Castile and León parliamentary election, 2003

Castile and León parliamentary election, 2003

25 May 2003

All 82 seats in the Courts of Castile and León 42 seats needed for a majority Registered 2,177,222 3.2% Turnout 1,581,983 (72.7%) 3.3 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Juan Vicente Herrera Ángel Villalba Joaquín Otero Party PP PSOE UPL Leader since 16 March 2001 22 October 2000 1997 Last election 48 seats, 50.6% 30 seats, 33.0% 3 seats, 3.7% Seats won 48 32 2 Seat change ±0 2 1 Popular vote 760,510 576,769 60,331 Percentage 48.5% 36.8% 3.8% Swing 2.1 pp 3.8 pp 0.1 pp

President before election Juan Vicente Herrera PP Elected President Juan Vicente Herrera PP

The 2003 Castile and León parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 6th Courts of Castile and León, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León. At stake were all seats in the Courts, determining the President of the Junta of Castile and León. The number of members decreased from 83 to 82 compared to the previous election.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the regional Courts was determined by the population count. For the 2003 election, the Courts size was set to 82 seats. All Courts members were elected in 9 multi-member districts, corresponding to Castile and León's nine provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 3 seats, with 1 additional seat per each 45,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 22,500. For the 2003 election, seats were distributed as follows: Avila (7), Burgos (11), Leon (14), Palencia (7), Salamanca (11), Segovia (6), Soria (5), Valladolid (14) and Zamora (7).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of valid votes in each district (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.^[1]

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 Castile and León Courts election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	People's Party (PP)	760,510	48.49	2.07	48	±0
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	576,769	36.77	3.82	32	2
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	60,331	3.85	0.14	2	1
	United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL)	54,085	3.45	1.99	0	1
	Communal Land-Castilian Nationalist Party (TC-PNC)	18,595	1.19	0.19	0	1
	Independent Candidate-Castile and Leon Party (PCL)	11,180	0.71	New	0	±0
	Union of the Salamancan People (UPSa)	6,630	0.42	0.30	0	±0
	Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL)	5,323	0.34	0.42	0	±0
	The Greens-Left Federation (LV-FI)	4,130	0.26	New	0	±0
	Castilian Left (IzCa)	3,972	0.25	New	0	±0
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	3,016	0.19	0.51	0	±0
	United Zamora (ZU)	2,579	0.16	New	0	±0
	Republican Left (IR)	2,420	0.15	New	0	±0
	El Bierzo Party (PB)	2,286	0.15	0.10	0	±0
	The Greens-Green Group (LV-GV)	2,196	0.14	0.05	0	±0
	Leonese United Independent Citizens (CiuLe)	2,420	0.15	New	0	±0
	Humanist Party (PH)	2,038	0.13	0.02	0	±0
	Zamoran People's Union (UPZ)	1,998	0.13	0.03	0	±0
	Initiative for the Development of Soria (IDeS)	1,908	0.12	New	0	±0
	The Greens (LV)	1,835	0.12	0.07	0	±0
	Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)	1,620	0.10	0.10	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		6,927	0.44	–	0	±0
	The Greens-CIVES (LV-CIVES)	1,459	0.09	New	0	±0
	Independent Segovian Alternative (ASÍ)	1,314	0.08	New	0	±0
	The Falange (FE)	1,197	0.08	New	0	±0
	El Bierzo Regionalist Party (PRB)	1,041	0.07	New	0	±0
	Liberal Centrist Union (UCL)	652	0.04	New	0	±0
	Independent Spanish Falange-Falange 2000 (FEI-FE 2000)	556	0.04	0.03	0	±0
	Spanish Democratic Party (PADE)	465	0.03	0.19	0	±0
	Authentic Falange (FA)	243	0.02	New	0	±0

	Blank ballots	36,027	2.30	0.39
Total		1,568,426	100.00		82	1
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	3.25
Abstentions		595,239	27.34	3.25
Registered voters		2,177,222
Source: Argos Information Portal

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