2003 Ceuta Assembly election
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.
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.[1][2][3]
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.[1][2][3]
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.[3]
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.[1][2]
Results
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| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | ||
| People's Party (PP) | 20,897 | 62.55 | +34.56 | 19 | +11 | |
| Ceutan Democratic Union (UDCE) | 3,589 | 10.74 | New | 3 | +3 | |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 2,905 | 8.70 | +1.26 | 2 | ±0 | |
| Democratic and Social Party of Ceuta (PDSC) | 1,722 | 5.15 | –4.87 | 1 | –2 | |
| Socialist Party of the People of Ceuta (PSPC) | 1,402 | 4.20 | –0.20 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Liberal Independent Party of Ceuta (PIL)1 | 922 | 2.76 | –35.39 | 0 | –12 | |
| Ceutan Federation (FC) | 696 | 2.08 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Ceutan People's Union (UPCE) | 573 | 1.72 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| United Left–Ceuta (IU) | 322 | 0.96 | –3.00 | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Phalanx (FE) | 129 | 0.39 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 251 | 0.75 | –0.45 | |||
| Total | 33,408 | 25 | ±0 | |||
| Valid votes | 33,408 | 99.56 | +0.05 | |||
| Invalid votes | 147 | 0.44 | –0.05 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 33,555 | 59.23 | –2.12 | |||
| Abstentions | 23,101 | 40.77 | +2.12 | |||
| Registered voters | 56,656 | |||||
| Sources[4][5][6] | ||||||
References
- "General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- "Statute of Autonomy of Ceuta of 1995". Law No. 1 of 13 March 1995. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 2003. City of Ceuta". infoelectoral.mir.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- "Local election results, 25 May 2003" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- "Municipal and regional elections in Ceuta since 1979". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
