2003 Spanish local elections

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% [lower-alpha 1] 24,623 c., 34.4% 2,579 c., 7.6% [lower-alpha 2] 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.

Electoral system

Municipal elections

Municipalities in Spain were local corporations with independent legal personality. They had a governing body, the municipal council or corporation, composed of a mayor, deputy mayors and a plenary assembly of councillors. Voting for the local assemblies was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the corresponding municipality and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. The mayor was in turn elected by the plenary assembly, with a legal clause providing for the candidate of the most-voted party to be automatically elected to the post in the event no other candidate was to gather an absolute majority of votes.

Local councillors 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 in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:

Population	Councillors
<250	5
251–1,000	7
1,001–2,000	9
2,001–5,000	11
5,001–10,000	13
10,001–20,000	17
20,001–50,000	21
50,001–100,000	25
>100,001	+1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction +1 if total is an even number

Councillors of municipalities with populations between 100 and 250 inhabitants were elected under an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties and for up to four candidates. Additionally, municipalities below 100 inhabitants, as well as those whose geographical location or the best management of municipal interests or other circumstances made it advisable, were to be organized through the open council system (Spanish : régimen de concejo abierto), in which voters would directly elect the local major. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

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 the municipality for which they sought election:

• At least 1 percent of the electors in municipalities below 5,000 inhabitants, provided that the number of signers was more than double that of councillors at stake.
• At least 100 signatures in municipalities between 5,001 and 10,000.
• At least 500 signatures in municipalities between 10,001 and 50,000.
• At least 1,500 signatures in municipalities between 50,001 and 150,000.
• At least 3,000 signatures in municipalities between 150,001 and 300,000.
• At least 5,000 signatures in municipalities between 300,001 and 1,000,000.
• At least 8,000 signatures in municipalities over 1,000,001.

Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. 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. ^{[3] [4]}

Deputations and island councils

Provincial deputations were the governing bodies of provinces in Spain, having an administration role of municipal activities and composed of a provincial president, an administrative body, and a plenary. Basque provinces had foral deputations instead—called Juntas Generales —, whereas deputations for single-province autonomous communities were abolished: their functions transferred to the corresponding regional parliaments. For insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, deputations were replaced by island councils in each of the islands or group of islands. For Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza–Formentera this figure was referred to in Spanish as consejo insular (Catalan : consell insular), whereas for Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma its name was cabildo insular .

Most deputations were indirectly elected by local councillors from municipalities in each judicial district. Seats were allocated to provincial deputations based on the following scale:

Population	Seats
<500,000	25
500,001–1,000,000	27
1,000,001–3,500,000	31
>3,500,001	51

Island councils and foral deputations were elected directly by electors under their own, specific electoral regulations. ^{[3] [4]}

Municipal elections

Overall

Councillor share for different parties in the elections.

   PP–UPN–UPM (36.05%)

   PSOE–PSC (35.45%)

   CiU (5.63%)

   IU–ICV–EA (3.97%)

   PNV–EA (2.55%)

   ERC–AM (1.96%)

   PAR (1.38%)

   PA (1.06%)

   BNG (0.91%)

   CC (0.70%)

   Bloc–EV (0.45%)

   PRC (0.42%)

  Other (9.47%)

