2003 Extremaduran regional election

Election in the Spanish region of Extremadura 2003 Extremaduran regional election Extremadura parliamentary no 1999 Extremaduran regional election 1999 2007 Extremaduran regional election 2007 All 65 seats in the Assembly of Extremadura 33 #Opinion polls 881,228 10px 0.5% 666,468 (75.6%)10px 2.2 pp 25 May 2003 170x170px Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra PSOE–p 20 December 1982 Badajoz 34 seats, 49.6%"PSOE+CE" Results for PSOE–p (48.5%, 34 seats) and CREx–PREx (1.2%, 0 seats) in the 1999 election. 36 10px 2 341,522 51.7% 10px 2.1 pp 170x170px Carlos Floriano People's Party of Extremadura 13 October 2000 Cáceres 28 seats, 40.0% 26 10px 2 255,808 38.7% 10px 1.3 pp 170x170px Manuel Cañada IU–SIEx 1 October 1995 Badajoz 3 seats, 7.0%"IU+SIEx" Results for IU–CE (6.1%, 3 seats) and SIEx (1.0%, 0 seats) in the 1999 election. 3 10px 0 41,448 6.3% 10px 0.7 pp ExtremaduraProvinceMapAssembly2003.png 250px Constituency results map for the Assembly of Extremadura President President after election Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura A regional election was held in Extremadura on 25 May 2003 to elect the 6th Assembly of the autonomous community. All 65 seats in the Assembly were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which in this election ran in coalition with the Extremaduran Coalition, enlarged its absolute majority from 34 to 36 seats, at the cost of the opposition People's Party (PP), which fell to 26 and lost ground for the first time since the 1987 election. United Left (IU), which formed a coalition with the Independent Socialists of Extremadura (SIEx), maintained its three seats but was unable to make gains. Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra was elected for his sixth and last term in office as President of the Regional Government of Extremadura, as he would announce in September 2006 he would not run for re-election in 2007.19 September 2006 https://elpais.com/elpais/2006/09/19/actualidad/1158653818_850215.html Rodríguez Ibarra no se presentará a la reelección es El País Mérida / Madrid 2 April 2026 Overview Under the 1983 Statute of Autonomy, the Assembly of Extremadura was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to grant or withdraw confidence from a regional president.Statute 1983 arts. 19, 23 & 25. The electoral and procedural rules were supplemented by national law provisions.LEEx 1987 final prov. 1. Date The term of the Assembly of Extremadura expired four years after the date of its previous ordinary 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 Journal of Extremadura (DOE).Statute 1983 art. 21; LEEx 1987 arts. 21–23 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 art. 42). The previous election was 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. The regional president had the prerogative to dissolve the Assembly of Extremadura at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election had been called and that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or during the last year of parliament before its planned expiration, nor before one year after a previous one.Statute 1983 arts. 19 & 34; LGAEx 2002 arts. 13 & 43. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.Statute 1983 arts. 19 & 31. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances did not alter the date of the chamber's next ordinary election, with elected lawmakers serving the remainder of its original four-year term.Statute 1983 art. 34. The election to the Assembly of Extremadura was officially called on 1 April 2003 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the DOE, setting election day for 25 May.Decree 6/2003 2003 art. 1. Electoral system Voting for the Assembly was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Extremadura 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.Statute 1983 art. 21; LEEx 1987 arts. 2–3 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 2–3). The Assembly of Extremadura had a maximum of 65 seats, with electoral provisions fixing its size at that number. All were elected in two multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the provinces of Badajoz and Cáceres, each of which was assigned an initial minimum of 20 seats and the remaining 25 distributed in proportion to population—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each constituency. Alternatively, parties could also enter the seat distribution as long as they ran candidates in both constituencies and reached five percent regionally.Statute 1983 art. 21; LEEx 1987 arts. 17–19. As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Assembly