2003 Spanish local elections

{{For|the regional elections held concurrently|2003 Spanish regional elections}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2003 Spanish local elections

| country = Spain

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1999 Spanish local elections

| previous_year = 1999

| next_election = 2007 Spanish local elections

| next_year = 2007

| seats_for_election = 65,510 councillors in 8,108 municipal councils
1,036 seats in 38 provincial deputations

| opinion_polls =

| registered = 34,386,462 {{small|File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2.4%}}

| turnout = 23,270,072 (67.7%)
File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg3.7 pp

| election_date = 25 May 2003

| image1 = 170x170px

| leader1 = José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

| party1 = Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

| leader_since1 = 22 July 2000

| last_election1 = 21,984 c., 34.4%{{efn|Aggregated data for PSOE–PSC and PDNI in the 1999 elections.}}

| seats1 = 23,224

| seat_change1 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1,240

| popular_vote1 = 7,999,178

| percentage1 = 34.8%

| swing1 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg0.4 pp

| image2 = 170x170px

| leader2 = José María Aznar

| party2 = People's Party (Spain)

| leader_since2 = 4 September 1989

| last_election2 = 24,623 c., 34.4%

| seats2 = 23,615

| seat_change2 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg1,008

| popular_vote2 = 7,875,762

| percentage2 = 34.3%

| swing2 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg0.1 pp

| image3 = 170x170px

| leader3 = Gaspar Llamazares

| party3 = IU–ICV–EA

| colour3 = 732021

| leader_since3 = 29 October 2000

| last_election3 = 2,579 c., 7.6%{{efn|Aggregated data for IU–EUiA and IC–V in the 1999 elections.}}

| seats3 = 2,601

| seat_change3 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg22

| popular_vote3 = 1,730,732

| percentage3 = 7.5%

| swing3 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg0.1 pp

| image4 = 170x170px

| leader4 = Jordi Pujol

| party4 = Convergence and Union

| leader_since4 = 19 September 1978

| last_election4 = 4,089 seats, 3.6%

| seats4 = 3,687

| seat_change4 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg402

| popular_vote4 = 791,932

| percentage4 = 3.4%

| swing4 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg0.2 pp

| image5 = 170x170px

| leader5 = Xabier Arzalluz

| party5 = PNV–EA

| leader_since5 = 18 January 1985

| last_election5 = 1,206 c., 1.9%

| seats5 = 1,671

| seat_change5 = File:Red Arrow Down.svg465

| popular_vote5 = 514,850

| percentage5 = 2.2%

| swing5 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg0.3 pp

| image6 = 170x170px

| leader6 = Jordi Carbonell

| party6 = ERC–AM

| colour6 = FFB232

| leader_since6 = 1996

| last_election6 = 677 seats, 1.1%

| seats6 = 1,282

| seat_change6 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg605

| popular_vote6 = 419,961

| percentage6 = 1.8%

| swing6 = File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg0.7 pp

| map_image = SpainProvinceMapMunicipal2003.png

| map_size = 435px

| map_caption = Provincial results map for municipal elections

}}

The 2003 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect all 65,510 councillors in the 8,108 municipalities of Spain and all 1,036 seats in 38 provincial deputations.{{cite web |url=http://www.interior.gob.es/documents/642317/1201381/Elecciones_municipales_en_Espa%C3%B1a_1979-2011_126141495.pdf/f1dec2dd-164e-46df-94d9-502dafc43a54 |title=Municipal elections in Spain 1979-2011 |website=interior.gob.es |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |language=es |access-date=12 August 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.historiaelectoral.com/diputacions83.html |title=Provincial deputation elections since 1979 |language=es |publisher=historiaelectoral.com |access-date=24 September 2017}} The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country and the ten island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands.

Electoral system

;Municipal elections

Municipalities in Spain were local corporations with independent legal personality. They had a governing body, the municipal council or corporation, composed of a mayor, deputy mayors and a plenary assembly of councillors. Voting for the local assemblies was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the corresponding municipality and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. The mayor was in turn elected by the plenary assembly, with a legal clause providing for the candidate of the most-voted party to be automatically elected to the post in the event no other candidate was to gather an absolute majority of votes.

Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%;"
width="100"\| Population ! width="265"\| Councillors
<250 \| 5
251–1,000 \| 7
1,001–2,000 \| 9
2,001–5,000 \| 11
5,001–10,000 \| 13
10,001–20,000 \| 17
20,001–50,000 \| 21
50,001–100,000 \| 25
>100,001 \| +1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction +1 if total is an even number

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%;"

width="100"| Population

! width="265"| Councillors

<250

| 5

251–1,000

| 7

1,001–2,000

| 9

2,001–5,000

| 11

5,001–10,000

| 13

10,001–20,000

| 17

20,001–50,000

| 21

50,001–100,000

| 25

>100,001

| +1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction
+1 if total is an even number

Councillors of municipalities with populations between 100 and 250 inhabitants were elected under an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties and for up to four candidates. Additionally, municipalities below 100 inhabitants, as well as those whose geographical location or the best management of municipal interests or other circumstances made it advisable, were to be organized through the open council system ({{langx|es|régimen de concejo abierto}}), in which voters would directly elect the local major.{{cite act |title=General Electoral System Organic Law of 1985 |type=Organic Law |number=5 |work=Official State Gazette |language=es |date=19 June 1985 |url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=20030311 |access-date=28 December 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/LOREG_ENG |title=Representation of the people Institutional Act |author= |date= |website=juntaelectoralcentral.es |publisher=Central Electoral Commission |access-date=16 June 2017}}{{cite act |title=Regulation of the Basis of Local Regimes Law of 1985 |type=Law |number=7 |work=Official State Gazette |language=es |date=2 April 1985 |url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-5392&tn=1&p=20030311 |access-date=27 August 2017}}

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 the municipality for which they sought election:

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

Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. 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.

;Deputations and island councils

Provincial deputations were the governing bodies of provinces in Spain, having an administration role of municipal activities and composed of a provincial president, an administrative body, and a plenary. Basque provinces had foral deputations instead—called Juntas Generales—, whereas deputations for single-province autonomous communities were abolished: their functions transferred to the corresponding regional parliaments. 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 Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza–Formentera this figure was referred to in Spanish as consejo insular ({{langx|ca|consell insular}}), whereas for Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma its name was cabildo insular.

Most deputations were indirectly elected by local councillors from municipalities in each judicial district. Seats were allocated to provincial deputations based on the following scale:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%;"
width="135"\| Population ! width="35"\| Seats
<500,000 \| 25
500,001–1,000,000 \| 27
1,000,001–3,500,000 \| 31
>3,500,001 \| 51

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%;"

width="135"| Population

! width="35"| Seats

<500,000

| 25

500,001–1,000,000

| 27

1,000,001–3,500,000

| 31

>3,500,001

| 51

Island councils and foral deputations were elected directly by electors under their own, specific electoral regulations.

Municipal elections

=Overall=

{{Pie chart

|caption = Councillor share for different parties in the elections.

