2003 Melilla Assembly election

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.

2003 Melilla Assembly election

25 May 2003

All 25 seats in the Assembly of Melilla
13 seats needed for a majority
Registered49,189 3.8%
Turnout28,229 (57.4%)
3.0 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%[lower-alpha 1] 5 seats, 20.4% 2 seats, 9.4%
Seats won 15 7 3
Seat change 7 2 1
Popular vote 15,440 7,392 3,365
Percentage 55.0% 26.3% 12.0%
Swing 24.9 pp 5.9 pp 2.6 pp

Mayor-President before election

Juan José Imbroda
PP

Elected Mayor-President

Juan José Imbroda
PP

Electoral system

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]

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 Melilla. 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

Summary of the 25 May 2003 Assembly of Melilla election results
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
People's PartyMelillan People's Union (PP–UPM)1 15,44055.00+24.89 15+7
Coalition for Melilla (CpM) 7,39226.33+5.89 7+2
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 3,36511.99+2.62 3+1
Independent Party of Melilla (PIM) 7392.63–7.67 0–3
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 4171.49New 0±0
The Greens–Green Group of Ceuta (LV–GV) 1650.59New 0±0
Republican Left (IR) 1390.50New 0±0
Nationalist Party of the Rif of Melilla (PNRIF) 1010.36New 0±0
Liberal Independent Group (GIL) n/an/a–25.93 0–7
Blank ballots 3151.12+0.08
Total 28,073 25±0
Valid votes 28,07399.45–0.22
Invalid votes 1560.55+0.22
Votes cast / turnout 28,22957.39–3.05
Abstentions 20,96042.61+3.05
Registered voters 49,189
Sources[4][5][6]
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

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

References

  1. "General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985". Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  2. "Representation of the people Institutional Act". juntaelectoralcentral.es. Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  3. "Statute of Autonomy of Melilla of 1995". Law No. 2 of 13 March 1995. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). 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. "Local election results, 25 May 2003" (PDF). juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  6. "Elecciones Municipales y Autonómicas en Melilla (1979 - 2019)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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