This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Cantabria on 25 May 2003. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.[1] [2] [3]
The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold).[1] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.
| Municipality | Population | Previous control | New control | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santander | 184,661 | People's Party (PP) | People's Party (PP) | |||
| Torrelavega | 56,180 | Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | |||
Population: 184,661
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | |||
| People's Party (PP) | 48,602 | 47.68 | +1.36 | 15 | ±0 | ||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 31,295 | 30.70 | –1.16 | 9 | –1 | ||
| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 12,732 | 12.49 | +4.98 | 3 | +1 | ||
| United Left of Cantabria (IUC) | 4,070 | 3.99 | –0.73 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Cantabrian Unity (UCn) | 659 | 0.65 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Cantabrian Nationalist Council (CNC) | 640 | 0.63 | +0.08 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 229 | 0.22 | –0.25 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Independent Spanish Phalanx–Phalanx 2000 (FEI–FE 2000) | 166 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Humanist Party (PH) | 121 | 0.12 | –0.02 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Blank ballots | 3,427 | 3.36 | –1.36 | ||||
| Total | 101,941 | 27 | ±0 | ||||
| Valid votes | 101,941 | 99.30 | +0.11 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 715 | 0.70 | –0.11 | ||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 102,656 | 63.60 | +4.68 | ||||
| Abstentions | 58,747 | 36.40 | –4.68 | ||||
| Registered voters | 161,403 | ||||||
| Sources[4] [5] | |||||||
Population: 56,180
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | |||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 13,827 | 38.89 | +1.58 | 11 | +1 | ||
| Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) | 8,234 | 23.16 | –1.01 | 7 | ±0 | ||
| People's Party (PP) | 8,166 | 22.97 | –2.47 | 6 | –1 | ||
| United Left of Cantabria (IUC) | 2,081 | 5.85 | +0.80 | 1 | ±0 | ||
| Cantabrian Unity (UCn) | 1,619 | 4.55 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Independent Citizens (CCII) | 290 | 0.82 | –1.78 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 290 | 0.82 | –0.82 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Cantabrian Nationalist Council (CNC) | 194 | 0.55 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Humanist Party (PH) | 57 | 0.16 | –0.01 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Blank ballots | 799 | 2.25 | –0.20 | ||||
| Total | 35,557 | 25 | ±0 | ||||
| Valid votes | 35,557 | 98.95 | –0.05 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 379 | 1.05 | +0.05 | ||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 35,936 | 74.54 | +2.26 | ||||
| Abstentions | 12,277 | 25.46 | –2.26 | ||||
| Registered voters | 48,213 | ||||||
| Sources[6] | |||||||