2003 Spanish regional elections

2003 Spanish regional elections
← 2001 25 May 2003; 26 October 2003; 16 November 2003 2004 →
927 seats in the regional parliaments of Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and Valencian Community
National parties PP (7+2) PSOE (5)	Regional parties PSC (1) EAJ/PNV (1) CC (1) UPN (1) PRC (1)

Regional elections were held in Spain during 2003 to elect the regional parliaments of fourteen of the seventeen autonomous communities: Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid,^[a] Murcia, Navarre, the Valencian Community. 927 of 1,186 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held on 25 May for most regions (concurrently with local elections all across the country), on 26 October for a repeat election in Madrid, and on 16 November in Catalonia.

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Election day	Region		New control
25 May	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)	Inconclusive
	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)
26 October	Madrid	People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
16 November	Catalonia	Convergence and Union (CiU)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE	270,468	37.94	+7.13	27	+4
	PP	219,058	30.73	−7.48	22	−6
	CHA	97,763	13.71	+2.67	9	+4
	PAR	79,670	11.18	−2.07	8	−2
	IU	21,795	3.06	−0.80	1	±0
	Others	9,216	1.29		0	±0
Blank ballots		14,874	2.09	+0.01

Valid votes		712,844	99.36	+0.07
Invalid votes		4,613	0.64	−0.07
Votes cast / turnout		717,457	70.36	+5.76
Registered voters		1,019,644

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE	250,474	40.48	−5.52	22	−2
	PP	242,396	39.18	+6.87	19	+4
	IU–BA	68,360	11.05	+2.05	4	+1
	URAS	17,552	2.84	−4.30	0	−3
	PAS	11,376	1.84	−0.74	0	±0
	LV–IVA	6,561	1.06	+0.52	0	±0
	Others	7,854	1.27		0	±0
Blank ballots		14,143	2.29	+0.72

Valid votes		618,716	99.29	−0.11
Invalid votes		4,433	0.71	+0.11
Votes cast / turnout		623,149	63.84	+0.22
Registered voters		976,104

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PP	190,562	44.70	+0.69	29	+1
	PSIB–PSOE	104,614	24.54	+2.52	15	+2
	PSM–EN	33,920	7.95	−3.77	4	−1
	UM	31,781	7.45	+0.14	3	±0
	EU–EV	20,797	4.88	−0.55	2	−1
	Pacte+COP	16,811	3.94	−0.91	5	−2
	ASI	6,707	1.57	+0.92	0	±0
	AIPF	1,647	0.39	+0.07	1	+1
	Others	12,408	2.91		0	±0
Blank ballots		7,093	1.66	−0.20

Valid votes		426,340	99.35	+0.13
Invalid votes		2,795	0.65	−0.13
Votes cast / turnout		429,135	62.84	+5.34
Registered voters		682,857

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	CC	304,413	32.90	−4.36	23	−3
	PP	283,186	30.61	+3.48	17	+2
	PSOE	235,234	25.42	+1.39	17	−2
	FNC	44,703	4.83	+0.02	3	+3
	LVC	18,340	1.98	+0.52	0	±0
	IUC	12,128	1.31	−1.43	0	±0
	Others	15,438	1.67		0	±0
Blank ballots		11,806	1.28	−0.23

Valid votes		925,248	99.44	+0.02
Invalid votes		5,201	0.56	−0.02
Votes cast / turnout		930,449	64.59	+3.79
Registered voters		1,440,576

Election date

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PP	146,796	42.49	−0.01	18	−1
	PSOE	103,608	29.99	−3.09	13	−1
	PRC	66,480	19.24	+5.73	8	+2
	IUC	12,770	3.70	+0.01	0	±0
	UCn	5,515	1.60	New	0	±0
	Others	3,147	0.91		0	±0
Blank ballots		7,202	2.08	−0.35

Valid votes		345,518	99.18	−0.03
Invalid votes		2,859	0.82	+0.03
Votes cast / turnout		348,377	73.05	+4.27
Registered voters		476,924

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PP	760,510	48.49	−1.96	48	±0
	PSOE	576,769	36.77	+3.71	32	+2
	UPL	60,331	3.85	+0.15	2	−1
	IUCyL	54,085	3.45	−1.98	0	−1
	TC–PNC	18,595	1.19	−0.20	0	−1
	Others	62,109	3.96		0	±0
Blank ballots		36,027	2.30	−0.37

Valid votes		1,568,426	99.14	+0.09
Invalid votes		13,557	0.86	−0.09
Votes cast / turnout		1,581,983	72.66	+5.08
Registered voters		2,177,222

