October 2003 Madrilenian regional election

October 2003 Madrilenian regional election
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All 111 seats in the Assembly of Madrid
56 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered4,455,706 0.3%
Turnout2,788,495 (62.6%)
6.6 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Esperanza Aguirre Rafael Simancas Fausto Fernández
Party PP PSOE IU
Leader since 16 October 2002 26 November 2000 11 July 2002
Last election 55 seats, 46.7% 47 seats, 40.0% 9 seats, 7.7%
Seats won 57 45 9
Seat change 2 2 0
Popular vote 1,346,588 1,083,205 236,013
Percentage 48.5% 39.0% 8.5%
Swing 1.8 pp 1.0 pp 0.8 pp
President before election

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (acting)
PP

Elected President

Esperanza Aguirre
PP

The October 2003 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 26 October 2003, to elect the 7th Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 111 seats in the Assembly were up for election. It was a snap election, held as a result of the parliamentary deadlock resulting from the Tamayazo scandal after the May 2003 election.

The People's Party (PP) recovered the absolute majority it had lost in the previous election. This came at the expense of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which suffered from the scandal of the rebel MPs who refused to support a PSOE–IU government led by Rafael Simancas. United Left (IU) saw a slight increase in support but failed to translate its gains into new seats. As a result of the election, Esperanza Aguirre was elected as President of the Community of Madrid, becoming the first woman to be appointed to the office.

Overview

Electoral system

The Assembly of Madrid was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Madrid, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Madrilenian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.[1] Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in the Community of Madrid and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

All members of the Assembly of Madrid were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. The Assembly was entitled to one member per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000.[1][2]

Election date

The term of the Assembly of Madrid expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Assembly were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.[1][2][3]

The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Assembly of Madrid and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution.[4] In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.[1]

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 0.5 percent of the electorate in the Community of Madrid, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[2][3]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances 		Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Votes (%) Seats
PP
List
 Esperanza Aguirre Conservatism
Christian democracy 		46.67% 55 checkY
PSOE Rafael Simancas Social democracy 39.99% 47 ☒N
IUCM Fausto Fernández Socialism
Communism 		7.68% 9 ☒N

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 56 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid.

Color key:

  Exit poll

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout PP PSOE IUCM Lead
October 2003 regional election 26 Oct 2003 — 62.6 48.5
57 		39.0
45 		8.5
9 		9.5
Sigma Dos/Antena 3[i][p 1][p 2] 26 Oct 2003 ? ? 47.7
56 		39.4
46 		8.2
9 		8.3
Sigma Dos/Antena 3[p 3][p 4] 26 Oct 2003 ? ? 48.2
56/57 		38.0
44/45 		9.0
9/10 		10.2
Gallup/RTVE[p 1][p 5] 26 Oct 2003 ? ? 49.0
57/58 		37.9
43/44 		8.7
9/10 		11.1
Celeste-Tel/La Razón[p 6] 19 Oct 2003 ? ? ?
56/57 		?
44/45 		?
10/11 		?
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 6] 19 Oct 2003 ? ? 49.4
56/58 		?
43/45 		?
10 		?
Opina[p 7] 16 Oct 2003 1,500 ? 50.5
58 		39.0
45 		7.0
8 		11.5
Opina/El País[p 8] 12–13 Oct 2003 ? ? 49.5
57/58 		39.0
45/46 		7.1
8 		10.5
PP[p 9] 9–10 Oct 2003 ? ? ?
54 		?
48 		?
9 		?
Opina/Cadena SER[p 10][p 11][p 12] 4–6 Oct 2003 1,500 ? 49.5
57/58 		38.0
44/45 		8.0
9 		11.5
CIS[p 13][p 14] 27 Sep–5 Oct 2003 1,194 63.2 50.4
57 		37.4
43 		10.1
11 		13.0
Infortécnica[p 15] 1–30 Sep 2003 2,006 59.7 51.4
56/58 		38.5
43/44 		10.1
10/11 		12.9
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 16] 29 Sep 2003 ? ? 48.2
56/57 		38.8
45/46 		8.5
9/10 		9.4
PP[p 17] 28 Sep 2003 ? ? ?
57 		?
45 		?
9 		?
TNS Demoscopia/ABC[p 18] 2–3 Sep 2003 806 ? 48.4
56 		39.6
45 		9.4
10 		8.8
Sigma Dos/El Mundo[p 19][p 20] 25 Jun 2003 800 ? 48.4
56/57 		39.7
45/46 		7.9
9 		8.7
TNS Demoscopia/Tele 5[ii][p 21] 13–14 Jun 2003 600 ? 46.4 40.6 7.2 5.8
May 2003 regional election 25 May 2003 — 69.3 46.7
55 		40.0
47 		7.7
9 		6.7
  1. ^ Quick count.
  2. ^ Undecided and/or abstentionists excluded.

