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Spanish local elections, 2003

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65,510 councillors in 8,108 municipal councils
1,036 seats in 38 provincial deputations
Registered34,386,462 2.4%
Turnout23,270,072 (67.7%)
3.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero José María Aznar Gaspar Llamazares
Party PSOEPSC PPUPNUPM IUICV–EA
Leader since 22 July 2000 4 September 1989 29 October 2000
Last election 21,984 c., 34.4%[a] 24,623 c., 34.4% 2,579 c., 7.6%[b]
Seats won 23,224 23,615 2,601
Seat change 1,240 1,008 22
Popular vote 7,999,178 7,875,762 1,730,732
Percentage 34.8% 34.3% 7.5%
Swing 0.4 pp 0.1 pp 0.1 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jordi Pujol Xabier Arzalluz Jordi Carbonell
Party CiU EAJ/PNV ERC–AM
Leader since 19 September 1978 18 January 1985 1996
Last election 4,089 seats, 3.6% 1,206 c., 1.9% 677 seats, 1.1%
Seats won 3,687 1,671 1,282
Seat change 402 465 605
Popular vote 791,932 514,850 419,961
Percentage 3.4% 2.2% 1.8%
Swing 0.2 pp 0.3 pp 0.7 pp

Provincial results map for municipal elections

The 2003 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect all 65,510 councillors in the 8,108 municipalities of Spain and all 1,036 seats in 38 provincial deputations.[1][2] The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country and the ten island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands.

Electoral system

Municipal elections

Municipalities in Spain were local corporations with independent legal personality. They had a governing body, the municipal council or corporation, composed of a mayor, deputy mayors and a plenary assembly of councillors. Voting for the local assemblies was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the corresponding municipality and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. The mayor was in turn elected by the plenary assembly, with a legal clause providing for the candidate of the most-voted party to be automatically elected to the post in the event no other candidate was to gather an absolute majority of votes.

Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:

Population Councillors
<250 5
251–1,000 7
1,001–2,000 9
2,001–5,000 11
5,001–10,000 13
10,001–20,000 17
20,001–50,000 21
50,001–100,000 25
>100,001 +1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction
+1 if total is an even number

Councillors of municipalities with populations between 100 and 250 inhabitants were elected under an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties and for up to four candidates. Additionally, municipalities below 100 inhabitants, as well as those whose geographical location or the best management of municipal interests or other circumstances made it advisable, were to be organized through the open council system (Spanish: régimen de concejo abierto), in which voters would directly elect the local major.[3][4][5]

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 the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election:

  • At least 1 percent of the electors in municipalities below 5,000 inhabitants, provided that the number of signers was more than double that of councillors at stake.
  • At least 100 signatures in municipalities between 5,001 and 10,000.
  • At least 500 signatures in municipalities between 10,001 and 50,000.
  • At least 1,500 signatures in municipalities between 50,001 and 150,000.
  • At least 3,000 signatures in municipalities between 150,001 and 300,000.
  • At least 5,000 signatures in municipalities between 300,001 and 1,000,000.
  • At least 8,000 signatures in municipalities over 1,000,001.

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 of the election being called.[3][4]

Deputations and island councils

Provincial deputations were the governing bodies of provinces in Spain, having an administration role of municipal activities and composed of a provincial president, an administrative body, and a plenary. Basque provinces had foral deputations instead—called Juntas Generales—, whereas deputations for single-province autonomous communities were abolished: their functions transferred to the corresponding regional parliaments. For insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, deputations were replaced by island councils in each of the islands or group of islands. For Majorca, Menorca and IbizaFormentera this figure was referred to in Spanish as consejo insular (Catalan: consell insular), whereas for Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma its name was cabildo insular.

Most deputations were indirectly elected by local councillors from municipalities in each judicial district. Seats were allocated to provincial deputations based on the following scale:

Population Seats
<500,000 25
500,001–1,000,000 27
1,000,001–3,500,000 31
>3,500,001 51

Island councils and foral deputations were elected directly by electors under their own, specific electoral regulations.[3][4]

Municipal elections

Overall

Councillor share for different parties in the elections.

