2003 Spanish local elections

2003 Spanish local elections
← 1999 25 May 2003 2007 →
All 65,510 councillors in 8,108 municipal councils; All 1,397 provincial/island seats in 44 provinces
Registered	34,386,462 2.4%
Turnout	23,270,072 (67.7%); 3.7 pp
	Provincial results map for municipal elections

Local elections were held in Spain on 25 May 2003 to elect all 65,510 councillors in the 8,108 Spanish municipalities (including 50 seats in the assemblies of the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla), all 1,187 provincial seats in 41 provinces (including 38 indirectly-elected provincial deputations and the three foral deputations in the Basque Country) and 208 seats in ten island councils (seven Canarian and three Balearic ones). They were held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities.

Overview

Local government

Under the 1978 Constitution, the governance of municipalities in Spain was centered on the figure of city councils (Spanish: ayuntamientos), local corporations with independent legal personality composed of a mayor, a government council and an elected legislative assembly. The mayor was indirectly elected by the local assembly, requiring an absolute majority; otherwise, the candidate from the most-voted party automatically became mayor (ties were resolved by drawing lots). The concejo abierto system (English: open council), under which voters directly elected the local mayor by plurality voting, was reserved for municipalities under 100 inhabitants and some minor local entities.

Provincial deputations were the governing bodies of provinces in Spain—except for single-province autonomous communities—having an administration role of municipal activities and composed of a provincial president, an administrative body, and a plenary. 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 Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma, this figure was referred to in Spanish as cabildo insular, whereas for Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza–Formentera, its name was consejo insular (Catalan: consell insular). The three Basque provinces had foral deputations instead (called General Assemblies, or Juntas Generales).

Date

The term of local assemblies in Spain expired four years after the date of their previous election, with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 54 days before the scheduled election date and published on the following day in the Official State Gazette (BOE). The previous local elections were held on 13 June 1999, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 25 May 2003.

Local assemblies could not be dissolved before the expiration of their term, except in cases of mismanagement that seriously harmed the public interest and implied a breach of constitutional obligations, in which case the Council of Ministers could—optionally—decide to call a by-election.

Elections to the assemblies of local entities were officially called on 1 April 2003 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOE, setting election day for 25 May. Subsequent by-elections were called on 2 September, for 26 October.

Electoral system

Voting for local assemblies and Canarian island councils was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the municipality or council and with full political rights (provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated), as well as resident non-national European citizens, and those whose country of origin allowed reciprocal voting by virtue of a treaty.

Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency. Each municipality or council was a multi-member constituency, with a number of seats based on the following scale:

Population	Councillors
Population	Municipalities	Canary Islands	Balearic Islands
<250	5	No island below 5,000 inhabitants	Fixed number: Ibiza–Formentera: 13 Menorca: 13 Mallorca: 33
251–1,000	7
1,001–2,000	9
2,001–5,000	11
5,001–10,000	13	11
10,001–20,000	17	13
20,001–50,000	21	17
50,001–100,000	25	21
>100,001	+1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction +1 if total is an even number

Councillors in municipalities between 100 and 250 inhabitants were elected using open-list partial block voting, with voters choosing up to four candidates.

Most provincial deputations were indirectly elected by applying the D'Hondt method and a three percent-threshold of valid votes to municipal results—excluding candidacies not electing any councillor—in each judicial district. Seats were allocated to provincial deputations based on the following scale (with each judicial district being assigned an initial minimum of one seat and a maximum of three-fifths of the total number of provincial seats, with the remaining ones distributed in proportion to population):

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

The General Assemblies of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa were directly elected by voters under their own, specific electoral regulations.

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list:

At least one percent of the electors in municipalities with a population 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 with a population between 5,001 and 10,000.
At least 500 signatures in municipalities with a population between 10,001 and 50,000.
At least 1,500 signatures in municipalities with a population between 50,001 and 150,000.
At least 3,000 signatures in municipalities with a population between 150,001 and 300,000.
At least 5,000 signatures in municipalities with a population between 300,001 and 1,000,000.
At least 8,000 signatures in municipalities with a population over 1,000,001.

