Murcian regional election, 2003
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All 45 seats in the Regional Assembly of Murcia 23 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Registered |
934,896  2.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout |
654,253 (70.0%)2.3 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Constituency results map for the Regional Assembly of Murcia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2003 Murcian regional election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 6th Regional Assembly of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia. All 45 seats in the Regional Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
Electoral system
The 45 members of the Regional Assembly of Murcia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 per 100 of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, which were established by law to comprise the following municipalities:
- I–Lorca: Lorca, Aguilas, Puerto Lumbreras, Totana, Alhama de Murcia, Librilla, Aledo and Mazarrón.
- II–Cartagena: Cartagena, La Unión, Fuente Alamo de Murcia, Torre-Pacheco, San Javier, San Pedro del Pinatar and Los Alcázares.
- III–Murcia: Murcia, Alcantarilla, Beniel, Molina de Segura, Alguazas, Las Torres de Cotillas, Lorquí, Ceutí, Cieza, Abarán, Blanca, Archena, Ricote, Ulea, Villanueva del Río Segura, Ojós, Fortuna, Abanilla and Santomera.
- IV–Northwest: Caravaca, Cehegín, Calasparra, Moratalla, Bullas, Pliego, Mula, Albudeite and Campos del Río.
- V–Plateau: Yecla and Jumilla.
Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of one seat, with the remaining 40 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations.[1][2] Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Region of Murcia and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote.
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure at least the signature of 1 per 100 of the electors entered in electoral register of the constituency for which they were seeking election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days from the election call.[1][3][4]
Elections were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The President of the Region of Murcia had the prerogative to dissolve the Regional Assembly and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met—namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure—. Additionally, the chamber was to be automatically dissolved and a new election called if an investiture process failed to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[2][3]
Results
Overall
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| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| People's Party (PP) | 367,710 | 56.66 | +3.82 | 28 | +2 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 221,392 | 34.11 | –1.80 | 16 | –2 | |
| United Left of the Region of Murcia (IURM) | 36,754 | 5.66 | –1.34 | 1 | ±0 | |
| The Greens of the Region of Murcia (LVRM) | 10,208 | 1.57 | +0.64 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote | 3,024 | 0.47 | — | 0 | ±0 | |
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| Citizens Convergence of the South-East (CCSE) | 1,194 | 0.18 | +0.04 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Humanist Party (PH) | 1,063 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Family and Life Party (PFyV) | 392 | 0.06 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| National Democracy–Workers' National Party (DN–PNT)1 | 239 | 0.04 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 136 | 0.02 | –0.28 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 9,941 | 1.53 | +0.09 | ||||||
| Total | 649,029 | 100.00 | 45 | ±0 | |||||
| Valid votes | 649,029 | 99.20 | –0.10 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 5,224 | 0.80 | +0.10 | ||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 654,253 | 69.98 | +2.32 | ||||||
| Abstentions | 280,643 | 30.02 | –2.32 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 934,896 | ||||||||
| Source(s): Argos Information Portal, historiaelectoral.com, Regional Statistics Centre of Murcia | |||||||||
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References
- 1 2 Region of Murcia Electoral Law of 1987, Law No. 2 of February 24, 1987 Official Gazette of the Region of Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved on 22 February 2017.
- 1 2 Statute of Autonomy for the Region of Murcia of 1982, Organic Law No. 4 of June 9, 1982 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 22 February 2017.
- 1 2 General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985, Organic Law No. 5 of June 19, 1985 Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved on 28 December 2016.
- ↑ "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.