For the regional elections held concurrently, see 2003 Spanish regional elections.
2003 Spanish local elections
← 1999
25 May 2003
2007 →
65,510 councillors in 8,108 municipal councils 1,036 seats in 38 provincial deputations
Registered
34,386,462 2.4%
Turnout
23,270,072 (67.7%) 3.7 pp
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
José María Aznar
Gaspar Llamazares
Party
PSOE
PP
IU–ICV–EA
Leader since
22 July 2000
4 September 1989
29 October 2000
Last election
21,984 c., 34.4%[a]
24,623 c., 34.4%
2,579 c., 7.6%[b]
Seats won
23,224
23,615
2,601
Seat change
1,240
1,008
22
Popular vote
7,999,178
7,875,762
1,730,732
Percentage
34.8%
34.3%
7.5%
Swing
0.4 pp
0.1 pp
0.1 pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Jordi Pujol
Xabier Arzalluz
Jordi Carbonell
Party
CiU
EAJ/PNV
ERC–AM
Leader since
19 September 1978
18 January 1985
1996
Last election
4,089 seats, 3.6%
1,206 c., 1.9%
677 seats, 1.1%
Seats won
3,687
1,671
1,282
Seat change
402
465
605
Popular vote
791,932
514,850
419,961
Percentage
3.4%
2.2%
1.8%
Swing
0.2 pp
0.3 pp
0.7 pp
Provincial results map for municipal elections
The 2003 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect all 65,510 councillors in the 8,108 municipalities of Spain and all 1,036 seats in 38 provincial deputations.[1][2] The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country and the ten island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands.
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^"Municipal elections in Spain 1979-2011". interior.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
^"Provincial deputation elections since 1979" (in Spanish). historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
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