Results

Municipal

Overall

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 Spanish municipal election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Councillors
Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)¹	7,999,178	34.83	+0.43	23,224	+1,240
	People's Party (PP)	7,875,762	34.29	−0.17	23,615	−1,011
	People's Party (PP)²	7,775,800	33.86	−0.20	23,280	−1,019
	Navarrese People's Union (UPN)	99,962	0.44	+0.01	335	+8
	United Left (IU)	1,730,732	7.54	−0.05	2,601	+22
	United Left (IU)³	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	−0.03	458	+15
	Canarian Coalition (CC)⁶	281,527	1.23	−0.03	448	+14
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	2,174	0.01	±0.00	10	+1
	Valencian Nationalist Bloc–Green Left (Bloc–EV)	139,307	0.61	+0.08	298	+64
	The Greens (LV)	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 (UC)	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 Mallorca–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
	Progressive Pact+Coalition of Progressive Organizations (Pacte+COP)	16,595	0.07	−0.01	39	−6
	Progressive Pact (Pacte)	15,262	0.07	±0.00	33	−4
	Coalition of Progressive Organizations (COP)	1,333	0.01	±0.00	6	−2
	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
	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)⁷ ⁸	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
	Independent Solution (SI)	9,274	0.04	New	10	+10
	Initiative for the Development of Soria (IDES)	4,040	0.02	New	21	+21
	25 May Citizens' Alternative (AC25M)	3,022	0.01	New	5	+5
	Others (lists at <0.05% not securing any provincial or island seat)	1,172,067	5.10	—	4,594	+54
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
Footnotes: ¹ Spanish Socialist Workers' Party results are compared to the combined totals of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and Democratic Party of the New Left in the 1999 elections. ² People's Party results are compared to the combined totals of People's Party in Melilla and Melillan People's Union in the 1999 elections. ³ United Left does not include results in Catalonia. 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 Canarian Coalition results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian Coalition, Nationalist Canarian Centre and Independents of Gran Canaria 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			34.83%
PP			34.29%
IU			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 (highlighted in bold), as well as in municipalities above 75,000. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Municipality	Population
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)
Donostia-San Sebastián	181,700	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 de Gran Canaria	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 de Mallorca	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)
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)
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)

Autonomous cities

The following table lists party control in the autonomous cities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

City	Population	Previous control		New control
Ceuta	76,152		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)
Melilla	69,184		People's Party (PP)		People's Party (PP)

Provincial and island

Summary

← Summary of the 25 May 2003 Spanish provincial and island election results →
Parties and alliances		Seats
Parties and alliances		PD	IC	FD	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	459	61	35	555	+46
	People's Party (PP)	429	64	34	527	−20
	Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)	—	—	73	73	+17
	Canarian Coalition (CC)	—	56	—	56	±0
	Canarian Coalition (CC)	—	49	—	49	±0
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	—	7	—	7	±0
	United Left (IU)	39	2	9	50	+8
	United Left (IU)¹	30	2	9	41	+2
	Initiative–Alternative Left–Agreement for Municipal Progress (ICV–EA–EPM)	9	—	—	9	+6
	Convergence and Union (CiU)	50	—	—	50	−7
	Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	15	—	—	15	±0
	Republican Left of Catalonia–Municipal Agreement (ERC–AM)	13	—	—	13	+7
	Canarian Nationalist Federation (FNC)	—	11	—	11	+1
	Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL)	—	8	—	8	+1
	Independents of Fuerteventura (IF)	—	2	—	2	−1
	Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC)	—	1	—	1	+1
	Aragonese Party (PAR)	9	—	—	9	−1
	Andalusian Party (PA)	7	—	—	7	−5
	Progressive Pact+Coalition of Progressive Organizations (Pacte+COP)	—	5	—	5	−2
	Progressive Pact (Pacte)⁶	—	5	—	5	−1
	Coalition of Progressive Organizations (COP)	—	0	—	0	−1
	Aragonese Union (CHA)	4	—	—	4	+1
	PSM–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN)	—	4	—	4	−1
	Socialist Party of Mallorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN)	—	3	—	3	−1
	Socialist Party of Menorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN)	—	1	—	1	±0
	Majorcan Union (UM)	—	3	—	3	±0
	Socialist Party of Andalusia (PSA)	2	—	—	2	+2
	Leonese People's Union (UPL)	2	—	—	2	−1
	Valencian Nationalist Bloc–Green Left (Bloc–EV)	1	—	—	1	−1
	Valencian Union (UV)	1	—	—	1	±0
	Aralar (Aralar)	—	—	1	1	+1
	Liberal Independent Group (GIL)	1	—	—	1	−4
	Independent Group for Almería (GIAL)	1	—	—	1	+1
	Independent Solution (SI)	1	—	—	1	+1
	Alavese Unity (UA)	—	—	1	1	−1
	Initiative for the Development of Soria (IDES)	1	—	—	1	+1
	25 May Citizens' Alternative (AC25M)	—	1	—	1	+1
	Independent Popular Council of Formentera (AIPF)	—	1	—	1	+1
	Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS)	0	—	—	0	−1
	Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)	0	—	—	0	−1
	Independent Sorian Alternative (ALSI)	0	—	—	0	−1
	Independent Burgalese Popular Action (APBI)	0	—	—	0	−1
	Basque Citizens (EH)	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	−29
	Independents (INDEP)	1	0	0	1	±0

Total		1,036	208	153	1,397	+12

Sources
Footnotes: ¹ United Left does not include results in Catalonia.