constituency was entitled the following seats:Decree 6/2003 2003 art. 2. Seats Constituencies 35 Badajozred (−1) 30 Cáceresgreen (+1) 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.LEEx 1987 arts. 19 & 26 (suppl. supplemented by LOREG 1985 arts. 46 & 48). Outgoing parliament The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of the election call.Lozano Carles https://www.historiaelectoral.com/aextremadura.html Elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura (desde 1983) es Historia Electoral.com 18 October 2025https://www.asambleaex.es/grupos-5 Grupos Parlamentarios V Legislatura es Assembly of Extremadura 18 October 2025 + Parliamentary composition in April 2003 Groups Parties Legislators Seats Total Socialist Parliamentary Group PSOE 34 34 People's Parliamentary Group PP 28 28 Mixed Parliamentary Group IU 3 3 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 at least two percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list.LEEx 1987 arts. 25–26; suppl. LOREG 1985 art. 44. Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election: Candidacy Parties andalliances Candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Government Ref. References Vote % Seats PSOE–p List on Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Extremaduran Coalition (PREx–CREx)– Extremaduran Regionalist Party (PREx)– Regionalist Convergence of Extremadura (CREx) 50px Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra Social democracy 49.6%"PSOE+CE" 34 Lucio Lourdes 4 December 2000 Chaves e Ibarra aprovechan su reelección con un amplio apoyo para renovar sus ejecutivas https://elpais.com/diario/2000/12/04/espana/975884416_850215.html es El País Seville / Badajoz 16 November 202521 May 2002 Ibarra será por sexta vez el candidato socialista a la Junta de Extremadura https://elpais.com/elpais/2002/05/21/actualidad/1021969020_850215.html es El País Mérida 16 November 202521 January 2003 Luz verde a la coalición entre socialistas y regionalistas https://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/extremadura/2003/01/21/luz-verde-coalicion-socialistas-regionalistas-45767781.html es El Periódico Extremadura 16 November 2025 PP List on People's Party (PP) 50px Carlos Floriano ConservatismChristian democracy 40.0% 28 Casqueiro Javier 30 September 2000 Barrero deja el PP extremeño en plena crisis interna para presidir Ence https://elpais.com/diario/2000/09/30/espana/970264810_850215.html es El País Madrid 16 November 2025Clemente Simón Jeremías 13 October 2000 Un abogado de 33 años sustituye a Barrero al frente del PP extremeño https://elpais.com/diario/2000/10/13/espana/971388005_850215.html es El País Cáceres 16 November 202516 October 2002 El PP proclama hoy a todos sus candidatos autonómicos, excepto Matas y Piqué https://www.servimedia.es/noticias/pp-proclama-hoy-todos-candidatos-autonomicos-excepto-matas-pique/1411126444 es Servimedia Madrid 16 November 202531 December 2002 Floriano obtiene un 98% de apoyo https://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/anuario/2002/12/31/floriano-obtiene-98-apoyo-45775774.html es El Periódico Extremadura 16 November 2025 IU–SIEx List on United Left (IU)– Communist Party of Extremadura (PCEx)– Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR)– Workers' Revolutionary Party–Revolutionary Left (PRT–IR) Independent Socialists of Extremadura (SIEx) 50px Manuel Cañada SocialismCommunism 7.0%"IU+SIEx" 3 1 November 2002 IU y Siex van a concurrir a las elecciones como coalición https://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/extremadura/2002/11/01/iu-siex-concurrir-elecciones-coalicion-45786723.html es El Periódico Extremadura 16 November 20251 September 2003 Cañada anuncia que dimite como líder de IU y diputado https://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/extremadura/2003/09/01/canada-anuncia-dimite-lider-iu-45712835.html es El Periódico Extremadura 16 November 2025 Opinion polls The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. Voting intention estimates The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 33 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Extremadura. Color key: #EAFFEA Exit poll 1px solid #AAAAAA Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout 25px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura|PSOE 33px|link=People's Party of Extremadura|PP 27px|link=United Left Extremadura|IU 27px|link=United Extremadura|EU 25px|link=Extremaduran Coalition|PREx–CREx Lead 2003 regional election 25 May 2003 75.6 51.775% Verdana 36 38.775% Verdana 26 6.375% Verdana 3 1.875% Verdana 0 "PSOE" Within PSOE. 13.0 Sigma Dos/Antena 3El sondeo de Sigma Dos determina una lucha codo a codo entre populares y socialistas en Madrid http://sevilla.