Asturian parliamentary election, 2003

Asturian parliamentary election, 2003
Asturias
25 May 2003
All 45 seats in the Asturian General Junta
23 seats needed for a majority
Registered 976,104 Decrease0.4%
Turnout 623,149 (63.8%)
Increase0.2 pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Vicente Álvarez Areces Ovidio Sánchez
Party PSOE PP
Leader since 14 June 1998 9 December 1998
Last election 24 seats, 46.0% 15 seats, 32.3%
Seats won 22 19
Seat change Decrease2 Increase4
Popular vote 250,474 242,396
Percentage 40.5% 39.2%
Swing Decrease5.5 pp Increase6.9 pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Francisco Javier García Valledor Sergio Marqués
Party IU URAS
Leader since April 2000 2 December 1998
Last election 3 seats, 9.0% 3 seats, 7.1%
Seats won 4 0
Seat change Increase1 Decrease3
Popular vote 68,360 17,552
Percentage 11.0% 2.8%
Swing Increase2.0 pp Decrease4.3 pp
President before election

Vicente Álvarez Areces
PSOE

 Elected President

Vicente Álvarez Areces
PSOE

The 2003 Asturian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 6th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Asturias. At stake were all 45 seats in the General Junta, determining the President of the Principality of Asturias.

Electoral system

The 45 members of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias were elected in 3 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 as such:

Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 2 seats, with the remaining 39 seats allocated among the three districts in proportion to their populations. For the 2003 election, seats were distributed as follows: Central District (33), Eastern District (5) and Western District (7).

Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of the total vote 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 Asturian General Junta election results →
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 250,474 40.48 Decrease5.52 22 Decrease2
People's Party (PP) 242,396 39.18 Increase6.87 19 Increase4
United Left-Bloc for Asturias (IU-BA) 68,360 11.05 Increase2.05 4 Increase1
Asturian Renewal Union (URAS) 17,552 2.84 Decrease4.30 0 Decrease3
Asturianist Party (PAS) 11,376 1.84 Decrease0.74 0 ±0
The Greens-Green Left of Asturias (LV) 6,561 1.06 Increase0.52 0 ±0
Andecha Astur (AA) 3,821 0.62 Increase0.26 0 ±0
Senior Defense Platform (PlaDeTE) 1,297 0.21 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 1,211 0.20 New 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 642 0.10 Decrease0.02 0 ±0
Asturian Council (Conceyu) 524 0.08 ±0.00 0 ±0
Asturian Democratic Convergence (CDAS) 359 0.06 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 14,143 2.29 Increase0.72
Total 618,716 100.00 45 ±0
Valid votes 618,716 99.29 Decrease0.11
Invalid votes 4,433 0.71 Increase0.11
Votes cast / turnout 623,149 63.84 Increase0.22
Abstentions 352,955 36.16 Decrease0.22
Registered voters 976,104
Source(s):
Vote share
PSOE
  
 40.48%
PP
  
 39.18%
IU-BA
  
 11.05%
URAS
  
 2.84%
PAS
  
 1.84%
LV
  
 1.06%
Others
  
 1.26%
Blank ballots
  
 2.29%
Parliamentary seats
PSOE
  
 48.89%
PP
  
 42.22%
IU-BA
  
 8.89%

Results by district

Election results by district.

References

  1. ↑ "Law 14/1986, of 26 December, on the regulation of elections to the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias".
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