Madrilenian regional election, May 2003

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25 May 2003

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All 111 seats in the Assembly of Madrid
56 seats needed for a majority

Opinion polls

Registered

4,443,533

3.9%

Turnout

3,078,052 (69.3%)

8.4 pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Esperanza Aguirre	Rafael Simancas	Fausto Fernández
Party	PP	PSOE	IUCM
Leader since	16 October 2002	26 November 2000	11 July 2002
Last election	55 seats, 51.1%	39 seats, 36.4%	8 seats, 7.7%
Seats won	55	47	9
Seat change	0	8	1
Popular vote	1,429,890	1,225,390	235,428
Percentage	46.7%	40.0%	7.7%
Swing	4.4 pp	3.6 pp	±0.0 pp

President before election

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
PP

President after election

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (ad interim)
PP

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
PP

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (ad interim)
PP

The May 2003 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 6th Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 111 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

As a result of the election, the People's Party (PP) lost its absolute majority in the Assembly, thus leaving the way open for a coalition government between the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and United Left (IU) to be formed. A major political scandal ensued after two PSOE deputies—Eduardo Tamayo and María Teresa Sáez—broke party discipline and refused to support PSOE regional leader Rafael Simancas's investiture. The prospective PSOE–IU alliance found itself commanding 54 seats against the 55-strong PP, which would not be able to bring its candidate, Esperanza Aguirre, through an investiture vote as the rebel PSOE MPs would not vote for her either. With no candidate able to obtain the required votes to become President, the regional Assembly was dissolved on 28 August 2003 and a snap election was held in October 2003.

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