Indirectly-elected

The following table lists party control in the indirectly-elected provincial deputations. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Province	Population
A Coruña	1,111,886	People's Party (PP)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete	371,787	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alicante	1,557,968	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Almería	546,498	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Ávila	165,138	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Badajoz	662,808	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona	4,906,117	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Burgos	352,230	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Cáceres	410,242	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cádiz	1,140,793	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Castellón	501,237	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real	484,338	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Córdoba	771,131	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Cuenca	201,614	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona	598,112	Convergence and Union (CiU)	Convergence and Union (CiU)
Granada	818,959	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Guadalajara	177,761	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huelva	464,934	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huesca	208,963	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén	647,387	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
León	496,655	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Lleida	371,055	Convergence and Union (CiU)	Convergence and Union (CiU)
Lugo	361,782	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Málaga	1,330,010	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Ourense	343,768	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Palencia	176,125	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Pontevedra	919,934	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Salamanca	347,120	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Segovia	148,890	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Seville	1,758,720	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Soria	91,370	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Tarragona	631,156	Convergence and Union (CiU)	Convergence and Union (CiU)
Teruel	137,342	Aragonese Party (PAR)	Aragonese Party (PAR) (PSOE in 2006)
Toledo	546,538	People's Party (PP)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Valencia	2,267,503	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Valladolid	501,157	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Zamora	200,678	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Zaragoza	871,209	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Island councils

The following table lists party control in the island councils. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Island	Population
El Hierro	10,002	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)
Fuerteventura	69,762	Canarian Coalition (CC)	Canarian Coalition (CC)
Gran Canaria	771,333	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Ibiza–Formentera	107,394	Progressive Pact (Pacte)	People's Party (PP)
La Gomera	19,098	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
La Palma	85,547	Canarian Coalition (CC)	Canarian Coalition (CC)
Lanzarote	109,942	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) (PP in 2005; CC in 2005)
Mallorca	730,778	Majorcan Union (UM)	Majorcan Union (UM)
Menorca	78,796	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Tenerife	778,071	Canarian Coalition (CC)	Canarian Coalition (CC)

Foral deputations

The following table lists party control in the foral deputations. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

Province	Population
Álava	291,860	People's Party (PP)	People's Party (PP)
Biscay	1,133,444	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)
Guipúzcoa	682,977	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)	Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV)

Notes

1 2 By-elections were held on 26 October 2003 in those constituencies where results were annulled by a final sentence following an electoral petition, or where elections were not held due to a lack of candidates.
↑ Including 50 seats in the assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla.
↑
Including:
- 1,036 seats in 38 provincial deputations;
- 153 seats in 3 Basque foral deputations;
- 149 seats in 7 Canarian island cabildos;
- 59 seats in 3 Balearic island councils.
↑ Results for PP (34.4%, 24,623 c. and 547 p.) and UPM (0.0%, 3 c. and 0 p.) in the 1999 elections.
↑ Results for PSOE (34.3%, 21,917 c. and 509 p.) and PDNI (0.1%, 67 c. and 0 p.) in the 1999 elections.
↑ Results for IU (6.5%, 2,295 c. and 39 p.) and IC–V–EPM (1.1%, 284 c. and 3 p.) in the 1999 elections.
1 2 For the Balearic Islands, regional lawmakers served as island councillors.

References

1 2 Royal Decree 1086/2003 (2003), art. 1.
↑ "Elecciones Municipales en España 1979-2011" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. December 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
↑ Constitution (1978), art. 140; LBRL (1985), art. 19.
↑ LBRL (1985), art. 19; LOREG (1985), art. 196.
↑ LBRL (1985), art. 29; LOREG (1985), arts. 179 & 199–200.
↑ Constitution (1978), art. 141; LBRL (1985), arts. 31–32 & 40.
↑
Constitution (1978), art. 141; LBRL (1985), art. 41.
- Canary Islands: EAC (1982), arts. 8 & 23; LRJAPC (1990), arts. 5 & 36.
- Balearic Islands: EAIB (1983), arts. 5, 18 & 36 (am. by EAIB (1999), art. 1); LCI (2000), arts. 2 & 23–26.
↑ EAIB (1983), art. 37 (suppl. by LEIB (1986), art. 12; am. by EAIB (1999), art. 1); LCI (2000), art. 3.
↑ Constitution (1978), repeal. prov.; Law 27/1983 (1983), arts. 1 & 6–8; LBRL (1985), art. 39.
↑ LOREG (1985), arts. 42, 194 & 201.
↑ LBRL (1985), art. 61.
↑ Royal Decree 374/2003 (2003), art. 1.
↑ Constitution (1978), art. 13; LBRL (1985), art. 19; LOREG (1985), arts. 2–3, 176 & 201.
↑ LOREG (1985), arts. 163, 180 & 201.
↑ LOREG (1985), arts. 179–180 & 201.
↑ LOREG (1985), art. 184.
↑ LOREG (1985), arts. 163 & 204–205.
↑ Law 1/1987 (1987), arts. 1–4 & 7–9.
↑ LOREG (1985), arts. 46, 48, 182 & 208.
↑ LOREG (1985), arts. 44 & 187.
↑ Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales (1979-2011)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2026.
↑ "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
↑ Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales (alcaldes de ciudades por partido)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2026.
1 2 Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones a Diputaciones Provinciales (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2026.
↑ Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones a Cabildos insulares (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
↑ Lozano, Carles. "Eleccions als Consells Insulars (des de 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Catalan). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
1 2 3 "Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero. Resumen por Islas (2002)" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
↑ Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones a las Juntas Generales (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2026.

