Spanish regional elections, 2003

Spanish regional elections, 2003
Spain
25 May 2003
792 seats in 13 regional parliaments
Turnout 70.4%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader José María Aznar José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Gaspar Llamazares
Party PP PSOE IU
Leader since 4 September 1989 22 July 2000 29 October 2000
Last election 351 seats
7 regional gov.
43.8%		 306 seats
5 regional gov.
36.2%		 26 seats
1 regional gov.
5.8%
Seats won
346 / 792
7 / 13
319 / 792
5 / 13
30 / 792
1 / 13
Seat change Decrease5 seats
Steady0 regional gov.		 Increase13 seats
Steady0 regional gov.		 Increase4 seats
Steady0 regional gov.
Popular vote 5,566,695 4,992,614 725,412
Percentage 42.7% 38.3% 5.6%
Swing Decrease1.1 pp Increase2.1 pp Decrease0.2 pp
Most voted party by region

■ – PP ■ – PSOE ■ – CC ■ – UPN

The 2003 regional elections were held on Sunday, 25 May in Spain, to elect the regional parliaments of 13 of the 17 autonomous communities: Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile-La Mancha, Castile and León, Extremadura, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre, La Rioja and the Valencian Community. Andalusia, Catalonia, Galicia and the Basque Country did not held elections that day because they had separate electoral cycles. Local elections were held throughout Spain the same day.

Regional governments

Region/city Incumbent gov. Elected gov.
Autonomous communities
Aragon PSOE/PAR PSOE/PAR
Asturias PSOE PSOE/IU
Balearic Islands PSOE/PSM/IU PP
Canary Islands CC CC/PP
Cantabria PP/PRC PSOE/PRC
Castile and León PP PP
Castile-La Mancha PSOE PSOE
Extremadura PSOE PSOE
La Rioja PP PP
Madrid PP PSOE/IU (aborted)
PP (interim)
Murcia PP PP
Navarre UPN-PP UPN-PP/CDN
Valencian Community PP PP
Autonomous cities
Ceuta PP PP
Melilla PP PP

Results

Autonomous communities

Aragon

Party Vote Seats
% ±pp Won +/−
PSOE 37.94 27
PP 30.73 22
CHA 13.71 9
PAR 11.18 8
IU 3.06 1
Turnout 70.36 67 ±0
Source: Argos Information Portal

Asturias

Party Vote Seats
% ±pp Won +/−
PSOE 40.48 22
PP 39.18 19
IU 11.05 4
Turnout 63.84 45 ±0
Source: Argos Information Portal

Balearic Islands

Party Vote Seats
% ±pp Won +/−
PP 45.08 30
PSOE 28.48 20
PSM-EN 7.96 4
UM 7.45 3
IU 5.44 2
Turnout 62.84 59 ±0
Source: Argos Information Portal

Canary Islands

Party Vote Seats
% ±pp Won +/−
CC 32.90 23
PP 30.61 17
PSOE 25.42 17
FNC 4.83 3
Turnout 64.62 60 ±0
Source: Argos Information Portal

Cantabria

Party Vote Seats
% ±pp Won +/−
PP 42.49 18
PSOE 29.99 13
PRC 19.24 8
Turnout 73.05 39 ±0
Source: Argos Information Portal

Castile and León

Party Vote Seats
% ±pp Won +/−
PP 48.49 48
PSOE 36.77 32
UPL 3.85 2
Turnout 72.66 82 −1
Source: Argos Information Portal

Castile-La Mancha

Party Vote Seats
% ±pp Won +/−
PSOE 57.83 29
PP 36.66 18
Turnout 76.26 47 ±0
Source: Argos Information Portal

Extremadura

Party Vote Seats
% ±pp Won +/−
PSOE 51.66 36
PP-EU 38.70 26
IU-SIEx 6.27 3
Turnout 78.02 65 ±0
Source: Argos Information Portal

La Rioja

Party Vote Seats
% ±pp Won +/−
PP 48.60 17
PSOE 38.18 14
PR 6.81 2
Turnout 75.10 33 ±0
Source: Argos Information Portal

Madrid

Party Vote Seats
% ±pp Won +/−
PP 46.66 55
PSOE 40.01 47
IU 7.67 9
Turnout 69.19 111 +9
Source: Argos Information Portal

Murcia

Party Vote Seats
% ±pp Won +/−
PP 56.66 28
PSOE 34.11 16
IU 5.66 1
Turnout 69.98 45 ±0
Source: Argos Information Portal

Navarre

Party Vote Seats
% ±pp Won +/−
UPN-PP 41.48 23
PSOE 21.15 11
IU 8.77 4
Aralar 7.83 4
CDN 7.65 4
PNV-EA 7.43 4
Turnout 70.70 50 ±0
Source: Argos Information Portal

Valencian Community

Party Vote Seats
% ±pp Won +/−
PP 47.15 48
PSOE 35.95 35
IU 6.35 6
Turnout 71.51 89 ±0
Source: Argos Information Portal

Autonomous cities

Ceuta

Party Vote Seats
% ±pp Won +/−
PP 62.55 19
UDCE 10.74 3
PSOE 8.70 2
PSPC 5.15 1
Turnout 59.23 25 ±0
Source: Argos Information Portal

Melilla

Party Vote Seats
% ±pp Won +/−
PP-UPM 55.00 15
CpM 26.33 7
PSOE 11.99 3
Turnout 57.39 25 ±0
Source: Argos Information Portal

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