|other = yes

|value1 = 36.05

|label1 = PP–UPN–UPM

|color1 = {{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}

|value2 = 35.45

|label2 = PSOE–PSC

|color2 = {{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}

|value3 = 5.63

|label3 = CiU

|color3 = {{party color|Convergence and Union}}

|value4 = 3.97

|label4 = IU–ICV–EA

|color4 = {{party color|United Left (Spain)}}

|value5 = 2.55

|label5 = PNV–EA

|color5 = {{party color|PNV–EA}}

|value6 = 1.96

|label6 = ERC–AM

|color6= {{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}

|value7 = 1.38

|label7 = PAR

|color7 = {{party color|Aragonese Party}}

|value8 = 1.06

|label8 = PA

|color8 = {{party color|Andalusian Party}}

|value9 = 0.91

|label9 = BNG

|color9 = {{party color|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}

|value10 = 0.70

|label10 = CC

|color10 = {{party color|Canarian Coalition}}

|value11 = 0.45

|label11 = Bloc–EV

|color11 = {{party color|Valencian Nationalist Bloc}}

|value12 = 0.42

|label12 = PRC

|color12 = {{party color|Regionalist Party of Cantabria}}

}}

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="500"\| Parties and coalitions ! colspan="3"\| Popular vote ! colspan="2"\| Councillors
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;" \|+ ← Summary of the 25 May 2003 municipal election results in Spain →
width="75"\| Votes ! width="45"\| % ! width="45"\| ±pp ! width="45"\| Total ! width="45"\| +/-
style="line-height:22px;" \| width="1" rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| align="left"\| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and allies (PSOE–PSC) \| 7,999,178	34.83	style="color:green;"\| +0.43 \| 23,224	style="color:green;"\| +1,240
style="font-size:95%; border-bottom-style:hidden; border-top-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)¹ \| 6,895,327	30.02	style="color:green;"\| +0.74 \| 20,944	style="color:green;"\| +996
style="font-size:95%; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| Socialists' Party of Catalonia–Municipal Progress (PSC–PM) \| 1,103,851	4.81	style="color:red;"\| –0.31 \| 2,280	style="color:green;"\| +244
style="line-height:22px;" \| rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| align="left"\| People's Party and allies (PP–UPN–UPM) \| 7,875,762	34.29	style="color:red;"\| –0.16 \| 23,615	style="color:red;"\| –1,011
style="font-size:95%; border-bottom-style:hidden; border-top-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| People's Party (PP)² \| 7,760,360	33.79	style="color:red;"\| –0.20 \| 23,265	style="color:red;"\| –1,026
style="font-size:95%; border-bottom-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| Navarrese People's Union (UPN) \| 99,962	0.44	style="color:green;"\| +0.01 \| 335	style="color:green;"\| +8
style="font-size:95%; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| People's Party–Melillan People's Union (PP–UPM)³ \| 15,440	0.07	style="color:green;"\| +0.03 \| 15	style="color:green;"\| +7
style="line-height:22px;" \| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|United Left (Spain)}}"\| \| align="left"\| United Left and allies (IU–ICV–EA) \| 1,730,732	7.54	style="color:red;"\| –0.05 \| 2,601	style="color:green;"\| +22
style="font-size:95%; border-bottom-style:hidden; border-top-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| United Left (IU) \| 1,394,871	6.07	style="color:red;"\| –0.18 \| 2,204	style="color:red;"\| –56
style="font-size:95%; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| Initiative–Alternative Left–Agreement for Municipal Progress (ICV–EA–EPM)⁴ \| 335,861	1.46	style="color:green;"\| +0.12 \| 397	style="color:green;"\| +78
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Convergence and Union}}"\| \| align="left"\| Convergence and Union (CiU) \| 791,932	3.45	style="color:red;"\| –0.18 \| 3,687	style="color:red;"\| –402
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|PNV–EA}}"\| \| align="left"\| Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) \| 514,850	2.24	style="color:green;"\| +0.31 \| 1,671	style="color:green;"\| +465