  PPUPNUPM (36.05%)
  PSOEPSC (35.45%)
  CiU (5.63%)
  IUICV–EA (3.97%)
  PNV–EA (2.55%)
  ERC–AM (1.96%)
  PAR (1.38%)
  PA (1.06%)
  BNG (0.91%)
  CC (0.70%)
  Bloc–EV (0.45%)
  PRC (0.42%)
  Other (9.47%)
Summary of the 25 May 2003 municipal election results in Spain
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Councillors
Votes % ±pp Total +/-
width="1" rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and allies (PSOEPSC) 7,999,178 34.83 +0.43 23,224 +1,240
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1 6,895,327 30.02 +0.74 20,944 +996
bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia–Municipal Progress (PSC–PM) 1,103,851 4.81 –0.31 2,280 +244
rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party and allies (PPUPNUPM) 7,875,762 34.29 –0.16 23,615 –1,011
bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)2 7,760,360 33.79 –0.20 23,265 –1,026
bgcolor="Template:Navarrese People's Union/meta/color"| Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 99,962 0.44 +0.01 335 +8
bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's PartyMelillan People's Union (PP–UPM)3 15,440 0.07 +0.03 15 +7
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color"| United Left and allies (IUICV–EA) 1,730,732 7.54 –0.05 2,601 +22
bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color"| United Left (IU) 1,394,871 6.07 –0.18 2,204 –56
bgcolor="Template:Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left/meta/color"| Initiative–Alternative Left–Agreement for Municipal Progress (ICV–EA–EPM)4 335,861 1.46 +0.12 397 +78
bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU) 791,932 3.45 –0.18 3,687 –402
bgcolor="Template:PNV–EA/meta/color"| Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNVEA) 514,850 2.24 +0.31 1,671 +465
bgcolor="Template:Republican Left of Catalonia/meta/color"| Republican Left of Catalonia–Municipal Agreement (ERC–AM) 419,961 1.83 +0.77 1,282 +605
bgcolor="Template:Andalusian Party/meta/color"| Andalusian Party (PA)5 342,824 1.49 –0.20 693 +144
bgcolor="Template:Galician Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 325,331 1.42 +0.06 595 +9
bgcolor="Template:Canarian Coalition/meta/color"| Canarian Coalition (CC) 283,701 1.24 –0.02 458 +26
bgcolor="Template:Valencian Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"| Valencian Nationalist Bloc–Green Left (Bloc–EV) 139,307 0.61 +0.08 298 +64
bgcolor="Template:Confederation of the Greens/meta/color"| The Greens (LV)6 119,201 0.52 +0.21 19 +5
bgcolor="Template:Chunta Aragonesista/meta/color"| Aragonese Union (CHA) 88,939 0.39 +0.13 196 +116
bgcolor="Template:Valencian Union/meta/color"| Valencian Union (UV) 86,539 0.38 –0.13 131 –98
bgcolor="Template:Aragonese Party/meta/color"| Aragonese Party (PAR) 85,857 0.37 –0.04 907 –18
bgcolor="Template:Regionalist Party of Cantabria/meta/color"| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 66,592 0.29 +0.06 276 +59
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Andalusia (2001)/meta/color"| Socialist Party of Andalusia (PSA) 58,931 0.26 New 57 +57
bgcolor="Template:Leonese People's Union/meta/color"| Leonese People's Union (UPL) 45,791 0.20 +0.02 230 +63
bgcolor="Template:Majorcan Union/meta/color"| Majorcan Union (UM) 36,485 0.16 +0.04 103 +35
rowspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Canarian Nationalist Federation/meta/color"| Canarian Nationalist Federation (FNC) 36,205 0.16 +0.05 45 +5
bgcolor="Template:Canarian Nationalist Party/meta/color"| Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) 13,951 0.06 +0.01 11 +9
bgcolor="Template:Party of Independents from Lanzarote/meta/color"| Party of Independents from Lanzarote (PIL) 11,721 0.05 +0.01 27 –2
bgcolor="Template:Canarian Nationalist Federation/meta/color"| Canarian Union–Canarian Nationalist Federation (UC–FNC) 8,461 0.04 New 2 +2
bgcolor="Template:Independents of Fuerteventura/meta/color"| Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) 2,072 0.01 ±0.00 5 –4
