Catalonian parliamentary election, 2003

Catalan parliamentary election, 2003

1999 ← 16 November 2003 → 2006

All 135 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia 68 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls Registered 5,307,837 0.3% Turnout 3,319,276 (62.5%) 3.3 pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Pasqual Maragall Artur Mas Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira Party PSC CiU ERC Leader since 6 March 1999 7 January 2002 25 November 1996 Last election 52 seats, 37.9% 56 seats, 37.7% 12 seats, 8.7% Seats won 42 46 23 Seat change 10 10 11 Popular vote 1,031,454 1,024,425 544,324 Percentage 31.2% 30.9% 16.4% Swing 6.7 pp 6.8 pp 7.7 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Josep Piqué Joan Saura Party PPC ICV–EUiA Leader since 4 September 2003 26 November 2000 Last election 12 seats, 9.5% 3 seats, 3.9% Seats won 15 9 Seat change 3 6 Popular vote 393,499 241,163 Percentage 11.9% 7.3% Swing 2.4 pp 3.4 pp

Graphic of the results in the Catalan Parliament election, 2003, based in constituencies.

President before election Jordi Pujol CiU Elected President Pasqual Maragall PSC

Jordi Pujol
CiU

Pasqual Maragall
PSC

The 2003 Catalan parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 16 November 2003, to elect the 7th Parliament of Catalonia, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia. At stake were all 135 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of Catalonia.

This election marked a change for all Catalan political parties due to Catalan President Jordi Pujol's decision not to seek a seventh term in office and to retire from active politics. The election results were a great disappointment for Pasqual Maragall's Socialists' Party of Catalonia, which again saw Convergence and Union winning a plurality of seats despite them winning the most votes by a margin of just 0.3%. Opinion polls earlier in the year had predicted a much larger victory for Maragall, but his lead over CiU had begun to narrow as the election grew nearer. ERC was the perceived true victor of the election, doubling its 1999 figures and scoring the best results in its recent history, both in terms of seats (23 of 135) and votes (16.4%), up from 11 seats and 8.7%.

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