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Republican Left of Catalonia}}"\| \| align="left"\| Republican Left of Catalonia–Municipal Agreement (ERC–AM) \| 419,961	1.83	style="color:green;"\| +0.77 \| 1,282	style="color:green;"\| +605
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Andalusian Party}}"\| \| align="left"\| Andalusian Party (PA)⁵ \| 342,824	1.49	style="color:red;"\| –0.20 \| 693	style="color:green;"\| +144
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}"\| \| align="left"\| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) \| 325,331	1.42	style="color:green;"\| +0.06 \| 595	style="color:green;"\| +9
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Canarian Coalition}}"\| \| align="left"\| Canarian Coalition (CC) \| 283,701	1.24	style="color:red;"\| –0.02 \| 458	style="color:green;"\| +26
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Valencian Nationalist Bloc}}"\| \| align="left"\| Valencian Nationalist Bloc–Green Left (Bloc–EV) \| 139,307	0.61	style="color:green;"\| +0.08 \| 298	style="color:green;"\| +64
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Confederation of the Greens}}"\| \| align="left"\| The Greens (LV)⁶ \| 119,201	0.52	style="color:green;"\| +0.21 \| 19	style="color:green;"\| +5
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Chunta Aragonesista}}"\| \| align="left"\| Aragonese Union (CHA) \| 88,939	0.39	style="color:green;"\| +0.13 \| 196	style="color:green;"\| +116
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Valencian Union}}"\| \| align="left"\| Valencian Union (UV) \| 86,539	0.38	style="color:red;"\| –0.13 \| 131	style="color:red;"\| –98
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Aragonese Party}}"\| \| align="left"\| Aragonese Party (PAR) \| 85,857	0.37	style="color:red;"\| –0.04 \| 907	style="color:red;"\| –18
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Regionalist Party of Cantabria}}"\| \| align="left"\| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) \| 66,592	0.29	style="color:green;"\| +0.06 \| 276	style="color:green;"\| +59
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialist Party of Andalusia (2001)}}"\| \| align="left"\| Socialist Party of Andalusia (PSA) \| 58,931	0.26	New \| 57	style="color:green;"\| +57
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Leonese People's Union}}"\| \| align="left"\| Leonese People's Union (UPL) \| 45,791	0.20	style="color:green;"\| +0.02 \| 230	style="color:green;"\| +63
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Majorcan Union}}"\| \| align="left"\| Majorcan Union (UM) \| 36,485	0.16	style="color:green;"\| +0.04 \| 103	style="color:green;"\| +35
style="line-height:22px;" \| rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Canarian Nationalist Federation}}"\| \| align="left"\| Canarian Nationalist Federation (FNC) \| 36,205	0.16	style="color:green;"\| +0.05 \| 45	style="color:green;"\| +5
style="font-size:95%; border-bottom-style:hidden; border-top-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) \| 13,951	0.06	style="color:green;"\| +0.01 \| 11	style="color:green;"\| +9
style="font-size:95%; border-bottom-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| Lanzarote Independents Party (PIL) \| 11,721	0.05	style="color:green;"\| +0.01 \| 27	style="color:red;"\| –2
style="font-size:95%; border-bottom-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| Canarian Union–Canarian Nationalist Federation (UC–FNC) \| 8,461	0.04	New \| 2	style="color:green;"\| +2
style="font-size:95%; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| Independents of Fuerteventura (IF) \| 2,072	0.01	±0.00 \| 5	style="color:red;"\| –4
style="line-height:22px;" \| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|PSM–Nationalist Agreement}}"\| \| align="left"\| PSM–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) \| 35,633	0.16	style="color:red;"\| –0.03 \| 98	style="color:red;"\| –14