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:PSM–Nationalist Agreement/meta/color"| PSM–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) 35,633 0.16 –0.03 98 –14
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Majorca/meta/color"| Socialist Party of MajorcaNationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) 32,743 0.14 –0.04 92 –13
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Menorca/meta/color"| Socialist Party of MenorcaNationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) 2,890 0.01 ±0.00 6 –1
bgcolor="Template:Aralar (Basque political party)/meta/color"| Aralar (Aralar) 31,235 0.14 New 48 +48
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Independent Group/meta/color"| Liberal Independent Group (GIL) 26,363 0.11 –0.30 20 –73
bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 23,428 0.10 –0.20 54 –227
bgcolor="Template:Federation of Independents of Catalonia/meta/color"| Federation of Independents of Catalonia (FIC) 23,278 0.10 –0.01 104 –76
bgcolor="Template:The Greens of the Community of Madrid/meta/color"| The Greens of the Community of Madrid (LVCM) 21,672 0.09 New 2 +2
bgcolor="Template:Independent Group for Almería/meta/color"| Independent Group for Almería (GIAL) 18,961 0.08 New 31 +31
bgcolor="Template:Commoners' Land/meta/color"| Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 16,411 0.07 –0.01 42 –3
bgcolor="Template:Asturian Renewal Union/meta/color"| Asturian Renewal Union (URAS) 15,621 0.07 –0.10 29 –54
bgcolor="Template:Pacte Progressista/meta/color"| Progressive Pact (Pacte) 15,262 0.07 ±0.00 33 –4
bgcolor="Template:Spanish Democratic Party/meta/color"| Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) 14,926 0.06 –0.05 34 +2
bgcolor="Template:Independent Candidacy (Castile and León)/meta/color"| Independent Candidacy–The Party of Castile and León (CI–PCL) 13,977 0.06 +0.02 65 +47
bgcolor="Template:Autodeterminaziorako Bilgunea/meta/color"| Meeting Point for Self-Determination (AuB)7 8 13,098 0.06 –1.22 63 –827
bgcolor="Template:Riojan Party/meta/color"| Riojan Party (PR) 12,667 0.06 +0.01 65 +7
Independent Democratic Centre (CDI) 11,381 0.05 New 24 +24
bgcolor="Template:United Extremadura/meta/color"| United Extremadura (EU) 10,489 0.05 +0.01 55 +5
bgcolor="Template:Convergence of Democrats of Navarre/meta/color"| Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN) 10,440 0.05 –0.02 17 –8
bgcolor="Template:Galician Progressive Democracy/meta/color"| Galician Progressive Democracy (DPG) 10,373 0.05 –0.03 2 –34
bgcolor="Template:Independientes Portuenses/meta/color"| Portuese Independents (IP) 10,301 0.04 –0.01 10 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Platform of the Left of Coslada/meta/color"| Platform of the Left of Coslada (PIC) 10,285 0.04 New 6 +6
bgcolor="Template:Citizens for Canarian Change/meta/color"| Citizens for Change Platform (AFV–CIUCA) 10,026 0.04 New 5 +5
bgcolor="Template:Humanist Party (Spain)/meta/color"| Humanist Party (PH) 9,446 0.04 –0.02 0 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Independents for Ferrol/meta/color"| Independents for Ferrol (IF) 9,412 0.04 +0.02 6 +3
bgcolor="Template:Independent Solution/meta/color"| Independent Solution (SI) 9,274 0.04 New 10 +10
bgcolor="Template:Unity for Narón/meta/color"| Unity for Narón (UN) 8,874 0.04 +0.01 13 +4
bgcolor="Template:Partíu Asturianista/meta/color"| Asturianist Party (PAS) 8,823 0.04 –0.04 3 –9
bgcolor="Template:Batzarre/meta/color"| Assembly (Batzarre) 8,449 0.04 New 15 +15
bgcolor="Template:Cantabrian Unity/meta/color"| Cantabrian Unity (UCn) 8,226 0.04 New 15 +15
Others 1,096,620 4.77 4,573 +28
Blank ballots 404,448 1.76 –0.19
Total 22,967,517 100.00 65,510 +309
Valid votes 22,967,517 98.70 –0.39
Invalid votes 302,555 1.30 +0.39
Votes cast / turnout 23,270,072 67.67 +3.68
Abstentions 11,116,390 32.33 –3.68
Registered voters 34,386,462
Sources[6][7]
Popular vote
PSOEPSC
34.83%
PPUPNUPM
34.29%
IUICV–EA
7.54%
CiU
3.45%
PNV–EA
2.24%
ERC–AM
1.83%
PA
1.49%
BNG
1.42%
CC
1.24%
Bloc–EV
0.61%
LV
0.52%
Others
8.80%
Blank ballots
1.76%