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 municipal election results in Spain →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Councillors
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/-
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and allies (PSOE–PSC)	7,999,178	34.83	+0.43	23,224	+1,240
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)1	6,895,327	30.02	+0.74	20,944	+996
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia–Municipal Progress (PSC–PM)	1,103,851	4.81	–0.31	2,280	+244
	People's Party and allies (PP–UPN–UPM)	7,875,762	34.29	–0.16	23,615	–1,011
	People's Party (PP)2	7,760,360	33.79	–0.20	23,265	–1,026
	Navarrese People's Union (UPN)	99,962	0.44	+0.01	335	+8
	People's Party–Melillan People's Union (PP–UPM)3	15,440	0.07	+0.03	15	+7
	United Left and allies (IU–ICV–EA)	1,730,732	7.54	–0.05	2,601	+22
	United Left (IU)	1,394,871	6.07	–0.18	2,204	–56
	Initiative–Alternative Left–Agreement for Municipal Progress (ICV–EA–EPM)4	335,861	1.46	+0.12	397	+78
	Convergence and Union (CiU)	791,932	3.45	–0.18	3,687	–402
	Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)	514,850	2.24	+0.31	1,671	+465
	Republican Left of Catalonia–Municipal Agreement (ERC–AM)	419,961	1.83	+0.77	1,282	+605
	Andalusian Party (PA)5	342,824	1.49	–0.20	693	+144
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	325,331	1.42	+0.06	595	+9
	Canarian Coalition (CC)	283,701	1.24	–0.02	458	+26
	Valencian Nationalist Bloc–Green Left (Bloc–EV)	139,307	0.61	+0.08	298	+64
	The Greens (LV)6	119,201	0.52	+0.21	19	+5
	Aragonese Union (CHA)	88,939	0.39	+0.13	196	+116
	Valencian Union (UV)	86,539	0.38	–0.13	131	–98
	Aragonese Party (PAR)	85,857	0.37	–0.04	907	–18
	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)	66,592	0.29	+0.06	276	+59
	Socialist Party of Andalusia (PSA)	58,931	0.26	New	57	+57
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	45,791	0.20	+0.02	230	+63
	Majorcan Union (UM)	36,485	0.16	+0.04	103	+35
	Canarian Nationalist Federation (FNC)	36,205	0.16	+0.05	45	+5
	Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)	13,951	0.06	+0.01	11	+9
	Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)	11,721	0.05	+0.01	27	–2
	Canarian Union–Canarian Nationalist Federation (UC–FNC)	8,461	0.04	New	2	+2
	Independents of Fuerteventura (IF)	2,072	0.01	±0.00	5	–4
	PSM–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN)	35,633	0.16	–0.03	98	–14
	Socialist Party of Majorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN)	32,743	0.14	–0.04	92	–13
	Socialist Party of Menorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN)	2,890	0.01	±0.00	6	–1
	Aralar (Aralar)	31,235	0.14	New	48	+48
	Liberal Independent Group (GIL)	26,363	0.11	–0.30	20	–73
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	23,428	0.10	–0.20	54	–227
	Federation of Independents of Catalonia (FIC)	23,278	0.10	–0.01	104	–76
	The Greens of the Community of Madrid (LVCM)	21,672	0.09	New	2	+2
	Independent Group for Almería (GIAL)	18,961	0.08	New	31	+31
	Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)	16,411	0.07	–0.01	42	–3
	Asturian Renewal Union (URAS)	15,621	0.07	–0.10	29	–54
	Progressive Pact (Pacte)	15,262	0.07	±0.00	33	–4
	Spanish Democratic Party (PADE)	14,926	0.06	–0.05	34	+2
	Independent Candidacy–The Party of Castile and León (CI–PCL)	13,977	0.06	+0.02	65	+47
	Meeting Point for Self-Determination (AuB)78	13,098	0.06	–1.22	63	–827
	Riojan Party (PR)	12,667	0.06	+0.01	65	+7
	Independent Democratic Centre (CDI)	11,381	0.05	New	24	+24
	United Extremadura (EU)	10,489	0.05	+0.01	55	+5
	Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN)	10,440	0.05	–0.02	17	–8
	Galician Progressive Democracy (DPG)	10,373	0.05	–0.03	2	–34
	Portuese Independents (IP)	10,301	0.04	–0.01	10	±0
	Platform of the Left of Coslada (PIC)	10,285	0.04	New	6	+6
	Citizens for Change Platform (AFV–CIUCA)	10,026	0.04	New	5	+5
	Humanist Party (PH)	9,446	0.04	–0.02	0	±0
	Independents for Ferrol (IF)	9,412	0.04	+0.02	6	+3
	Independent Solution (SI)	9,274	0.04	New	10	+10
	Unity for Narón (UN)	8,874	0.04	+0.01	13	+4
	Asturianist Party (PAS)	8,823	0.04	–0.04	3	–9
	Assembly (Batzarre)	8,449	0.04	New	15	+15
	Cantabrian Unity (UCn)	8,226	0.04	New	15	+15
	Others	1,096,620	4.77	—	4,573	+28
Blank ballots		404,448	1.76	–0.19
Total		22,967,517	100.00		65,510	+309
Valid votes		22,967,517	98.70	–0.39
Invalid votes		302,555	1.30	+0.39
Votes cast / turnout		23,270,072	67.67	+3.68
Abstentions		11,116,390	32.33	–3.68
Registered voters		34,386,462
Sources [6] [7]
Footnotes: 1 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party results are compared to Democratic Party of the New Left totals in the 1999 elections. 2 People's Party does not include results in Melilla. 3 People's Party–Melillan People's Union results are compared to the combined totals of People's Party in Melilla and Melillan People's Union in the 1999 elections. 4 Initiative–Alternative Left–Agreement for Municipal Progress results are compared to the combined totals of Initiative for Catalonia–Greens and United and Alternative Left in the 1999 elections. 5 Andalusian Party results are compared to the combined totals of Andalusian Party and Pro-Torre del Mar Municipality Independent Group in the 1999 elections. 6 The Greens results are compared to The Greens–Andalusian Left totals in the 1999 elections. 7 Meeting Point for Self-Determination results are compared to Basque Citizens totals in the 1999 elections. 8 The Supreme Court annulled 229 of the 249 lists of Meeting Point for Self-Determination due to them being a continuation of the outlawed Unity and Basque Citizens parties. Consequently, these forces called for their voters to cast invalid ballots. Results for AuB refer only to the 16 lists which were not invalidated.

