Catalan parliamentary election, 2003

Catalonian parliamentary election, 2003

1999 ← November 16, 2003 → 2006

All 135 seats in the Parliament   First party Second party Third party   Leader Artur Mas i Gavarró Pasqual Maragall i Mira Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira Party Convergence and Union PSC Republican Left of Catalonia Leader since December 2, 2001 June 18, 2000 November 25, 1996 Last election 56 52 12 Seats won 46 42 23 Seat change -10 -10 +11 Popular vote 1,024,425 1,031,454 544,324 Percentage 30.94% 31.16% 16.44%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Josep Piqué i Camps Joan Saura i Laporta Party PPC CV-EUiA Leader since September 4, 2003 November 26, 2000 Last election 12 3 Seats won 15 9 Seat change +3 +6 Popular vote 393,399 241,163 Percentage 11.89% 7.28%

Graphic of the results in the Catalan Parliament election, 2003, based in constituencies.

President of the Generalitat de Catalunya before election Jordi Pujol i Soley Convergence and Union Elected President of the Generalitat de Catalunya Pasqual Maragall i Mira PSC

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Elections to the Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Spain, were held on November 16, 2003.

Background

Afterwards of 23 years of a Convergence and Union government, this elections expected a big change in a Catalonia Government.

In the past 1999 elections, Convergence and Union lost the elections, but in the parliament voting it was won, because the People's Party of Catalonia supported it.

In the 1999 elections Initiative for Catalonia Greens and United and Alternative Left were have to run separately, but in this elections be formed a party coalition.

Parties

• Convergència i Unió (CiU, Convergence and Union). Presidential candidate: Artur Mas. Union of the Catalan nationalist, fiscally liberal Democratic Convergence of Catalonia and the conservative Democratic Union of Catalonia.

• Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change (PSC-CpC). Presidential candidate: Pasqual Maragall i Mira. Social democratic. Affiliated to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

• Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC, Republican Left of Catalonia). Presidential candidate: Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira. Catalan republican and independentist, left-wing.

• People's Party of Catalonia (PPC). Presidential candidate: Josep Piqué. The main party of the centre-right in Spain.

• Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA). Presidential candidate: Joan Saura. Green (eco-socialist) and radical left.

Results

General

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change (PSC-CpC)	1,031,454	31.1%	-6.7%	42	-10
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Democratic Union of Catalonia	1,024,425	30.9%	-6.8%	46	-10
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	544,324	16.4%	+7.8%	23	+11
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	393,399	11.8%	+2.3%	15	+3
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA)	241,163	7.2%	+4.7%	9	+6
	All Others	45,406	0.8%		0
	Totals	3,280,171	100.0%		135

By constituencies

Barcelona

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change (PSC-CpC)	824,270	33.1%	-6.8%	29	-7
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	715,140	28.7%	-6.4%	25	-6
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	376,669	15.1%	+7.4%	13	+6
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	311,928	12.5%	+2.5%	11	+3
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA)	199,553	8.0%	+4.7%	7	+4
	All Others	35,065	1.4%		0
	Totals	2,462,625	100.0%		85

Girona

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	118,286	38.6%	-9.9%	7	-2
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change (PSC-CpC)	72,352	23.6%	-5.6%	4	-1
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	66,989	21.9%	+9.1%	4	+2
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	24,698	8.0%	+2.0%	1	=
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA)*	16,328	5.3%	-23.9%	1	-4
	All Others	4,700	1.5%		0
	Totals	303,353	100.0%		17

Lleida

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	84,410	41.4%	-6.7%	7	-1
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change (PSC-CpC)	45,723	22.4%	-7.1%	4	-1
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	40,574	19.9%	+8.3%	3	+2
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	19,690	9.6%	+1.7%	1	=
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA)*	8,863	4.3%	-25.2%	0	-5
	All Others	2,410	1.1%		0
	Totals	201,670	100.0%		15

Tarragona

	Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)
	Convergence and Union (CiU) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	106,589	33.7%	-7.6%	7	-1
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Citizens for Change (PSC-CpC)	89,109	28.2%	-5.9%	5	-1
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	60,092	19.0%	+8.5%	3	+1
	People's Party of Catalonia (PPC)	37,183	11.7%	+1.1%	2	=
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA)*	16,419	5.2%	-28.9%	1	-5
	All Others	3.231	1.0%		0
	Totals	312,623	100.0%		18

• In the 1999 elections PSC and ICV were a party coalition.