City control

The following table lists party control in provincial capitals, as well as in municipalities above or around 75,000.[8] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Municipality Population Previous control New control
A Coruña 242,458 width="1" bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) width="1" bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete 152,155 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcalá de Henares 179,602 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Alcobendas 95,104 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcorcón 149,594 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Algeciras 106,710 bgcolor="Template:Andalusian Party/meta/color"| Andalusian Party (PA) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alicante 293,629 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Almería 173,338 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Ávila 50,241 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Avilés 83,511 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Badajoz 136,851 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Badalona 210,370 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Barakaldo 95,515 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona 1,527,190 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Bilbao 353,950 bgcolor="Template:PNV–EA/meta/color"| Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) bgcolor="Template:PNV–EA/meta/color"| Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)
Burgos 167,962 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Cáceres 84,439 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Cádiz 136,236 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Cartagena 188,003 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Castellón de la Plana 153,225 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real 65,084 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Córdoba 314,805 bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color"| United Left (IU) bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color"| United Left (IU)
Cornellà de Llobregat 81,881 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Coslada 79,862 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Cuenca 46,859 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Dos Hermanas 103,282 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
El Puerto de Santa María 77,747 bgcolor="Template:Independientes Portuenses/meta/color"| Portuese Independents (IP) bgcolor="Template:Independientes Portuenses/meta/color"| Portuese Independents (IP)
Elche 201,731 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ferrol 79,520 bgcolor="Template:Galician Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Fuenlabrada 179,735 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getafe 153,868 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getxo 84,024 bgcolor="Template:PNV–EA/meta/color"| Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) bgcolor="Template:PNV–EA/meta/color"| Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)
Gijón 270,211 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona 77,475 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Granada 240,522 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Guadalajara 69,098 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huelva 140,862 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Huesca 46,462 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén 112,921 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Jerez de la Frontera 187,087 bgcolor="Template:Andalusian Party/meta/color"| Andalusian Party (PA) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) (PSOE in 2005)
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 244,323 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Las Palmas 370,649 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Leganés 174,436 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León 135,794 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (PP in 2004)
Lleida 115,000 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Logroño 136,841 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Lorca 79,481 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Lugo 89,509 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Madrid 3,016,788 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Málaga 535,686 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Marbella 115,871 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Independent Group/meta/color"| Liberal Independent Group (GIL) bgcolor="Template:Liberal Independent Group/meta/color"| Liberal Independent Group (GIL) (PSOE in 2006)
Mataró 109,298 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Móstoles 198,819 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Murcia 377,888 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Ourense 109,011 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Oviedo 202,938 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Palencia 80,801 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Palma 358,462 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Pamplona 189,364 bgcolor="Template:Navarrese People's Union/meta/color"| Navarrese People's Union (UPN) bgcolor="Template:Navarrese People's Union/meta/color"| Navarrese People's Union (UPN)
Parla 80,545 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Pontevedra 76,798 bgcolor="Template:Galician Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) bgcolor="Template:Galician Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
Reus 91,616 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sabadell 187,201 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Salamanca 156,006 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna 135,004 bgcolor="Template:Canarian Coalition/meta/color"| Canarian Coalition (CC) bgcolor="Template:Canarian Coalition/meta/color"| Canarian Coalition (CC)
San Fernando 88,333 bgcolor="Template:Andalusian Party/meta/color"| Andalusian Party (PA) bgcolor="Template:Andalusian Party/meta/color"| Andalusian Party (PA)
San Sebastián 181,700 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Sant Boi de Llobregat 80,041 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Coloma de Gramenet 115,568 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife 217,415 bgcolor="Template:Canarian Coalition/meta/color"| Canarian Coalition (CC) bgcolor="Template:Canarian Coalition/meta/color"| Canarian Coalition (CC)
Santander 184,661 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Santiago de Compostela 93,273 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Segovia 54,945 bgcolor="Template:Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)/meta/color"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Seville 704,114 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria 35,112 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Talavera de la Reina 77,519 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Tarragona 117,184 bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU) bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU)
Telde 91,160 bgcolor="Template:Canarian Coalition/meta/color"| Canarian Coalition (CC) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Terrassa 179,300 bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Teruel 31,506 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Toledo 70,893 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Torrejón de Ardoz 101,056 bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Torrevieja 69,763 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Valencia 761,871 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Valladolid 318,576 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Vigo 288,324 bgcolor="Template:Galician Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (PP in 2003)
Vitoria-Gasteiz 221,270 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Zamora 65,575 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Zaragoza 620,419 bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Provincial deputations