Popular vote PSOE–PSC   34.83% PP–UPN–UPM   34.29% IU–ICV–EA   7.54% CiU   3.45% PNV–EA   2.24% ERC–AM   1.83% PA   1.49% BNG   1.42% CC   1.24% Bloc–EV   0.61% LV   0.52% Others   8.80% Blank ballots   1.76%

City control

The following table lists party control in provincial capitals, as well as in municipalities above or around 75,000. ^[8] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Municipality	Population	Previous control		New control
A Coruña	242,458		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete	152,155		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcalá de Henares	179,602		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Alcobendas	95,104		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alcorcón	149,594		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Algeciras	106,710		Andalusian Party (PA)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alicante	293,629		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Almería	173,338		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Ávila	50,241		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Avilés	83,511		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Badajoz	136,851		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Badalona	210,370		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Barakaldo	95,515		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona	1,527,190		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Bilbao	353,950		Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)		Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)
Burgos	167,962		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Cáceres	84,439		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Cádiz	136,236		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Cartagena	188,003		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Castellón de la Plana	153,225		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real	65,084		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Córdoba	314,805		United Left (IU)		United Left (IU)
Cornellà de Llobregat	81,881		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Coslada	79,862		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Cuenca	46,859		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Dos Hermanas	103,282		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
El Puerto de Santa María	77,747		Portuese Independents (IP)		Portuese Independents (IP)
Elche	201,731		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ferrol	79,520		Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)		People's Party (PP)
Fuenlabrada	179,735		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getafe	153,868		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getxo	84,024		Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)		Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)
Gijón	270,211		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona	77,475		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Granada	240,522		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Guadalajara	69,098		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huelva	140,862		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Huesca	46,462		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén	112,921		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Jerez de la Frontera	187,087		Andalusian Party (PA)		People's Party (PP) (PSOE in 2005)
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	244,323		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Las Palmas	370,649		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Leganés	174,436		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León	135,794		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (PP in 2004)
Lleida	115,000		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Logroño	136,841		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Lorca	79,481		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Lugo	89,509		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Madrid	3,016,788		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Málaga	535,686		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Marbella	115,871		Liberal Independent Group (GIL)		Liberal Independent Group (GIL) (PSOE in 2006)
Mataró	109,298		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Móstoles	198,819		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Murcia	377,888		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Ourense	109,011		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Oviedo	202,938		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Palencia	80,801		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Palma	358,462		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Pamplona	189,364		Navarrese People's Union (UPN)		Navarrese People's Union (UPN)
Parla	80,545		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Pontevedra	76,798		Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)		Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
Reus	91,616		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sabadell	187,201		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Salamanca	156,006		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna	135,004		Canarian Coalition (CC)		Canarian Coalition (CC)
San Fernando	88,333		Andalusian Party (PA)		Andalusian Party (PA)
San Sebastián	181,700		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Sant Boi de Llobregat	80,041		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Coloma de Gramenet	115,568		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	217,415		Canarian Coalition (CC)		Canarian Coalition (CC)
Santander	184,661		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Santiago de Compostela	93,273		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Segovia	54,945		Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Seville	704,114		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria	35,112		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		People's Party (PP)
Talavera de la Reina	77,519		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Tarragona	117,184		Convergence and Union (CiU)		Convergence and Union (CiU)
Telde	91,160		Canarian Coalition (CC)		People's Party (PP)
Terrassa	179,300		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Teruel	31,506		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Toledo	70,893		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Torrejón de Ardoz	101,056		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Torrevieja	69,763		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Valencia	761,871		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Valladolid	318,576		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Vigo	288,324		Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (PP in 2003)
Vitoria-Gasteiz	221,270		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Zamora	65,575		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Zaragoza	620,419		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Provincial deputations

