Aragonese parliamentary election, 2003
Aragonese parliamentary election, 2003
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All 67 seats in the Courts of Aragon 34 seats needed for a majority |
Registered |
1,019,644 2.0% |
Turnout |
717,457 (70.4%) 4.6 pp |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Leader |
Marcelino Iglesias |
Gustavo Alcalde |
Chesús Bernal |
Party |
PSOE |
PP |
CHA |
Leader since |
15 February 1995 |
18 May 2001 |
29 June 1986 |
Last election |
23 seats, 30.8% |
28 seats, 38.2% |
5 seats, 11.0% |
Seats won |
27 |
22 |
9 |
Seat change |
4 |
6 |
4 |
Popular vote |
270,468 |
219,058 |
97,763 |
Percentage |
37.9% |
30.7% |
13.7% |
Swing |
7.1 pp |
7.5 pp |
2.7 pp |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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Leader |
José Ángel Biel |
Adolfo Barrena |
Party |
PAR |
IU |
Leader since |
2 June 2000 |
May 2002 |
Last election |
10 seats, 13.3% |
1 seat, 3.9% |
Seats won |
8 |
1 |
Seat change |
2 |
±0 |
Popular vote |
79,670 |
21,795 |
Percentage |
11.2% |
3.1% |
Swing |
2.1 pp |
0.8 pp |
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The 2003 Aragonese parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 6th democratically-elected Courts of Aragon, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Aragon. At stake were all 67 seats in the Courts, determining the President of the Government of Aragon.
The election saw the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which had ruled Aragon since the previous election, becoming the largest party in the Courts for the first time since the 1991 election. The PSOE gains came at the expense of the People's Party (PP), which saw a drop of 7 points on its vote share. The Aragonese Union (CHA) made gains and overtook the Aragonese Party (PAR) as the third largest party in the Courts. For the PAR, this was the fourth consecutive election where it lost ground. United Left (IU) held its single seat, albeit with a slightly reduced vote share.
The PSOE and PAR maintained the coalition administration formed after the previous election. As a result, Marcelino Iglesias was re-elected as President of Aragon.
Electoral system
The number of seats in the Aragonese Courts was set to a fixed-number of 67. All Courts members were elected in 3 multi-member districts, corresponding to Aragon's three provinces, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Each district was entitled to an initial minimum of 13 seats, with the remaining 28 seats allocated among the three provinces in proportion to their populations, on the required condition that the number of inhabitants per seat in each district did not exceed 2.75 times those of any other. For the 2003 election, seats were distributed as follows: Huesca (18), Teruel (14) and Zaragoza (35).
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 Aragonese Courts election results →
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Party |
Vote |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
Won |
+/− |
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
270,468 | 37.94 | 7.13 |
27 | 4 |
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People's Party (PP) |
219,058 | 30.73 | 7.48 |
22 | 6 |
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Aragonese Union (CHA) |
97,763 | 13.71 | 2.67 |
9 | 4 |
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Aragonese Party (PAR) |
79,670 | 11.18 | 2.07 |
8 | 2 |
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United Left of Aragon (IU) |
21,795 | 3.06 | 0.80 |
1 | ±0 |
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The Greens-SOS Nature (LV-SOS) |
4,308 | 0.60 | 0.05 |
0 | ±0 |
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Aragonese Initiative (INAR) |
1,703 | 0.24 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Family and Life Party (PFyV) |
1,300 | 0.18 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) |
1,056 | 0.15 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Republican Left (IR) |
519 | 0.07 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Humanist Party (PH) |
330 | 0.05 | 0.10 |
0 | ±0 |
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Blank ballots |
14,874 | 2.09 | 0.01 |
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Total |
712,844 | 100.00 | |
67 | ±0 |
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Valid votes |
712,844 | 99.36 | 0.07 |
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Invalid votes |
4,613 | 0.64 | 0.07 |
Votes cast / turnout |
717,457 | 70.36 | 4.60 |
Abstentions |
302,187 | 29.64 | 4.60 |
Registered voters |
1,019,644 | |
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Source: Argos Information Portal |
Vote share |
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PSOE |
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37.94% |
PP |
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30.73% |
CHA |
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13.71% |
PAR |
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11.18% |
IU |
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3.06% |
Others |
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1.29% |
Blank ballots |
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2.09% |
Parliamentary seats |
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PSOE |
