2003 Spanish local elections

2003 Spanish local elections

← 1999 25 May 2003 2007 →

65,510 councillors in 8,108 municipal councils
1,036 seats in 38 provincial deputations
Registered34,386,462 Green arrow up2.4%
Turnout23,270,072 (67.7%)
Green arrow up3.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero José María Aznar Gaspar Llamazares
Party PSOE PP 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 Green arrow up1,240 Red arrow down1,008 Green arrow up22
Popular vote 7,999,178 7,875,762 1,730,732
Percentage 34.8% 34.3% 7.5%
Swing Green arrow up0.4 pp Red arrow down0.1 pp Red arrow down0.1 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 Red arrow down402 Red arrow down465 Green arrow up605
Popular vote 791,932 514,850 419,961
Percentage 3.4% 2.2% 1.8%
Swing Red arrow down0.2 pp Green arrow up0.3 pp Green arrow up0.7 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.


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  1. ^ "Municipal elections in Spain 1979-2011". interior.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Provincial deputation elections since 1979" (in Spanish). historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 24 September 2017.