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE	634,132	57.83	+4.41	29	+3
	PP	402,047	36.66	−3.74	18	−3
	IU–ICAM	33,413	3.05	−0.36	0	±0
	Others	12,438	1.13		0	±0
Blank ballots		14,554	1.33	−0.09

Valid votes		1,096,584	99.32	±0.00
Invalid votes		7,534	0.68	±0.00
Votes cast / turnout		1,104,118	76.24	+1.39
Registered voters		1,448,289

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSOE–p	341,522	51.66	+2.03	36	+2
	PP	255,808	38.70	−1.31	26	−2
	IU–SIEx	41,448	6.27	−0.74	3	±0
	EU	12,171	1.84	+0.17	0	±0
	PH	1,082	0.16	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		9,033	1.37	+0.22

Valid votes		661,064	99.19	−0.19
Invalid votes		5,404	0.81	+0.19
Votes cast / turnout		666,468	75.63	+2.19
Registered voters		881,228

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PP	84,533	48.60	−2.66	17	−1
	PSOE	66,410	38.18	+2.90	14	+1
	PR	11,842	6.81	+1.05	2	±0
	IU	4,729	2.72	−1.19	0	±0
	LV	2,858	1.64	+0.38	0	±0
	MASH	269	0.15	−0.12	0	±0
Blank ballots		3,308	1.90	−0.36

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
Registered voters		233,553

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PP	1,429,890	46.67	−4.40	55	±0
	PSOE	1,225,390	39.99	+3.56	47	+8
	IUCM	235,428	7.68	−0.01	9	+1
	LV	42,322	1.38	+0.69	0	±0
	Others	70,108	2.29		0	±0
Blank ballots		60,942	1.99	−0.11

Valid votes		3,064,080	99.55	+0.04
Invalid votes		13,972	0.45	−0.04
Votes cast / turnout		3,078,052	69.27	+8.39
Registered voters		4,443,533

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PP	367,710	56.66	+3.82	28	+2
	PSOE	221,392	34.11	−1.80	16	−2
	IURM	36,754	5.66	−1.34	1	±0
	LVRM	10,208	1.57	+0.64	0	±0
	Others	3,024	0.47		0	±0
Blank ballots		9,941	1.53	+0.09

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
Registered voters		934,896

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	UPN	127,460	41.48	+0.11	23	+1
	PSN–PSOE	65,003	21.15	+0.87	11	±0
	IUN/NEB	26,962	8.77	+1.89	4	+1
	Aralar	24,068	7.83	New	4	+4
	CDN	23,516	7.65	+0.79	4	+1
	EA–PNV	22,824	7.43	+1.99	4	+1
	Batzarre	7,873	2.56	New	0	±0
	EH	n/a	n/a	−15.58	0	−8
	Others	2,307	0.75		0	±0
Blank ballots		7,304	2.38	+0.03

Valid votes		307,317	93.52	−5.65
Invalid votes		21,292	6.48	+5.65
Votes cast / turnout		328,609	70.70	+4.45
Registered voters		464,826

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PP	1,146,780	47.17	−0.71	48	−1
	PSPV–PSOE	874,288	35.96	+2.05	35	±0
	Entesa	154,494	6.35	+0.30	6	+1
	Bloc–EV	114,011	4.69	+0.16	0	±0
	UV	72,557	2.98	−1.70	0	±0
	Others	31,468	1.29		0	±0
Blank ballots		37,805	1.55	±0.00

Valid votes		2,431,403	99.35	−0.06
Invalid votes		15,821	0.65	+0.06
Votes cast / turnout		2,447,224	71.49	+3.68
Registered voters		3,423,098

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PP	1,346,588	48.48	+1.81	57	+2
	PSOE	1,083,205	39.00	−0.99	45	−2
	IUCM	236,013	8.50	+0.82	9	±0
	Others	63,383	2.28		0	±0
Blank ballots		48,433	1.74	−0.25

Valid votes		2,777,622	99.61	+0.06
Invalid votes		10,873	0.39	−0.06
Votes cast / turnout		2,788,495	62.58	−6.69
Registered voters		4,455,706

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/−

	PSC–CpC	1,031,454	31.16	−6.69	42	−10
	CiU	1,024,425	30.94	−6.76	46	−10
	ERC	544,324	16.44	+7.77	23	+11
	PP	393,499	11.89	+2.38	15	+3
	ICV–EA	241,163	7.28	+3.35	9	+6
	Others	45,406	1.37		0	±0
Blank ballots		30,212	0.91	−0.02

Valid votes		3,310,483	99.74	−0.01
Invalid votes		8,793	0.26	+0.01
Votes cast / turnout		3,319,276	62.54	+3.34
Registered voters		5,307,837