2003 Canarian regional election

Canarian parliamentary election, 2003

25 May 2003
All 60 seats in the Parliament of Canarias 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	1,439,784 8.2%
Turnout	930,449 (64.6%) 1.9 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Adán Martín José Manuel Soria Juan Carlos Alemán Party CC PP PSOE Leader since 2003 16 July 1999 2000 Last election 26 seats, 37.3% 15 seats, 27.1% 19 seats, 24.0% Seats won 23 17 17 Seat change 3 2 2 Popular vote 304,413 283,186 235,234 Percentage 32.9% 30.6% 25.4% Swing 4.4 pp 3.5 pp 1.4 pp
Island-level units won by CC (yellow), PP (blue), PSOE (red) and FNC (purple)
President before election Román Rodríguez CC Elected President Adán Martín CC

The 2003 Canarian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 6th Canarian Parliament, the unicameral regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands. At stake were all 60 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of the Canary Islands.

Electoral system

The 60 members of the Canarian Parliament were elected in 7 multi-member districts using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Unlike other regions, districts did not coincide with provincial limits, being determined by law for each of the main islands to become a district of its own. The electoral system came regulated under the Autonomous Statute of Autonomy. Each district was assigned a fixed set of seats, distributed as follows: El Hierro (3), Fuerteventura (7), Gran Canaria (15), La Gomera (4), La Palma (8), Lanzarote (8) and Tenerife (15).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 30% of the total vote in each district or above 6% in all of the community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 Canarian Parliament election results →

Party		Vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Canarian Coalition/meta/color" |	Canarian Coalition (CC)	304,413	32.90	4.36	23	3
bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color" |	People's Party (PP)	283,186	30.61	3.48	17	2
bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" |	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	235,234	25.42	1.39	17	2
	Canarian Nationalist Federation (FNC)	44,703	4.83	0.02	3	3
	The Greens of Canarias (LV)	18,340	1.98	0.52	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color" |	Canarian United Left (IUC)	12,128	1.31	1.43	0	±0
	Canarian People's Alternative (APCa)	6,737	0.73	New	0	±0
	25 May Citizen Alternative (AC25M)	2,719	0.29	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain/meta/color" |	Communist Party of the Canarian People (PCPC-PCPE)	1,776	0.19	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Humanist Party (Spain)/meta/color" |	Humanist Party (PH)	1,322	0.14	0.02	0	±0
	Lanzarote Assembly (AC)	964	0.10	New	0	±0

Parties with less than 0.1% of the vote		1,920	0.21	–	0	±0
	Tinerfenian Union (UT)	571	0.06	New	0	±0
	Canarian Pensionist Tagoror (TPC)	449	0.05	0.03	0	±0
	The People (LG)	448	0.05	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:National Democracy (Spain)/meta/color" |	National Democracy (DN)	409	0.04	New	0	±0
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color" |	Centrist Union (UC)	43	0.00	0.53	0	±0

	Blank ballots	11,806	1.28	0.23
Total		925,248	100.00		60	±0
Valid votes		925,248	99.44	0.02
Invalid votes		5,201	0.56	0.02
Votes cast / turnout		930,449	64.62	1.88
Abstentions		509,335	35.38	1.88
Registered voters		1,439,784
Source: Argos Information Portal

Vote share CC   32.90% PP   30.61% PSOE   25.42% FNC   4.83% LV   1.98% IUC   1.31% Others   1.67% Blank ballots   1.28%

Parliamentary seats CC   38.33% PP   28.33% PSOE   28.33% FNC   5.00%