Madrilenian regional election, October 2003

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26 October 2003

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

Opinion polls

Registered

4,455,706

0.3%

Turnout

2,788,495 (62.6%)

6.6 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
Leader's seat	Madrid	Madrid	Madrid
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 (ad interim)
PP

Elected President

Esperanza Aguirre
PP

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (ad interim)
PP

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. This was a snap election, held as a result of the parliamentary deadlock resulting from the May 2003 election and the Tamayazo scandal.

The People's Party (PP) recovered the absolute majority it had lost in the previous election, at the expense of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, which suffered from the scandal of its rebel MPs and lost the opportunity to regain the community's government after 8 years in opposition. United Left (IU) made advances, increasing its vote share, but failing to translate it into new seats.

As a result of the election, Esperanza Aguirre was able to be elected as President of Madrid, becoming the first woman to be named to the office.

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 President of the Community. Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Community of Madrid and in full enjoyment of their political rights.

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