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 26 October 2003 Assembly of Madrid election results →
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's Party (PP) 1,346,588 48.48 +1.81 57 +2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 1,083,205 39.00 –0.99 45 –2
United Left of the Community of Madrid (IUCM) 236,013 8.50 +0.82 9 ±0
The Greens of the Community of Madrid (LVCM) 14,067 0.51 –0.41 0 ±0
The Greens (LV) 12,665 0.46 –0.92 0 ±0
Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB) 8,111 0.29 New 0 ±0
New Socialism (NS) 6,176 0.22 New 0 ±0
National Democracy (DN) 3,694 0.13 +0.02 0 ±0
Family and Life Party (PFyV) 2,326 0.08 –0.05 0 ±0
The Phalanx (FE) 2,212 0.08 –0.05 0 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)1 2,036 0.07 –0.01 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 1,894 0.07 –0.01 0 ±0
Romantic Mutual Support Party (PMAR) 1,504 0.05 New 0 ±0
Party Association of Widows and Legal Wives (PAVIEL) 1,461 0.05 –0.02 0 ±0
Republican Left (IR) 1,396 0.05 –0.03 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 1,323 0.05 –0.02 0 ±0
Madrilenian Independent Regional Party (PRIM) 1,255 0.05 –0.02 0 ±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 1,135 0.04 –0.02 0 ±0
Another Democracy is Possible (ODeP) 904 0.03 –0.03 0 ±0
Citizen Unity (UC) 776 0.03 –0.03 0 ±0
Federal Progressives (PF) 448 0.02 New 0 ±0
Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) 0 0.00 –0.12 0 ±0
Blank ballots 48,433 1.74 –0.25
Total 2,777,622 111 ±0
Valid votes 2,777,622 99.61 +0.06
Invalid votes 10,873 0.39 –0.06
Votes cast / turnout 2,788,495 62.58 –6.69
Abstentions 1,667,211 37.42 +6.69
Registered voters 4,455,706
Sources[5][6]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PP
 
 48.48%
PSOE
 
 39.00%
IUCM
 
 8.50%
Others
 
 2.28%
Blank ballots
 
 1.74%
Seats
PP
 
 51.35%
PSOE
 
 40.54%
IUCM
 
 8.11%

Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators sorted by order of election.[7]