Summary

Provincial deputy share for different parties in the elections.

  PSOEPSC (44.31%)
  PP (41.41%)
  CiU (4.83%)
  IUICV–EA (3.76%)
  BNG (1.45%)
  ERC (1.25%)
  PAR (0.87%)
  PA (0.68%)
  CHA (0.39%)
  PSA (0.19%)
  UPL (0.19%)
  Other (0.67%)
Summary of the 25 May 2003 provincial deputations election results
Parties and coalitions Seats
Total +/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and allies (PSOEPSC) 459 +34
bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) 429 –25
bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU) 50 –7
bgcolor="Template:United Left (Spain)/meta/color"| United Left and allies (IUICV–EA)1 39 +3
bgcolor="Template:Galician Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 15 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Republican Left of Catalonia/meta/color"| Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 13 +7
bgcolor="Template:Aragonese Party/meta/color"| Aragonese Party (PAR) 9 –1
bgcolor="Template:Andalusian Party/meta/color"| Andalusian Party (PA) 7 –5
bgcolor="Template:Chunta Aragonesista/meta/color"| Aragonese Union (CHA) 4 +1
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party of Andalusia (2001)/meta/color"| Socialist Party of Andalusia (PSA) 2 +2
bgcolor="Template:Leonese People's Union/meta/color"| Leonese People's Union (UPL) 2 –1
bgcolor="Template:Valencian Nationalist Bloc/meta/color"| Valencian Nationalist Bloc–Green Left (Bloc–EV) 1 –1
bgcolor="Template:Valencian Union/meta/color"| Valencian Union (UV) 1 ±0
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Independent Group/meta/color"| Liberal Independent Group (GIL) 1 –4
bgcolor="Template:Independent Solution/meta/color"| Independent Solution (SI) 1 +1
Others 3 –2
Total 1,036 +2
Sources[2]

Deputation control

The following table lists party control in provincial deputations.[2] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Province Previous control New control
A Coruña width="1" bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) width="1" bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alicante bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Almería bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Ávila bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Badajoz bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Socialists' Party of Catalonia/meta/color"| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Burgos bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Cáceres bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cádiz bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Castellón bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Córdoba bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cuenca bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU) bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU)
Granada bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Guadalajara bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huelva bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huesca bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Lleida bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU) bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU)
Lugo bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Málaga bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ourense bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Palencia bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Pontevedra bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Salamanca bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Segovia bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Seville bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Tarragona bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU) bgcolor="Template:Convergence and Union/meta/color"| Convergence and Union (CiU)
Teruel bgcolor="Template:Aragonese Party/meta/color"| Aragonese Party (PAR) bgcolor="Template:Aragonese Party/meta/color"| Aragonese Party (PAR) (PSOE in 2006)
Toledo bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Valencia bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Valladolid bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Zamora bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP) bgcolor="Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color"| People's Party (PP)
Zaragoza bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) bgcolor="Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Notes

  1. ^ Aggregated data for PSOEPSC and PDNI in the 1999 elections.
  2. ^ Aggregated data for IUEUiA and IC–V in the 1999 elections.

References

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