SPAIN
AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY OF CANTABRIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 25 MAY 2003
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Elections to the Parlamento de Cantabria
Source: My thanks to José María Pérez Medina, Coordinador de Área 
de Asuntos Europeos, Dirección General de Política Autonómica, 
Ministerio de Administraciones Públicas, for supplying these 
figures.

Parties
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* IU - Izquierda Unida (United Left)
* PP - Partido Popular (People's Party)
* PRC - Partido Regionalista de Cantabria (Regionalist Party of
   Cantabria
* PSOE - Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist 
   Workers' Party)

SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS
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Votes and seats are compared with those obtained in 1999
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Voters:                 460,026
Votes cast:             346,887 (75.4%)
Invalid votes:            9,999 (02.9%)
Valid votes:            336,888 (97.1%)
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Party                 Votes      %       Change        Seats
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IU                       12,375  03.6    (-00.1)        -   ( 00)
PP                      146,012  42.4    (+00.3)       18   (-01)
PRC                      67,003  19.5    (+06.1)        8   (+02)   
PSOE                    102,918  29.9    (-02.9)       13   (-01)
Others                    8,580  02.5                   -
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Total                   336,888                        39
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