. With a total number of 67 seats, Zaragoza elected 35 members (an increase of one compared to the previous election), Huesca 18 and Teruel 14 (a decrease of one seat.)

Results

Out of a total electorate of 1,019,644, the turnout was 717,457 (70.4%).

The elections saw an increase in both vote share and seats for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) which had ruled Aragon since the previous elections which became the largest party in the Corts for the first time since the 1991 election. The PSOE gains came at the expense of the People's Party (PP). Chunta Aragonesista (ChA) made gains and overtook the Aragonese Party (PAR) to become the third largest party. For the PAR, this was the fourth election in a row where they lost ground. United Left (IU) held their single seat albeit with a slightly reduced vote share.^[1]

The PSOE and PAR continued their coalition administration which had been formed at the previous elections and Marcelino Iglesias was re-elected President of Aragon by the new legislature.

Detailed results

Additionally 14,874 (2.1%) votes were cast “en blanco” i.e. for “none of the above.”

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