2003 Valencian regional election

2003 Valencian regional election

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All 89 seats in the Corts Valencianes 45 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	3,423,098 1.8%
Turnout	2,447,224 (71.5%) 3.7 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Francisco Camps Joan Ignasi Pla Joan Ribó Party PP PSPV–PSOE Entesa Leader since 10 July 2002 24 September 2000 1997 Leader's seat Valencia Valencia Valencia Last election 49 seats, 47.9% 35 seats, 33.9% 5 seats, 6.1% Seats won 48 35 6 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 1,146,780 874,288 154,494 Percentage 47.2% 36.0% 6.4% Swing 0.7 pp 2.1 pp 0.3 pp
Election result by constituency
President before election José Luis Olivas PP Elected President Francisco Camps PP

The 2003 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 6th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 89 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Despite growing discontent with the nationwide José María Aznar's government, the People's Party (PP) was able to comfortably retain its absolute majority in the Corts, losing only one seat compared to 1999, which was gained by the Agreement (Entesa) alliance led by United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV). The Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV–PSOE), while increasing its vote share in two percentage points compared to its 1999 result, failed to translate it into any new seats. Valencian Union (UV), the former PP coalition partner during the first Zaplana government (1995–1999), continued its decline into irrelevance and fell below 3%, depriving it of any possibility of overcoming the five percent threshold to enter the Corts.

Francisco Camps became the new president of the Valencian Government succeeding José Luis Olivas, who had replaced Eduardo Zaplana in 2002 after the latter was named Labour and Social Affairs minister in Aznar's second cabinet.