2003 Ceuta Assembly election

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2003 Ceuta Assembly election
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  1999 25 May 2003 2007  

All 25 seats in the Assembly of Ceuta
13 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered56,656 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 3.6%
Turnout33,555 (59.2%)
Red Arrow Down.svg 2.2 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Juan Jesús Vivas Mohamed Alí Antonia Palomo [1]
Party PP UDCE PSOE
Leader sinceOctober 199920012000 [1]
Last election8 seats, 28.0%Did not contest2 seats, 8.7%
Seats won1932
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 11 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 3 Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0
Popular vote20,8973,5892,905
Percentage62.6%10.7%7.4%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 34.6 pp New party Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1.3 pp

 Fourth party
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Party PDSC
Last election3 seats, 10.0%
Seats won1
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg 2
Popular vote1,722
Percentage5.2%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg 4.9 pp

Mayor-President before election

Juan Jesús Vivas
PP

Elected Mayor-President

Juan Jesús Vivas
PP

The 2003 Ceuta Assembly election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 3rd Assembly of the Autonomous City of Ceuta. All 25 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Contents

Electoral system

The Assembly of Ceuta was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the autonomous city of Ceuta. Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Ceuta and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. [2] [3] [4]

The 25 members of the Assembly of Ceuta were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. [2] [3] [4]

The Mayor-President was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of members, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In case of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee. [4]

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 the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in Ceuta. 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 of the election being called. [2] [3]

Results

Summary of the 25 May 2003 Assembly of Ceuta election results
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Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
People's Party (PP)20,89762.55+34.5619+11
Ceutan Democratic Union (UDCE)3,58910.74New3+3
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)2,9058.70+1.262±0
Democratic and Social Party of Ceuta (PDSC)1,7225.15–4.871–2
Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta (PSPC)1,4024.20–0.200±0
Liberal Independent Party of Ceuta (PIL)19222.76–35.390–12
Ceutan Federation (FC)6962.08New0±0
Ceutan People's Union (UPCE)5731.72New0±0
United Left–Ceuta (IU)3220.96–3.000±0
The Phalanx (FE)1290.39New0±0
Blank ballots2510.75–0.45
Total33,40825±0
Valid votes33,40899.56+0.05
Invalid votes1470.44–0.05
Votes cast / turnout33,55559.23–2.12
Abstentions23,10140.77+2.12
Registered voters56,656
Sources [5] [6] [7]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PP
62.55%
UDCE
10.74%
PSOE
8.70%
PDSC
5.15%
PSPC
4.20%
PIL
2.76%
FC
2.08%
UPCE
1.72%
Others
1.35%
Blank ballots
0.75%
Seats
PP
76.00%
UDCE
12.00%
PSOE
8.00%
PDSC
4.00%

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