style="font-size:95%; border-bottom-style:hidden; border-top-style:hidden; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| Socialist Party of Majorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) \| 32,743	0.14	style="color:red;"\| –0.04 \| 92	style="color:red;"\| –13
style="font-size:95%; line-height:16px;" \| align="left"\| Socialist Party of Menorca–Nationalist Agreement (PSM–EN) \| 2,890	0.01	±0.00 \| 6	style="color:red;"\| –1
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Aralar (Basque political party)}}"\| \| align="left"\| Aralar (Aralar) \| 31,235	0.14	New \| 48	style="color:green;"\| +48
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Liberal Independent Group}}"\| \| align="left"\| Liberal Independent Group (GIL) \| 26,363	0.11	style="color:red;"\| –0.30 \| 20	style="color:red;"\| –73
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"\| \| align="left"\| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) \| 23,428	0.10	style="color:red;"\| –0.20 \| 54	style="color:red;"\| –227
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Federation of Independents of Catalonia}}"\| \| align="left"\| Federation of Independents of Catalonia (FIC) \| 23,278	0.10	style="color:red;"\| –0.01 \| 104	style="color:red;"\| –76
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|The Greens of the Community of Madrid}}"\| \| align="left"\| The Greens of the Community of Madrid (LVCM) \| 21,672	0.09	New \| 2	style="color:green;"\| +2
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Independent Group for Almería}}"\| \| align="left"\| Independent Group for Almería (GIAL) \| 18,961	0.08	New \| 31	style="color:green;"\| +31
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Commoners' Land}}"\| \| align="left"\| Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) \| 16,411	0.07	style="color:red;"\| –0.01 \| 42	style="color:red;"\| –3
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Asturian Renewal Union}}"\| \| align="left"\| Asturian Renewal Union (URAS) \| 15,621	0.07	style="color:red;"\| –0.10 \| 29	style="color:red;"\| –54
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Pacte Progressista}}"\| \| align="left"\| Progressive Pact (Pacte) \| 15,262	0.07	±0.00 \| 33	style="color:red;"\| –4
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Democratic Party}}"\| \| align="left"\| Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) \| 14,926	0.06	style="color:red;"\| –0.05 \| 34	style="color:green;"\| +2
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Independent Candidacy (Castile and León)}}"\| \| align="left"\| Independent Candidacy–The Party of Castile and León (CI–PCL) \| 13,977	0.06	style="color:green;"\| +0.02 \| 65	style="color:green;"\| +47
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Autodeterminaziorako Bilgunea}}"\| \| align="left"\| Meeting Point for Self-Determination (AuB)⁷ ⁸ \| 13,098	0.06	style="color:red;"\| –1.22 \| 63	style="color:red;"\| –827
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Riojan Party}}"\| \| align="left"\| Riojan Party (PR) \| 12,667	0.06	style="color:green;"\| +0.01 \| 65	style="color:green;"\| +7
bgcolor="darkorange"\| \| align="left"\| Independent Democratic Centre (CDI) \| 11,381	0.05	New \| 24	style="color:green;"\| +24
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|United Extremadura}}"\| \| align="left"\| United Extremadura (EU) \| 10,489	0.05	style="color:green;"\| +0.01 \| 55	style="color:green;"\| +5
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Convergence of Democrats of Navarre}}"\| \| align="left"\| Convergence of Democrats of Navarre (CDN) \| 10,440	0.05	style="color:red;"\| –0.02 \| 17	style="color:red;"\| –8
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Galician Progressive Democracy}}"\| \| align="left"\| Galician Progressive Democracy (DPG) \| 10,373	0.05	style="color:red;"\| –0.03 \| 2	style="color:red;"\| –34
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Independientes Portuenses}}"\| \| align="left"\| Portuese Independents (IP) \| 10,301	0.04	style="color:red;"\| –0.01 \| 10	±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Platform of the Left of Coslada}}"\| \| align="left"\| Platform of the Left of Coslada (PIC) \| 10,285	0.04	New \| 6	style="color:green;"\| +6
