Asturian parliamentary election, 2003

Asturian parliamentary election, 2003

25 May 2003

All 45 seats in the Asturian General Junta 23 seats needed for a majority Registered 976,104 0.4% Turnout 623,149 (63.8%) 0.2 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 2 4 Popular vote 250,474 242,396 Percentage 40.5% 39.2% Swing 5.5 pp 6.9 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 1 3 Popular vote 68,360 17,552 Percentage 11.0% 2.8% Swing 2.0 pp 4.3 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:

• Central District, comprising the municipalities of: Aller, Avilés, Bimenes, Carreño, Caso, Castrillón, Corvera de Asturias, Gijón, Gozón, Illas, Las Regueras, Langreo, Laviana, Lena, Llanera, Mieres, Morcín, Noreña, Oviedo, Proaza, Quirós, Ribera de Arriba, Riosa, San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Santo Adriano, Sariego, Siero, Sobrescobio and Soto del Barco.
• Eastern District, comprising the municipalities of: Amieva, Cabrales, Cabranes, Cangas de Onís, Caravia, Colunga, Llanes, Nava, Onís, Parres, Peñamellera Alta, Peñamellera Baja, Piloña, Ponga, Ribadedeva, Ribadesella and Villaviciosa.
• Western District, comprising the municipalities of: Allande, Belmonte de Miranda, Boal, Candamo, Cangas del Narcea, Castropol, Coaña, Cudillero, Degaña, El Franco, Grado, Grandas de Salime, Ibias, Illano, Muros del Nalón, Navia, Pesoz, Pravia, Salas, San Martín de Oscos, Santa Eulalia de Oscos, San Tirso de Abres, Somiedo, Tapia de Casariego, Taramundi, Teverga, Tineo, Valdés, Vegadeo, Villanueva de Oscos, Villayón and Yernes y Tameza.

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	5.52	22	2
	People's Party (PP)	242,396	39.18	6.87	19	4
	United Left-Bloc for Asturias (IU-BA)	68,360	11.05	2.05	4	1
	Asturian Renewal Union (URAS)	17,552	2.84	4.30	0	3
	Asturianist Party (PAS)	11,376	1.84	0.74	0	±0
	The Greens-Green Left of Asturias (LV)	6,561	1.06	0.52	0	±0
	Andecha Astur (AA)	3,821	0.62	0.26	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	0.02	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	0.72
Total		618,716	100.00		45	±0
Valid votes		618,716	99.29	0.11
Invalid votes		4,433	0.71	0.11
Votes cast / turnout		623,149	63.84	0.22
Abstentions		352,955	36.16	0.22
Registered voters		976,104
Source(s): General Junta of the Principality of Asturias Argos Information Portal

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".