# Results breakdown of the 2003 Spanish local elections (Asturias)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Asturias on 25 May 2003. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.

## Overall

* PSOE (44.47%)
* PP (36.12%)
* IU–BA (10.86%)
* URAS (3.03%)
* Other (5.52%)
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 municipal election results in Asturias → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Councillors | Councillors |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 235,477 | 38.64 | +5.38 | 346 | +31 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 230,439 | 37.82 | –3.57 | 426 | –18 |
| | United Left–Bloc for Asturias (IU–BA) | 76,587 | 12.57 | +0.30 | 104 | +7 |
| | Asturian Renewal Union (URAS) | 15,621 | 2.56 | –3.29 | 29 | –54 |
| | Asturianist Party (PAS) | 8,823 | 1.45 | –1.18 | 3 | –9 |
| | The Greens–Green Left of Asturias (LV–IVA) | 5,473 | 0.90 | +0.28 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Andecha Astur (AA) | 4,250 | 0.70 | +0.27 | 2 | +1 |
| | Social Progressive Union of Corvera (USPC) | 3,381 | 0.55 | New | 7 | +7 |
| | Independent Social Group of Avilés (ASIA) | 2,387 | 0.39 | New | 1 | +1 |
| | Independent Union of Carreño (UICA) | 1,628 | 0.27 | New | 4 | +4 |
| | Asturian Council (Conceyu) | 1,438 | 0.24 | –0.13 | 1 | –1 |
| | Independent Group of Gozón (AIG) | 1,356 | 0.22 | New | 4 | +4 |
| | Peasants' Unity of Tineo (UCT) | 1,089 | 0.18 | –0.14 | 3 | –2 |
| | Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)$^1$ | 958 | 0.16 | –0.09 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 763 | 0.13 | –0.01 | 2 | +2 |
| | Asturian Left (IAS) | 640 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Senior Defense Platform (PlaDeTE) | 458 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Another Democracy is Possible (ODeP) | 97 | 0.02 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 92 | 0.02 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Others | 5,481 | 0.90 | — | 26 | +11 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 12,930 | 2.12 | +0.18 | | |
| Total | Total | 609,368 | 100.00 | | 958 | –16 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 609,368 | 99.27 | –0.05 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,482 | 0.73 | +0.05 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 613,850 | 62.88 | –1.23 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 362,363 | 37.12 | +1.23 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 976,213 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain results are compared to Asturian Left Bloc totals in the 1999 elections. |||||||
Popular vote
PP
38.64%
PSOE
37.82%
IU–BA
12.57%
URAS
2.56%
PAS
1.45%
Others
4.84%
Blank ballots
2.12% :

## City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold). Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.
| Municipality | Population | Previous control | New control |
| Avilés | 83,511 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Gijón | 270,211 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Langreo | 47,796 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Mieres | 48,418 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Oviedo | 202,938 | People's Party (PP) | People's Party (PP) |
| San Martín del Rey Aurelio | 20,186 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |
| Siero | 48,569 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) |

## Municipalities
### Avilés

    Population: 83,511
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Avilés election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 16,317 | 36.44 | +6.62 | 10 | +2 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 15,944 | 35.61 | –6.36 | 10 | –2 |
| | United Left–Bloc for Asturias (IU–BA) | 6,200 | 13.85 | +0.32 | 4 | ±0 |
| | Independent Social Group of Avilés (ASIA) | 2,387 | 5.33 | New | 1 | +1 |
| | Asturianist Party (PAS) | 863 | 1.93 | –2.42 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Asturian Renewal Union (URAS) | 811 | 1.81 | –3.83 | 0 | –1 |
| | The Greens–Avilés Citizen Initiative (LV–ICA) | 667 | 1.49 | +0.44 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Andecha Astur (AA) | 357 | 0.80 | +0.51 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)$^1$ | 100 | 0.22 | –0.27 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,126 | 2.51 | –0.37 | | |
| Total | Total | 44,772 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 44,772 | 99.36 | –0.05 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 289 | 0.64 | +0.05 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 45,061 | 61.21 | +0.19 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 28,551 | 38.79 | –0.19 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 73,612 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain results are compared to Asturian Left Bloc totals in the 1999 election. |||||||

### Gijón

    Population: 270,211
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Gijón election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 65,960 | 45.29 | –5.23 | 13 | –3 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 52,402 | 35.98 | +5.79 | 11 | +2 |
| | United Left–Bloc for Asturias (IU–BA) | 14,431 | 9.91 | +0.63 | 3 | +1 |
| | Asturianist Party (PAS) | 3,478 | 2.39 | –0.19 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Asturian Renewal Union (URAS) | 2,682 | 1.84 | –1.58 | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens–Green Left of Asturias (LV–IVA) | 2,006 | 1.38 | +0.07 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Andecha Astur (AA) | 583 | 0.40 | +0.11 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)$^1$ | 396 | 0.27 | –0.08 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Senior Defense Platform (PlaDeTE) | 269 | 0.18 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 250 | 0.17 | –0.11 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 3,181 | 2.18 | +0.52 | | |
| Total | Total | 145,638 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 145,638 | 99.56 | +0.02 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 648 | 0.44 | –0.02 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 146,286 | 60.34 | –1.96 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 96,169 | 39.66 | +1.96 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 242,455 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain results are compared to Asturian Left Bloc totals in the 1999 election. |||||||

