Registered 464,807 0.7% 17 January 1995 18 December 1997 22 seats, 41.4% 11 seats, 20.3% Date 25 May 2003 | Turnout 328,609 (70.7%)
4.5 pp 18 December 1997 1991 11 seats, 20.3% 3 seats, 6.9% Location Navarre, Spain | |
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Other Instances Navarrese parliamentary election, 2015 Winner Miguel Sanz | ||
The 2003 Navarrese parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 6th Parliament of Navarre, the regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Navarre. At stake were all 50 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of Navarre.
Electoral system
The 50 members of the Parliament of Navarre were elected in a single multi-member district, consisting of the Community's territory (the province of Navarre), using the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation system.
Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. Only lists polling above 3% of the total vote in all of the community (which include blank ballots—for none of the above) were entitled to enter the seat distribution.
As per the Navarrese Electoral Law, election day was set for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. From the 2001 reform of Navarre's Statute of Autonomy, the President of Navarre could dissolve Parliament and call for a snap election at a time different than the legally established date, but was barred from doing so when less than one year remained for the next election's scheduled date. A new election would also have been automatically held in the event of a parliamentary deadlock in the choosing of a new President. Before the 2001 reform, the head of the largest parliamentary party did automatically become President if no other candidate obtained a majority within 90 days. In both cases, the newly elected Parliament would have a full mandate for a four-year period.