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Citizens for Canarian Change}}"\| \| align="left"\| Citizens for Change Platform (AFV–CIUCA) \| 10,026	0.04	New \| 5	style="color:green;"\| +5
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Humanist Party (Spain)}}"\| \| align="left"\| Humanist Party (PH) \| 9,446	0.04	style="color:red;"\| –0.02 \| 0	±0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Independents for Ferrol}}"\| \| align="left"\| Independents for Ferrol (IF) \| 9,412	0.04	style="color:green;"\| +0.02 \| 6	style="color:green;"\| +3
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Independent Solution}}"\| \| align="left"\| Independent Solution (SI) \| 9,274	0.04	New \| 10	style="color:green;"\| +10
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Unity for Narón}}"\| \| align="left"\| Unity for Narón (UN) \| 8,874	0.04	style="color:green;"\| +0.01 \| 13	style="color:green;"\| +4
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Partíu Asturianista}}"\| \| align="left"\| Asturianist Party (PAS) \| 8,823	0.04	style="color:red;"\| –0.04 \| 3	style="color:red;"\| –9
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Batzarre}}"\| \| align="left"\| Assembly (Batzarre) \| 8,449	0.04	New \| 15	style="color:green;"\| +15
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Cantabrian Unity}}"\| \| align="left"\| Cantabrian Unity (UCn) \| 8,226	0.04	New \| 15	style="color:green;"\| +15
bgcolor="white"\| \| align="left"\| Others \| 1,096,620	4.77	— \| 4,573	style="color:green;"\| +28
align="left" colspan="2"\| Blank ballots \| 404,448	1.76	style="color:red;"\| –0.19 \| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"\|
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"\|
style="font-weight:bold;" \| align="left" colspan="2"\| Total \| 22,967,517	100.00	bgcolor="#E9E9E9"\| \| 65,510	style="color:green;"\| +309
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"\|
align="left" colspan="2"\| Valid votes \| 22,967,517	98.70	style="color:red;"\| –0.39 \| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2" rowspan="5"\|
align="left" colspan="2"\| Invalid votes \| 302,555	1.30	style="color:green;"\| +0.39
style="font-weight:bold;" \| align="left" colspan="2"\| Votes cast / turnout \| 23,270,072	67.67	style="color:green;"\| +3.68
align="left" colspan="2"\| Abstentions \| 11,116,390	32.33	style="color:red;"\| –3.68
style="font-weight:bold;" \| align="left" colspan="2"\| Registered voters \| 34,386,462	bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="2"\|
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align="left" colspan="7"\| Sources{{cite web \|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html?vuelta=1&codTipoEleccion=4&codPeriodo=200305&codEstado=99&codComunidad=0&codProvincia=0&codMunicipio=0&codDistrito=0&codSeccion=0&codMesa=0 \|title=Electoral Results Consultation. Municipal. May 2003. National totals \|language=es \|website=infoelectoral.mir.es \|publisher=Ministry of the Interior \|access-date=24 September 2017}}{{cite web \|url=http://www.historiaelectoral.com/muni.html \|title=Municipal elections (overall results 1979-2011) \|language=es \|publisher=historiaelectoral.com \|access-date=24 September 2017}}
colspan="7" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%; max-width:790px;"\| {{hidden\|ta1=left\|title=Footnotes:\|content={{ubl \| ¹ Spanish Socialist Workers' Party results are compared to Democratic Party of the New Left totals in the 1999 elections. \| ² People's Party does not include results in Melilla. \| ³ People's Party–Melillan People's Union results are compared to the combined totals of People's Party in Melilla and Melillan People's Union in the 1999 elections. \| 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 The Greens results are compared to The Greens–Andalusian Left totals 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.}}}}