Elected legislators
# Name List
1 Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma PP
2 Rafael Simancas Simancas PSOE
3 Miguel Ángel Villanueva González PP
4 Matilde Fernández Sanz PSOE
5 Juan José Güemes Barrios PP
6 Luis María López Guerra PSOE
7 Concepción Dancausa Treviño PP
8 Inés Alberdi Alonso PSOE
9 Beatriz Elorriaga Pisarik PP
10 Fausto Fernández Díaz IUCM
11 Alberto López Viejo PP
12 Pedro Feliciano Sabando Suárez PSOE
13 Antonio Germán Beteta Barreda PP
14 Ruth Porta Cantoni PSOE
15 Francisco José Granados Lerena PP
16 Carlos Westendorp Cabeza PSOE
17 Luis Eduardo Cortés Muñoz PP
18 María Helena Almazán Vicario PSOE
19 Rosa María Posada Chapado PP
20 María Paloma Adrados Gautier PP
21 Francisco Cabaco López PSOE
22 Eduardo Cuenca Cañizares IUCM
23 Luis Peral Guerra PP
24 María Encarnación Moya Nieto PSOE
25 María Carmen Álvarez-Arenas Cisneros PP
26 José Antonio Díaz Martínez PSOE
27 José Ignacio Echániz Salgado PP
28 María Soledad Mestre García PSOE
29 Luis Manuel Partida Brunete PP
30 María Gador Ongil Cores PP
31 José Quintana Viar PSOE
32 José Ignacio Echeverría Echániz PP
33 Miguel Ángel Reneses González Solares IUCM
34 José Manuel Franco Pardo PSOE
35 Juan Van-Halen Acedo PP
36 Manuel Sánchez Cifuentes PSOE
37 Fernando Martínez Vidal PP
38 María Ángeles Martínez Herrando PSOE
39 María Cristina Cifuentes Cuencas PP
40 Juan Soler-Espiauba Gallo PP
41 María Isabel Manzano Martínez PSOE
42 Pedro Muñoz Abrines PP
43 José Carmelo Cepeda García PSOE
44 María Caridad García Álvarez IUCM
45 Paloma Martín Martín PP
46 Antonio Chazarra Montiel PSOE
47 Sylvia Enseñat de Carlos PP
48 Ana María Arroyo Veneroso PSOE
49 Luis del Olmo Flórez PP
50 Regino García-Badell Arias PP
51 Modesto Nolla Estrada PSOE
52 José María Federico Corral PP
53 Francisco Hernández Ballesteros PSOE
54 María Isabel Martínez-Cubells Yraola PP
55 Margarita María Ferré Luparia IUCM
56 Lucila María Corral Ruiz PSOE
57 Álvaro Ramón Renedo Sedano PP
58 Francisco Contreras Lorenzo PSOE
59 Elena de Utrilla Palombi PP
60 Francisco Javier Rodríguez Rodríguez PP
61 Jorge Gómez Moreno PSOE
62 Jesús Fermosel Díaz PP
63 María Patrocinio Las Heras Pinilla PSOE
64 David Pérez García PP
65 Francisco Javier Gómez Gómez PSOE
66 Benjamín Martín Vasco PP
67 Jorge García Castaño IUCM
68 Óscar José Monterrubio Rodríguez PSOE
69 María Carmen Rodríguez Flores PP
70 Álvaro Moraga Valiente PP
71 Carmen García Rojas PSOE
72 Isabel Gema González González PP
73 Andrés Rojo Cubero PSOE
74 Concepción Lostau Martínez PP
75 Alicia Acebes Carabaño PSOE
76 Francisco de Borja Sarasola Jáudenes PP
77 Eduardo Sánchez Gatell PSOE
78 Luis Suárez Machota IUCM
79 Pilar Busó Borús PP
80 Laura de Esteban Martín PP
81 Rafael Gómez Montoya PSOE
82 Eduardo Oficialdegui Alonso de Celada PP
83 María Paz Martín Lozano PSOE
84 Sonsoles Trinidad Aboín Aboín PP
85 Marcos Sanz Agüero PSOE
86 Colomán Trabado Pérez PP
87 Antonio Fernández Gordillo PSOE
88 Jesús Adriano Valverde Bocanegra PP
89 José Guillermo Fernando Marín Calvo IUCM
90 María Maravillas Martínez Doncel PSOE
91 María Isabel Redondo Alcaide PP
92 Pablo Morillo Casals PP
93 Alejandro Fernández Martín PSOE
94 María Pilar Liébana Montijano PP
95 Juan Antonio Ruiz Castillo PSOE
96 Carlos Clemente Aguado PP
97 Adolfo Navarro Muñoz PSOE
98 Oliva Cristina García Robredo PP
99 Enrique Echegoyen Vera PSOE
100 Jacobo Ramón Beltrán Pedreira PP
101 María de los Reyes Montiel Mesa IUCM
102 Federico Jiménez de Parga Maseda PP
103 María Dolores Rodríguez Gabucio PSOE
104 Francisco de Borja Carabante Muntada PP
105 Adolfo Piñedo Simal PSOE
106 José Cabrera Orellana PP
107 María Antonia García Fernández PSOE
108 Pablo Abejas Juárez PP
109 Francisco Garrido Hernández PSOE
110 Juan José García Ferrer PP
111 María Teresa Cristina Calatayud Prieto PP