Summary

Provincial deputy share for different parties in the elections.

   PSOE–PSC (44.31%)

   PP (41.41%)

   CiU (4.83%)

   IU–ICV–EA (3.76%)

   BNG (1.45%)

   ERC (1.25%)

   PAR (0.87%)

   PA (0.68%)

   CHA (0.39%)

   PSA (0.19%)

   UPL (0.19%)

  Other (0.67%)

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 provincial deputations election results →

Parties and coalitions		Seats
		Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and allies (PSOE–PSC)	459	+34
	People's Party (PP)	429	–25
	Convergence and Union (CiU)	50	–7
	United Left and allies (IU–ICV–EA)1	39	+3
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	15	±0
	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	13	+7
	Aragonese Party (PAR)	9	–1
	Andalusian Party (PA)	7	–5
	Aragonese Union (CHA)	4	+1
	Socialist Party of Andalusia (PSA)	2	+2
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	2	–1
	Valencian Nationalist Bloc–Green Left (Bloc–EV)	1	–1
	Valencian Union (UV)	1	±0
	Liberal Independent Group (GIL)	1	–4
	Independent Solution (SI)	1	+1
	Others	3	–2
Total		1,036	+2
Sources [2]
Footnotes: 1 United Left results are compared to the combined totals of United Left and Initiative for Catalonia–Greens in the 1999 elections.

Deputation control

The following table lists party control in provincial deputations. ^[2] Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Province	Previous control		New control
A Coruña		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alicante		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Almería		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Ávila		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Badajoz		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)		Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Burgos		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Cáceres		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cádiz		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Castellón		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Córdoba		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cuenca		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona		Convergence and Union (CiU)		Convergence and Union (CiU)
Granada		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Guadalajara		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huelva		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huesca		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Lleida		Convergence and Union (CiU)		Convergence and Union (CiU)
Lugo		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Málaga		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ourense		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Palencia		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Pontevedra		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Salamanca		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Segovia		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Seville		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Tarragona		Convergence and Union (CiU)		Convergence and Union (CiU)
Teruel		Aragonese Party (PAR)		Aragonese Party (PAR) (PSOE in 2006)
Toledo		People's Party (PP)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Valencia		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Valladolid		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Zamora		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Zaragoza		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)		Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Notes

1. Aggregated data for PSOE–PSC and PDNI in the 1999 elections.
2. Aggregated data for IU–EUiA and IC–V in the 1999 elections.

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