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{{bar percent|PSOE–PSC|{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}|34.83}}

{{bar percent|PP–UPN–UPM|{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}|34.29}}

{{bar percent|IU–ICV–EA|{{party color|United Left (Spain)}}|7.54}}

{{bar percent|CiU|{{party color|Convergence and Union}}|3.45}}

{{bar percent|PNV–EA|{{party color|PNV–EA}}|2.24}}

{{bar percent|ERC–AM|{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}|1.83}}

{{bar percent|PA|{{party color|Andalusian Party}}|1.49}}

{{bar percent|BNG|{{party color|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}|1.42}}

{{bar percent|CC|{{party color|Canarian Coalition}}|1.24}}

{{bar percent|Bloc–EV|{{party color|Valencian Nationalist Bloc}}|0.61}}

{{bar percent|LV|{{party color|Confederation of the Greens}}|0.52}}

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=City control=

The following table lists party control in provincial capitals, as well as in municipalities above or around 75,000.{{cite web |url=http://www.historiaelectoral.com/muni4.html |title=Municipal elections (city majors by party) |website=historiaelectoral.com |publisher=Historia Electoral |language=es |access-date=24 February 2018}} Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
Municipality ! Population ! colspan="2" style="width:375px;"\| Previous control ! colspan="2" style="width:375px;"\| New control
A Coruña \| 242,458 \| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Albacete \| 152,155 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PP}} \| Alcalá de Henares \| 179,602 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Alcobendas \| 95,104 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Alcorcón \| 149,594 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Algeciras \| 106,710 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Andalusian Party}}"\| \| Andalusian Party (PA) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Alicante \| 293,629 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PP}} \| Almería \| 173,338 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Ávila \| 50,241 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Avilés \| 83,511 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Badajoz \| 136,851 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Badalona \| 210,370 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Barakaldo \| 95,515 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Barcelona \| 1,527,190 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Bilbao \| 353,950 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|PNV–EA}}"\| \| Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|PNV–EA}}"\| \| Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)
{{Party shading/PP}} \| Burgos \| 167,962 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Cáceres \| 84,439 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Cádiz \| 136,236 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Cartagena \| 188,003 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Castellón de la Plana \| 153,225 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Ciudad Real \| 65,084 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Córdoba \| 314,805 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|United Left (Spain)}}"\| \| United Left (IU) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|United Left (Spain)}}"\| \| United Left (IU)
Cornellà de Llobregat \| 81,881 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
{{Party shading/PP}} \| Coslada \| 79,862 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Cuenca \| 46,859 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Dos Hermanas \| 103,282 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
El Puerto de Santa María \| 77,747 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Independientes Portuenses}}"\| \| Portuese Independents (IP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Independientes Portuenses}}"\| \| Portuese Independents (IP)
Elche \| 201,731 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PP}} \| Ferrol \| 79,520 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}"\| \| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Fuenlabrada \| 179,735 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getafe \| 153,868 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Getxo \| 84,024 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|PNV–EA}}"\| \| Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|PNV–EA}}"\| \| Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)
Gijón \| 270,211 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Girona \| 77,475 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
{{Party shading/PP}} \| Granada \| 240,522 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Guadalajara \| 69,098 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Huelva \| 140,862 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Huesca \| 46,462 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Jaén \| 112,921 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PP}} \| Jerez de la Frontera \| 187,087 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Andalusian Party}}"\| \| Andalusian Party (PA) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) {{smaller\|(PSOE in 2005)}}
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat \| 244,323 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Las Palmas \| 370,649 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Leganés \| 174,436 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| León \| 135,794 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) {{smaller\|(PP in 2004)}}
Lleida \| 115,000 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Logroño \| 136,841 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Lorca \| 79,481 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Lugo \| 89,509 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Madrid \| 3,016,788 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Málaga \| 535,686 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Marbella \| 115,871 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Liberal Independent Group}}"\| \| Liberal Independent Group (GIL) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Liberal Independent Group}}"\| \| Liberal Independent Group (GIL) {{smaller\|(PSOE in 2006)}}
Mataró \| 109,298 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
{{Party shading/PP}} \| Móstoles \| 198,819 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Murcia \| 377,888 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Ourense \| 109,011 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Oviedo \| 202,938 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Palencia \| 80,801 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Palma \| 358,462 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Pamplona \| 189,364 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Navarrese People's Union}}"\| \| Navarrese People's Union (UPN) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Navarrese People's Union}}"\| \| Navarrese People's Union (UPN)
Parla \| 80,545 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Pontevedra \| 76,798 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}"\| \| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}"\| \| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
Reus \| 91,616 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Sabadell \| 187,201 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Salamanca \| 156,006 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna \| 135,004 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Canarian Coalition}}"\| \| Canarian Coalition (CC) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Canarian Coalition}}"\| \| Canarian Coalition (CC)
San Fernando \| 88,333 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Andalusian Party}}"\| \| Andalusian Party (PA) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Andalusian Party}}"\| \| Andalusian Party (PA)
San Sebastián \| 181,700 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Sant Boi de Llobregat \| 80,041 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Coloma de Gramenet \| 115,568 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife \| 217,415 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Canarian Coalition}}"\| \| Canarian Coalition (CC) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Canarian Coalition}}"\| \| Canarian Coalition (CC)
Santander \| 184,661 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Santiago de Compostela \| 93,273 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Segovia \| 54,945 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"\| \| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Seville \| 704,114 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
{{Party shading/PP}} \| Soria \| 35,112 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Talavera de la Reina \| 77,519 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Tarragona \| 117,184 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Convergence and Union}}"\| \| Convergence and Union (CiU) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Convergence and Union}}"\| \| Convergence and Union (CiU)
{{Party shading/PP}} \| Telde \| 91,160 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Canarian Coalition}}"\| \| Canarian Coalition (CC) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Terrassa \| 179,300 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"\| \| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Teruel \| 31,506 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Toledo \| 70,893 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Torrejón de Ardoz \| 101,056 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Torrevieja \| 69,763 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Valencia \| 761,871 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Valladolid \| 318,576 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Vigo \| 288,324 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Galician Nationalist Bloc}}"\| \| Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) {{smaller\|(PP in 2003)}}
Vitoria-Gasteiz \| 221,270 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
Zamora \| 65,575 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP)
{{Party shading/PSOE}} \| Zaragoza \| 620,419 \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|People's Party (Spain)}}"\| \| People's Party (PP) \| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"\| \| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

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Municipality

! Population

! colspan="2" style="width:375px;"| Previous control

! colspan="2" style="width:375px;"| New control

A Coruña

| 242,458

| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

Albacete

| 152,155

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| Alcalá de Henares

| 179,602

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}}"|

| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}}"|

2003 Spanish local elections

Electoral system

Municipal elections

=Overall=

=City control=

Provincial deputations

=Summary=

=Deputation control=

Notes

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