Aftermath

Investiture processes to elect the President of the Community of Madrid required for an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 48 hours later requiring of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If none of such majorities were achieved, successive candidate proposals could be processed under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly would be automatically dissolved and a snap election called.[1]

Investiture
Esperanza Aguirre (PP)
Ballot → 20 November 2003
Required majority → 56 out of 111 checkY
Yes
  • • PP (57)
57 / 111
No
54 / 111
Abstentions
0 / 111
Absentees
0 / 111
Sources[5]

References

Opinion poll sources
  1. ^ a b "Los primeros sondeos dan la mayoría absoluta al PP en Madrid". El Mundo (in Spanish). 26 October 2003.
  2. ^ "Escaños y % según los sondeos". El Mundo (in Spanish). 26 October 2003. Archived from the original on 28 October 2003.
  3. ^ "Los sondeos a pie de urna le otorgan la mayoría absoluta al PP". El País (in Spanish). 26 October 2003.
  4. ^ "El PP obtiene mayoría absoluta, según los sondeos". ABC (in Spanish). 26 October 2003.
  5. ^ "El PP vence en Madrid, según sondeos a pie de urna". La Hora Nacional (in Spanish). 26 October 2003.
  6. ^ a b "El Partido Popular recupera la mayoría absoluta". El Mundo (in Spanish). 19 October 2003.
  7. ^ "Intención de voto. Comunidad de Madrid. 16 de octubre de 2003" (PDF). Instituto Opina (in Spanish). 16 October 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2005.
  8. ^ "Aguirre conseguirá mayoría absoluta". El País (in Spanish). 19 October 2003.
  9. ^ "Una encuesta del PSOE le da un diputado más". ABC (in Spanish). 14 October 2003.
  10. ^ "Mayoría absoluta para el PP en Madrid, según el Pulsómetro". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 10 October 2003.
  11. ^ "Pulsómetro 10/10/2003". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 10 October 2003. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Un sondeo de la SER pronostica mayoría absoluta para Aguirre". El País (in Spanish). 11 October 2003.
  13. ^ "Preelectoral elecciones autonómicas, 2003. CA de Madrid (Estudio nº 2539. Septiembre-Octubre 2003)" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 16 October 2003.
  14. ^ "El PSOE paga la fuga de Tamayo y entrega al PP la mayoría absoluta en Madrid, según el CIS". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 17 October 2003.
  15. ^ "Prospectiva Electoral de la Comunidad de Madrid". Infortécnica (in Spanish). September 2003.
  16. ^ "El Partido Popular recupera la mayoría absoluta". El Mundo (in Spanish). 29 September 2003.
  17. ^ "Una encuesta del PP le da mayoría absoluta". ABC (in Spanish). 28 September 2003.
  18. ^ "El PP lograría la mayoría absoluta por un solo diputado en Madrid tras la crisis de la Asamblea". ABC (in Spanish). 7 September 2003.
  19. ^ "El partido socialista perdería el Gobierno de Madrid si se celebran unas nuevas elecciones". El Mundo (in Spanish). 27 June 2003.
  20. ^ "Intención de voto en la Comunidad de Madrid". El Mundo (in Spanish). 27 June 2003.
  21. ^ "Los madrileños no cambiarán su voto, según una encuesta de Tele 5". El País (in Spanish). 16 June 2003.
Other
  1. ^ a b c d e Ley Orgánica 3/1983, de 25 de febrero, de Estatuto de Autonomía de la Comunidad de Madrid (Organic Law 3) (in Spanish). 25 February 1983. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Ley 11/1986, de 16 de diciembre, Electoral de la Comunidad de Madrid (Law 11) (in Spanish). 16 November 1986. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. ^ Ley 5/1990, de 17 de mayo, reguladora de la facultad de disolución de la Asamblea de Madrid por el Presidente de la Comunidad (Law 5) (in Spanish). 17 May 1990. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid (1983-2021)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid Octubre 2003" (PDF) (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid. 24 November 2003. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  7. ^ Junta Electoral Provincial de Madrid: "Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid Octubre 2003" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid (280): 77–78. 24 November 2003. ISSN 1989-4791.
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