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[ByElections-2] 1 2 By-elections were held on 26 October 2003 in those constituencies where results were annulled by a final sentence following an electoral petition, or where elections were not held due to a lack of candidates.

[3] Including 50 seats in the assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla.

[4] Including:
1,036 seats in 38 provincial deputations;

153 seats in 3 Basque foral deputations;

149 seats in 7 Canarian island cabildos;

59 seats in 3 Balearic island councils.

[mwDVM] 1,036 seats in 38 provincial deputations;

[mwDVU] 153 seats in 3 Basque foral deputations;

[mwDVc] 149 seats in 7 Canarian island cabildos;

[mwDVk] 59 seats in 3 Balearic island councils.

[5] Results for PP (34.4%, 24,623 c. and 547 p.) and UPM (0.0%, 3 c. and 0 p.) in the 1999 elections.

[6] Results for PSOE (34.3%, 21,917 c. and 509 p.) and PDNI (0.1%, 67 c. and 0 p.) in the 1999 elections.

[7] Results for IU (6.5%, 2,295 c. and 39 p.) and IC–V–EPM (1.1%, 284 c. and 3 p.) in the 1999 elections.

[Balearic-15] 1 2 For the Balearic Islands, regional lawmakers served as island councillors.

[ByElections-1] 1 2 Royal Decree 1086/2003 (2003), art. 1.

[8] "Elecciones Municipales en España 1979-2011" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. December 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2026.

[9] Constitution (1978), art. 140; LBRL (1985), art. 19.

[10] LBRL (1985), art. 19; LOREG (1985), art. 196.

[11] LBRL (1985), art. 29; LOREG (1985), arts. 179 & 199–200.

[12] Constitution (1978), art. 141; LBRL (1985), arts. 31–32 & 40.

[13] Constitution (1978), art. 141; LBRL (1985), art. 41.
Canary Islands: EAC (1982), arts. 8 & 23; LRJAPC (1990), arts. 5 & 36.
Balearic Islands: EAIB (1983), arts. 5, 18 & 36 (am. by EAIB (1999), art. 1); LCI (2000), arts. 2 & 23–26.

[mwDcg] Canary Islands: EAC (1982), arts. 8 & 23; LRJAPC (1990), arts. 5 & 36.

[mwDcw] Balearic Islands: EAIB (1983), arts. 5, 18 & 36 (am. by EAIB (1999), art. 1); LCI (2000), arts. 2 & 23–26.

[14] EAIB (1983), art. 37 (suppl. by LEIB (1986), art. 12; am. by EAIB (1999), art. 1); LCI (2000), art. 3.

[16] Constitution (1978), repeal. prov.; Law 27/1983 (1983), arts. 1 & 6–8; LBRL (1985), art. 39.

[17] LOREG (1985), arts. 42, 194 & 201.

[18] LBRL (1985), art. 61.

[19] Royal Decree 374/2003 (2003), art. 1.

[20] Constitution (1978), art. 13; LBRL (1985), art. 19; LOREG (1985), arts. 2–3, 176 & 201.

[21] LOREG (1985), arts. 163, 180 & 201.

[22] LOREG (1985), arts. 179–180 & 201.

[23] LOREG (1985), art. 184.

[24] LOREG (1985), arts. 163 & 204–205.

[25] Law 1/1987 (1987), arts. 1–4 & 7–9.

[26] LOREG (1985), arts. 46, 48, 182 & 208.

[27] LOREG (1985), arts. 44 & 187.

[28] Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales (1979-2011)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2026.

[29] "Elecciones celebradas. Resultados electorales" (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2026.

[30] Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones Municipales (alcaldes de ciudades por partido)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2026.

[HEDeputations-31] 1 2 Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones a Diputaciones Provinciales (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2026.

[32] Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones a Cabildos insulares (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2026.

[33] Lozano, Carles. "Eleccions als Consells Insulars (des de 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Catalan). Retrieved 13 April 2026.

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[35] Lozano, Carles. "Elecciones a las Juntas Generales (desde 1979)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2026.