Castile and León parliamentary election, 2003
Castile and León parliamentary election, 2003
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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 |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| 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 |
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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 →
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| Party |
Vote |
Seats |
| Votes |
% |
±pp |
Won |
+/− |
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People's Party (PP) |
760,510 | 48.49 | 2.07 |
48 | ±0 |
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
576,769 | 36.77 | 3.82 |
32 | 2 |
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Leonese People's Union (UPL) |
60,331 | 3.85 | 0.14 |
2 | 1 |
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United Left of Castile and León (IUCyL) |
54,085 | 3.45 | 1.99 |
0 | 1 |
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Communal Land-Castilian Nationalist Party (TC-PNC) |
18,595 | 1.19 | 0.19 |
0 | 1 |
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Independent Candidate-Castile and Leon Party (PCL) |
11,180 | 0.71 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Union of the Salamancan People (UPSa) |
6,630 | 0.42 | 0.30 |
0 | ±0 |
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Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL) |
5,323 | 0.34 | 0.42 |
0 | ±0 |
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The Greens-Left Federation (LV-FI) |
4,130 | 0.26 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Castilian Left (IzCa) |
3,972 | 0.25 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) |
3,016 | 0.19 | 0.51 |
0 | ±0 |
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United Zamora (ZU) |
2,579 | 0.16 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Republican Left (IR) |
2,420 | 0.15 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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El Bierzo Party (PB) |
2,286 | 0.15 | 0.10 |
0 | ±0 |
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The Greens-Green Group (LV-GV) |
2,196 | 0.14 | 0.05 |
0 | ±0 |
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Leonese United Independent Citizens (CiuLe) |
2,420 | 0.15 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Humanist Party (PH) |
2,038 | 0.13 | 0.02 |
0 | ±0 |
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Zamoran People's Union (UPZ) |
1,998 | 0.13 | 0.03 |
0 | ±0 |
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Initiative for the Development of Soria (IDeS) |
1,908 | 0.12 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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The Greens (LV) |
1,835 | 0.12 | 0.07 |
0 | ±0 |
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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 |
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The Greens-CIVES (LV-CIVES) |
1,459 | 0.09 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Independent Segovian Alternative (ASÍ) |
1,314 | 0.08 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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The Falange (FE) |
1,197 | 0.08 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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El Bierzo Regionalist Party (PRB) |
1,041 | 0.07 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Liberal Centrist Union (UCL) |
652 | 0.04 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Independent Spanish Falange-Falange 2000 (FEI-FE 2000) |
556 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
0 | ±0 |
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Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) |
465 | 0.03 | 0.19 |
0 | ±0 |
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Authentic Falange (FA) |
243 | 0.02 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Blank ballots |
36,027 | 2.30 | 0.39 |
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| Total |
1,568,426 | 100.00 | |
82 | 1 |
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| Valid votes |
1,568,426 | 99.14 | 0.09 |
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| 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 | |
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| Source: Argos Information Portal |
| Vote share |
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| PP |
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48.49% |
| PSOE |
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36.77% |
| UPL |
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3.85% |
| IUCyL |
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3.45% |
| TC-PNC |
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1.19% |
| Others |
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3.96% |
| Blank ballots |
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2.30% |
| Parliamentary seats |
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| PP |
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58.54% |
| PSOE |
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39.02% |
| UPL |
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2.44% |
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