Asturian regional election, 2003

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25 May 2003

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All 45 seats in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
23 seats needed for a majority

Registered

976,104

0.4%

Turnout

623,149 (63.8%)

0.2 pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Vicente Álvarez Areces	Ovidio Sánchez	Francisco Javier García Valledor
Party	PSOE	PP	IU–BA
Leader since	14 June 1998	9 December 1998	April 2000
Leader's seat	Central	Central	Central
Last election	24 seats, 46.0%	15 seats, 32.3%	3 seats, 9.0%
Seats won	22	19	4
Seat change	2	4	1
Popular vote	250,474	242,396	68,360
Percentage	40.5%	39.2%	11.0%
Swing	5.5 pp	6.9 pp	2.0 pp

Constituency results map for the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

President before election

Vicente Álvarez Areces
PSOE

Elected President

Vicente Álvarez Areces
PSOE

The 2003 Asturian regional election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 6th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias. All 45 seats in the General Junta were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The General Junta of the Principality of Asturias was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Asturias, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Asturian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Principality. Voting for the General Junta was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Asturias and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

The 45 members of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, depending on the district magnitude. Seats were allocated to constituencies, which were established by law as follows:

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