Barcelona City Council election, 2003

Barcelona City Council election, 2003
Barcelona
25 May 2003

All 41 seats in the Barcelona City Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Registered 1,281,534 Decrease5.3%
Turnout 759,197 (59.2%)
Increase7.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Joan Clos Xavier Trias Alberto Fernández Díaz
Party PSC CiU PPC
Leader since 26 September 1997 25 April 2002 16 July 2002
Last election 20 seats, 45.2% 10 seats, 21.7% 6 seats, 14.9%
Seats won 15 9 7
Seat change Decrease5 Decrease1 Increase1
Popular vote 254,223 162,010 121,991
Percentage 33.6% 21.4% 16.1%
Swing Decrease11.6 pp Decrease0.3 pp Increase1.2 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Jordi Portabella Imma Mayol
Party ERC ICV-EUiA
Leader since 1999 1998
Last election 3 seats, 6.5% 2 seats, 7.6%[lower-alpha 1]
Seats won 5 5
Seat change Increase2 Increase3
Popular vote 96,868 91,286
Percentage 12.8% 12.1%
Swing Increase6.3 pp Increase4.4 pp

Mayor before election

Joan Clos
PSC

Elected Mayor

Joan Clos
PSC

The 2003 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 7th Barcelona City Council, the unicameral local legislature of the municipality of Barcelona. At stake were all 41 seats in the City Council, determining the Mayor of Barcelona.

Electoral system

The number of seats in the Barcelona City Council was determined by the population count. According to the municipal electoral law, the population-seat relationship on each municipality was to be established on the following scale:

Inhabitants Seats
<250 5
251–1,000 7
1,001–2,000 9
2,001–5,000 11
5,001–10,000 13
10,001–20,000 17
20,001–50,000 21
50,001–100,000 25

Additionally, for populations greater than 100,000, 1 seat was to be added per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction, according to the most updated census data, and adding 1 more seat if the resulting seat count gives an even number. As the updated population census for the 2003 election was 1,527,190, the Barcelona City Council size was set to 41 seats.

All City Council members were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Barcelona municipality, using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 5% of valid votes in all of the municipality (which include blank ballotsfor none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.

The Spanish municipal electoral law established a clause stating that, if no candidate was to gather an absolute majority of votes to be elected as mayor of a municipality, the candidate of the most-voted party would be automatically elected to the post.[1]

Results

Summary of the 25 May 2003 Barcelona City Council election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Municipal Progress (PSC-PM) 254,223 33.60 Decrease11.59 15 Decrease5
Convergence and Union (CiU) 162,010 21.41 Decrease0.28 9 Decrease1
People's Party of Catalonia (PPC) 121,991 16.12 Increase1.25 7 Increase1
Republican Left of Catalonia-Municipal Agreement (ERC-AM) 96,868 12.80 Increase6.28 5 Increase2
Initiative for Catalonia Greens-Progress Agreement (ICV-EUiA-EP)[lower-alpha 1] 91,286 12.07 Increase4.44 5 Increase3
The Greens-Ecopacifists (EV-EC) 5,449 0.72 New 0 ±0
The Greens and More (ViM) 3,955 0.52 New 0 ±0
The Greens-Green Alternative (EV-AV) 3,209 0.42 New 0 ±0
Another Democracy is Possible (OtraDem) 1,143 0.15 New 0 ±0
Unsubmissive Seats (Ei) 731 0.10 New 0 ±0
Blank ballots 12,679 1.68 Decrease0.21
Total 756,567 100.00 41 ±0
Valid votes 756,567 99.65 Increase0.09
Invalid votes 2,630 0.35 Decrease0.09
Votes cast / turnout 759,197 59.24 Increase7.71
Abstentions 522,337 40.76 Decrease7.71
Registered voters 1,281,534
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Vote share
PSC-PM
 
33.60%
CiU
 
21.41%
PPC
 
16.12%
ERC-AM
 
12.80%
ICV-EUiA-EP
 
12.07%
Others
 
2.32%
Blank ballots
 
1.68%
City council seats
PSC-PM
 
36.59%
CiU
 
21.95%
PPC
 
17.07%
ERC-AM
 
12.20%
ICV-EUiA-EPM
 
12.20%

Notes

  1. 1 2 Compared to the Initiative for Catalonia Greens+United and Alternative Left results in the 1999 election.

References

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