Murcian regional election, 2003

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25 May 2003

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All 45 seats in the Regional Assembly of Murcia
23 seats needed for a majority

Registered

934,896

2.6%

Turnout

654,253 (70.0%)

2.3 pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Ramón Luis Valcárcel	Ramón Ortiz	Cayetano Jaime
Party	PP	PSOE	IURM
Leader since	5 October 1991	1995	2001
Last election	26 seats, 52.8%	18 seats, 35.9%	1 seat, 7.0%
Seats won	28	16	1
Seat change	2	2	0
Popular vote	367,710	221,392	36,754
Percentage	56.7%	34.1%	5.7%
Swing	3.9 pp	1.8 pp	1.3 pp

Constituency results map for the Regional Assembly of Murcia

President before election

Ramón Luis Valcárcel
PP

Elected President

Ramón Luis Valcárcel
PP

The 2003 Murcian regional election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 6th Regional Assembly of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia. All 45 seats in the Regional Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

The 45 members of the Regional Assembly of Murcia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 per 100 of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, which were established by law to comprise the following municipalities:

Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of one seat, with the remaining 40 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Region of Murcia and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote.

The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure at least the signature of 1 per 100 of the electors entered in electoral register of the constituency for which they were seeking election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days from the election call.

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