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2003 Melilla Assembly election

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2003 Melilla Assembly election

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All 25 seats in the Assembly of Melilla
13 seats needed for a majority
Registered49,189 Green arrow up3.8%
Turnout28,229 (57.4%)
Red arrow down3.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Juan José Imbroda Mustafa Aberchán Manuel Céspedes
Party PPUPM CpM PSOE
Leader since 20 July 2000 2 October 1995 2001
Last election 8 seats, 30.1%[a] 5 seats, 20.4% 2 seats, 9.4%
Seats won 15 7 3
Seat change Green arrow up7 Green arrow up2 Green arrow up1
Popular vote 15,440 7,392 3,365
Percentage 55.0% 26.3% 12.0%
Swing Green arrow up24.9 pp Green arrow up5.9 pp Green arrow up2.6 pp

Mayor-President before election

Juan José Imbroda
PP

Elected Mayor-President

Juan José Imbroda
PP

The 2003 Melilla Assembly election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 3rd Assembly of the Autonomous City of Melilla. 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

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The Assembly of Melilla was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the autonomous city of Melilla. Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Melilla 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 Melilla 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]

Parties and candidates

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The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[3][1]

Results

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Summary of the 25 May 2003 Assembly of Melilla election results
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's PartyMelillan People's Union (PP–UPM)1 15,440 55.00 +24.89 15 +7
Coalition for Melilla (CpM) 7,392 26.33 +5.89 7 +2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 3,365 11.99 +2.62 3 +1
Independent Party of Melilla (PIM) 739 2.63 –7.67 0 –3
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 417 1.49 New 0 ±0
The Greens–Green Group of Ceuta (LV–GV) 165 0.59 New 0 ±0
Republican Left (IR) 139 0.50 New 0 ±0
Nationalist Party of the Rif of Melilla (PNRIF) 101 0.36 New 0 ±0
Liberal Independent Group (GIL) n/a n/a –25.93 0 –7
Blank ballots 315 1.12 +0.08
Total 28,073 25 ±0
Valid votes 28,073 99.45 –0.22
Invalid votes 156 0.55 +0.22
Votes cast / turnout 28,229 57.39 –3.05
Abstentions 20,960 42.61 +3.05
Registered voters 49,189
Sources[4][5][6]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PPUPM
55.00%
CpM
26.33%
PSOE
11.99%
PIM
2.63%
CDS
1.49%
Others
1.44%
Blank ballots
1.12%
Seats
PPUPM
60.00%
CpM
28.00%
PSOE
12.00%

Notes

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  1. ^ Aggregated data for PP and UPM in the 1999 election.

References

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  1. ^ a b c General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985. Official State Gazette (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d Statute of Autonomy of Melilla of 1995. Official State Gazette (Law 2) (in Spanish). 13 March 1995. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 2003. City of Melilla". Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Acuerdo de 20 de junio de 2003, de la Junta Electoral Central, por el que se procede a la publicación del resumen de los resultados de las elecciones locales convocadas por Real Decreto 374/2003, de 31 de marzo, y celebradas el 25 de mayo, según los datos que figuran en las actas de proclamación remitidas por cada una de las Juntas Electorales de Zona" (PDF) (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Elecciones Municipales y Autonómicas en Melilla (1979-2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2021.