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40.30% |
PP |
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32.84% |
CHA |
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13.43% |
PAR |
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11.94% |
IU |
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1.49% |
Results by province
Huesca |
Party |
Vote |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
Won |
+/− |
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
53,486 | 42.41 | 8.26 |
8 | 1 |
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People's Party (PP) |
37,479 | 29.72 | 4.08 |
6 | 1 |
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Aragonese Party (PAR) |
15,497 | 12.29 | 3.78 |
2 | 1 |
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Aragonese Union (CHA) |
12,550 | 9.95 | 0.94 |
2 | 1 |
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United Left of Aragon (IU) |
3,269 | 2.59 | 0.82 |
0 | ±0 |
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The Greens-SOS Nature (LV-SOS) |
923 | 0.73 | 0.04 |
0 | ±0 |
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Aragonese Initiative (INAR) |
207 | 0.16 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Family and Life Party (PFyV) |
206 | 0.16 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Blank ballots |
2,499 | 1.98 | 0.38 |
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Total |
126,116 | 100.00 | |
18 | ±0 |
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Valid votes |
126,116 | 99.27 | 0.12 |
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Invalid votes |
931 | 0.73 | 0.12 |
Votes cast / turnout |
127,047 | 71.78 | 3.01 |
Abstentions |
49,951 | 28.22 | 3.01 |
Registered voters |
176,998 | |
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Source: Argos Information Portal |
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Teruel |
Party |
Vote |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
Won |
+/− |
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
29,895 | 34.76 | 3.11 |
5 | ±0 |
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People's Party (PP) |
28,871 | 33.57 | 6.60 |
5 | 2 |
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Aragonese Party (PAR) |
15,662 | 18.21 | 0.51 |
3 | ±0 |
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Aragonese Union (CHA) |
6,515 | 7.57 | 3.24 |
1 | 1 |
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United Left of Aragon (IU) |
3,163 | 3.68 | 0.43 |
0 | ±0 |
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The Greens-SOS Nature (LV-SOS) |
315 | 0.37 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Family and Life Party (PFyV) |
98 | 0.11 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Aragonese Initiative (INAR) |
62 | 0.07 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Humanist Party (PH) |
50 | 0.06 | 0.10 |
0 | ±0 |
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Blank ballots |
1,379 | 1.60 | 0.22 |
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Total |
86,010 | 100.00 | |
14 | 1 |
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Valid votes |
86,010 | 99.07 | 0.02 |
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Invalid votes |
809 | 0.93 | 0.02 |
Votes cast / turnout |
86,819 | 74.51 | 1.78 |
Abstentions |
29,707 | 25.49 | 1.78 |
Registered voters |
116,526 | |
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Source: Argos Information Portal |
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Zaragoza |
Party |
Vote |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
Won |
+/− |
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
187,087 | 37.36 | 7.59 |
14 | 3 |
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People's Party (PP) |
152,708 | 30.50 | 8.52 |
11 | 3 |
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Aragonese Union (CHA) |
78,698 | 15.72 | 2.90 |
6 | 2 |
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Aragonese Party (PAR) |
48,511 | 9.69 | 2.00 |
3 | 1 |
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United Left of Aragon (IU) |
15,363 | 3.07 | 0.83 |
1 | ±0 |
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The Greens-SOS Nature (LV-SOS) |
3,070 | 0.61 | 0.01 |
0 | ±0 |
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Aragonese Initiative (INAR) |
1,434 | 0.29 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) |
1,056 | 0.21 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Family and Life Party (PFyV) |
996 | 0.20 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Republican Left (IR) |
519 | 0.10 | New |
0 | ±0 |
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Humanist Party (PH) |
280 | 0.06 | 0.10 |
0 | ±0 |
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Blank ballots |
10,996 | 2.20 | 0.15 |
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Total |
500,718 | 100.00 | |
35 | 1 |
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Valid votes |
500,718 | 99.43 | 0.06 |
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Invalid votes |
2,873 | 0.57 | 0.06 |
Votes cast / turnout |
503,591 | 69.35 | 5.47 |
Abstentions |
222,529 | 30.65 | 5.47 |
Registered voters |
726,120 | |
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Source: Argos Information Portal |
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