Riojan parliamentary election, 2003

Riojan parliamentary election, 2003

25 May 2003

All 33 seats in the Parliament of La Rioja 17 seats needed for a majority Registered 233,553 1.7% Turnout 175,401 (75.1%) 6.4 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Pedro Sanz Juan Francisco Martínez-Aldama Miguel González de Legarra Party PP PSOE PR Leader since 2 October 1993 30 July 2000 16 December 1995 Last election 18 seats, 51.3% 13 seats, 35.3% 2 seats, 5.8% Seats won 17 14 2 Seat change 1 1 ±0 Popular vote 84,533 66,410 11,842 Percentage 48.6% 38.2% 6.8% Swing 2.7 pp 2.9 pp 1.0 pp

President before election Pedro Sanz PP Elected President Pedro Sanz PP

The 2003 Riojan parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 6th Parliament of La Rioja, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of La Rioja. At stake were all 33 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of La Rioja.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Parliament of La Rioja was set to a fixed-number of 33. All Parliament members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of La Rioja), using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system.

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) in all of the community were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1]

Results

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 La Rioja Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	84,533	48.60	2.66	17	1
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	66,410	38.18	2.90	14	1
	Riojan Party (PR)	11,842	6.81	1.05	2	±0
	United Left (IU)	4,729	2.72	1.19	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	2,858	1.64	0.38	0	±0
	Movement to Humanist Socialism (MASH)	269	0.15	0.12	0	±0
	Blank ballots	3,308	1.90	0.36
Total		173,949	100.00		33	±0
Valid votes		173,949	99.17	0.04
Invalid votes		1,452	0.83	0.04
Votes cast / turnout		175,401	75.10	6.44
Abstentions		58,152	24.90	6.44
Registered voters		233,553
Source: Argos Information Portal

References

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