### Langreo

    Population: 47,796
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Langreo election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 8,811 | 35.65 | +1.82 | 8 | –1 |
| | United Left–Bloc for Asturias (IU–BA) | 7,587 | 30.70 | –9.61 | 7 | –4 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 6,678 | 27.02 | +7.88 | 6 | +1 |
| | Asturian Renewal Union (URAS) | 353 | 1.43 | –0.12 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Asturianist Party (PAS) | 345 | 1.40 | –0.35 | 0 | ±0 |
| | The Greens–Green Left of Asturias (LV–IVA) | 185 | 0.75 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)$^1$ | 89 | 0.36 | –1.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Andecha Astur (AA) | 88 | 0.36 | +0.19 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 581 | 2.35 | +0.51 | | |
| Total | Total | 24,717 | | | 21 | –4 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 24,717 | 99.18 | –0.02 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 204 | 0.82 | +0.02 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 24,921 | 57.71 | –2.84 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 18,262 | 42.29 | +2.84 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 43,183 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain results are compared to Asturian Left Bloc totals in the 1999 election. |||||||

### Mieres

    Population: 48,418
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Mieres election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 9,151 | 36.15 | –5.85 | 8 | –3 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 7,823 | 30.91 | +6.18 | 7 | ±0 |
| | United Left–Bloc for Asturias (IU–BA) | 6,388 | 25.24 | –0.24 | 6 | –1 |
| | Asturian Left–The Greens (IAS–LV)$^1$ | 344 | 1.36 | +0.66 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Asturianist Party (PAS) | 258 | 1.02 | –0.42 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Asturian Renewal Union (URAS) | 208 | 0.82 | –2.21 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)$^2$ | 163 | 0.64 | +0.22 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Andecha Astur (AA) | 135 | 0.53 | +0.09 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 842 | 3.33 | +1.58 | | |
| Total | Total | 25,312 | | | 21 | –4 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 25,312 | 98.99 | –0.29 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 257 | 1.01 | +0.29 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 25,569 | 59.50 | –1.68 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 17,404 | 40.50 | +1.68 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 42,973 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Asturian Left–The Greens results are compared to The Greens of Asturias totals in the 1999 election.$^2$ Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain results are compared to Asturian Left Bloc totals in the 1999 election. |||||||

### Oviedo

    Population: 202,938
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Oviedo election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 64,930 | 55.99 | +8.23 | 17 | +2 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 32,028 | 27.62 | –6.05 | 8 | –2 |
| | United Left–Bloc for Asturias (IU–BA) | 11,270 | 9.72 | +0.26 | 2 | ±0 |
| | The Greens–Green Left of Asturias (LV–IVA) | 1,658 | 1.43 | +0.66 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Asturian Renewal Union (URAS) | 986 | 0.85 | –1.77 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Asturianist Party (PAS) | 936 | 0.81 | –1.09 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Andecha Astur (AA) | 655 | 0.56 | +0.09 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Senior Defense Platform (PlaDeTE) | 189 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) | 153 | 0.13 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Another Democracy is Possible (ODeP) | 97 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 92 | 0.08 | +0.02 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 2,968 | 2.56 | –0.21 | | |
| Total | Total | 115,962 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 115,962 | 99.52 | +0.12 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 563 | 0.48 | –0.12 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 116,525 | 63.73 | –0.96 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 66,311 | 36.27 | +0.96 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 182,836 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### San Martín del Rey Aurelio

    Population: 20,186
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of San Martín del Rey Aurelio election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 5,907 | 48.63 | –2.58 | 11 | –1 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 3,036 | 24.99 | +7.21 | 6 | +2 |
| | United Left–Bloc for Asturias (IU–BA) | 2,381 | 19.60 | +0.63 | 4 | ±0 |
| | Asturian Renewal Union (URAS) | 383 | 3.15 | –1.25 | 0 | –1 |
| | Asturianist Party (PAS) | 130 | 1.07 | –2.71 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Andecha Astur (AA) | 61 | 0.50 | +0.30 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)$^1$ | 24 | 0.20 | –0.91 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 226 | 1.86 | +0.30 | | |
| Total | Total | 12,148 | | | 21 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 12,148 | 98.86 | –0.17 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 140 | 1.14 | +0.17 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 12,288 | 65.60 | –1.70 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 6,443 | 34.40 | +1.70 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 18,731 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain results are compared to Asturian Left Bloc totals in the 1999 election. |||||||

### Siero

    Population: 48,569
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Siero election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 10,460 | 40.61 | –0.70 | 10 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 8,728 | 33.89 | +0.89 | 8 | ±0 |
| | United Left–Bloc for Asturias (IU–BA) | 2,588 | 10.05 | +0.32 | 2 | ±0 |
| | Asturian Council (Conceyu) | 1,438 | 5.58 | –1.58 | 1 | ±0 |
| | The Greens–Green Left of Asturias (LV–IVA) | 925 | 3.59 | +2.66 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Asturian Renewal Union (URAS) | 386 | 1.50 | –0.58 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Asturianist Party (PAS) | 346 | 1.34 | –1.64 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Andecha Astur (AA) | 260 | 1.01 | +0.34 | 0 | ±0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 626 | 2.43 | +0.29 | | |
| Total | Total | 25,757 | | | 21 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 25,757 | 99.19 | +0.10 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 211 | 0.81 | –0.10 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 25,968 | 62.06 | +0.25 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 15,876 | 37.94 | –0.25 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 41,844 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||