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-25-05-2003/sevilla/Ultima/el-sondeo-de-sigma-dos-determina-una-lucha-codo-a-codo-entre-populares-y-socialistas-en-madrid_158365.html es ABC 25 May 2003 19 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190525154445/https://sevilla.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-25-05-2003/sevilla/Ultima/el-sondeo-de-sigma-dos-determina-una-lucha-codo-a-codo-entre-populares-y-socialistas-en-madrid_158365.html 25 May 2019 dead 25 May 2003???75% Verdana 34/35?75% Verdana 27?75% Verdana 3/4 – "PSOE"? Ipsos–Eco/RTVESondeo a pie de urna de Ipsos Eco Consulting para TVE http://sevilla.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-25-05-2003/sevilla/Ultima/sondeo-a-pie-de-urna-de-ipsos-eco-consulting-para-tve_158366.html es ABC 25 May 2003 11 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171207192640/http://sevilla.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-25-05-2003/sevilla/Ultima/sondeo-a-pie-de-urna-de-ipsos-eco-consulting-para-tve_158366.html 7 December 2017 dead 25 May 2003???75% Verdana 34/36?75% Verdana 25/27?75% Verdana 3/5 – "PSOE"? CISPreelectoral elecciones autonómicas, 2003. CA de Extremadura (Estudio nº 2492. Marzo-Abril 2003) https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/es2492marpdf es CIS 17 May 2003La guerra pasa factura electoral al PP http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2003/05/18/pagina-23/34011233/pdf.html es La Vanguardia 18 May 2003 22 Mar–28 Apr 2003 1,238 74.9 51.575% Verdana 35 39.275% Verdana 26 7.375% Verdana 4 – 0.175% Verdana 0 12.3 Vox Pública/El PeriódicoComunidad Autónoma de Extremadura http://www.elperiodico.com/elecciones/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=25&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=43653&idseccio_PK=470&h=030423 es El Periódico de Catalunya 4 May 2003 16 November 2025 21 June 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20030621195224/http://www.elperiodico.com/elecciones/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=25&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=43653&idseccio_PK=470&h=030423 bot: unknown Ibarra volvería a barrer en Extremadura http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/espana/ibarra-volveria-barrer-extremadura_55526.html es El Periódico de Aragón 4 May 2003 23 Apr 2003 805? 50.0–51.075% Verdana 36/37 37.5–38.575% Verdana 26/27 5.0–6.075% Verdana 2/3 1.0–2.075% Verdana 0 – 12.5 CISInstituciones y autonomías, II. CA de Extremadura (Estudio nº 2455. Septiembre-Octubre 2002) https://www.cis.es/es/visor?migrado=true&fichero=e2455110html es CIS 19 November 2002El PP, partido más votado en diez Comunidades Autónomas http://estaticos.elmundo.es/elmundo/2002/graficos/nov/s3/cis1.pdf es El Mundo 19 November 2002El PP ganaría las autonómicas en diez Comunidades y el PSOE en cuatro, según el CIS http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/2002/11/20/017.html es ABC 20 November 2002 9 Sep–9 Oct 2002 486 79.3 50.3 39.6 6.7 – – 10.7 2000 general election 12 Mar 2000 75.4 44.775% Verdana (31) 47.375% Verdana (32) 4.775% Verdana (2) 0.775% Verdana (0) 0.475% Verdana (0) 2.6 1999 regional election 13 Jun 1999 73.4 48.575% Verdana 34 40.075% Verdana 28 6.175% Verdana 5 1.775% Verdana 0 1.275% Verdana 0 8.5 Voting preferences The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 25px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura|PSOE 33px|link=People's Party of Extremadura|PP 27px|link=United Left Extremadura|IU Lead 2003 regional election"CERA" Does not include non-resident citizens. 25 May 2003 39.4 29.6 4.8 23.0 9.8 CIS 22 Mar–28 Apr 2003 1,238 40.8 18.9 4.4 30.6 3.8 21.9 CIS 9 Sep–9 Oct 2002 486 43.2 20.2 3.7 23.8 7.2 23.0 2000 general election"CERA" 12 Mar 2000 34.0 36.1 3.6 23.3 2.6 1999 regional election"CERA" 13 Jun 1999 36.4 30.2 4.6 24.4 6.2 Victory preferences The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 25px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura|PSOE 33px|link=People's Party of Extremadura|PP 27px|link=United Left Extremadura|IU Other/None Lead CIS 22 Mar–28 Apr 2003 1,238 48.5 22.2 5.6 1.2 22.5 26.3 Victory likelihood The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 25px|link=Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura|PSOE 33px|link=People's Party of Extremadura|PP 27px|link=United Left Extremadura|IU Other/None Lead CIS 22 Mar–28 Apr 2003 1,238 69.6 6.9 0.3 0.0 23.2 62.7 Preferred President The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Regional Government of Extremadura. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size 55px 55px 55px Other/None/Notcare Lead IbarraPSOE FlorianoPP CañadaIU CIS 22 Mar–28 Apr 2003 1,238 51.7 19.1 5.3 1.2 22.8 32.6 Results Overall + ← Summary of the 25 May 2003 Assembly of Extremadura election results → center|335px Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives (PSOE–p)1 341,522 51.66 +2.03 36 +2 People's Party (PP) 255,808 38.70 −1.31 26 −2 United Left–Independent Socialists of Extremadura (IU–SIEx)2 41,448 6.27 −0.74 3 ±0 United Extremadura (EU) 12,171 1.84 +0.17 0 ±0 Humanist Party (PH) 1,082 0.16 New 0 ±0 Blank ballots 9,033 1.37 +0.22 Total 661,064 65 ±0 Valid votes 661,064 99.19 −0.19 Invalid votes 5,404 0.81 +0.19 Votes cast / turnout 666,468 75.63 +2.19 Abstentions 214,760 24.37 −2.19 Registered voters 881,228 Sources5 June 2003 Resolución de 4 de junio de 2003, del Presidente de la Junta Electoral de Extremadura, por la que se hacen públicos los resultados del Escrutinio General y Proclamación de Diputados Electos resultantes de las Elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura, celebradas el día 25 de mayo de 2003 https://doe.juntaex.es/pdfs/doe/2003/650o/03061477.pdf es Official Journal of Extremadura 65 2483-5188 8272–8274 16 November 2025 left Footnotes: 1 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives results are compared to the combined totals of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives and Extremaduran Coalition in the 1999 election. 2 United Left–Independent Socialists of Extremadura results are compared to the combined totals of United Left–Commitment to Extremadura and Independent Socialists of Extremadura in the 1999 election. Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PSOE–p Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura 51.66 PP People's Party of Extremadura 38.70 IU–SIEx United Left Extremadura 6.27 EU United Extremadura 1.84 PH Humanist Party (Spain) 0.16 Blank ballots #DDDDDD 1.37 Seats #ddd 550px 500px PSOE–p Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Extremadura 55.38 PP People's Party of Extremadura 40.00 IU–SIEx United Left Extremadura 4.62 Distribution by constituency Constituency PSOE–p PP IU–SIEx % S % S % S Badajoz 53.5 20 37.2 13 6.9 2 Cáceres 48.8 16 41.0 13 5.3 1 Total 51.7 36 38.7 26 6.3 3 Sources Aftermath Government formation InvestitureNomination of Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra (PSOE) Ballot → 23 June 2003 Required majority → 33 out of 65 15 Yes • PSOE–p (36) 36 65 green 125px No • PP (26) • IU–SIEx (3) 29 65 red 125px Abstentions 0 65 gray 125px Absentees 0 65 black 125px Sources19 September 2006 Ibarra.- Rodríguez Ibarra ha sido investido seis veces como presidente de la Junta https://www.europapress.es/extremadura/noticia-ibarra-rodriguez-ibarra-sido-investido-seis-veces-presidente-junta-20060919131131.html es Europa Press Mérida 6 December 2025 Notes References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Bibliography 30em y Ley Orgánica 1/1983, de 25 de febrero, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Extremadura Organic Law 1/1983 25 February 1983 version as of 2 July 2002 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1983-6190 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1983-6190&tn=1&p=20020702 15 November 2025 Statute 1983 y Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General Organic Law 5/1985 19 June 1985 version as of 11 March 2003 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1985-11672 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=20030311 5 October 2025 LOREG 1985 y Ley 2/1987, de 16 de marzo, de Elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura Law 2/1987 16 March 1987 version as of 26 March 1991 Official State Gazette BOE-A-1987-8817 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1987-8817&tn=1&p=19910326 7 October 2025 LEEx 1987 y Ley 1/2002, de 28 de febrero, del Gobierno y de la Administración de la Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura Law 1/2002 28 February 2002 version as of 26 March 2002 Official State Gazette BOE-A-2002-7297 es https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2002-7297&tn=1&p=20020326 5 April 2026 LGAEx 2002 y Decreto del Presidente 6/2003, de 31 de marzo, por el que se convocan elecciones a la Asamblea de Extremadura Decree 6/2003 31 March 2003 Official Journal of Extremadura es https://doe.juntaex.es/pdfs/doe/2003/390o/03030007.pdf 16 November 2025 Decree 6/2003 2003 Regional election Extremadura Category:Regional elections in Extremadura Extremadura