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2003 Catalan regional election

Election in the Spanish region of Catalonia

Field	Value
election_name	2003 Catalan regional election
country	Catalonia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1999 Catalan regional election
previous_year	1999
next_election	2006 Catalan regional election
next_year	2006
seats_for_election	All 135 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia
majority_seats	68
opinion_polls	#Opinion polls
registered	5,307,837 0.3%
turnout	3,319,276 (62.5%)
3.3 pp
election_date	16 November 2003
image1	[[File:Artur Mas 2006 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader1	Artur Mas
party1	Convergence and Union
leader_since1	7 January 2002
leaders_seat1	Barcelona
last_election1	56 seats, 37.7%
seats1	46
seat_change1	10
popular_vote1	1,024,425
percentage1	30.9%
swing1	6.8 pp
image2	[[File:Pasqual Maragall 2004 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader2	Pasqual Maragall
party2	PSC–CpC
leader_since2	6 March 1999
leaders_seat2	Barcelona
last_election2	52 seats, 37.9%
seats2	42
seat_change2	10
popular_vote2	1,031,454
percentage2	31.2%
swing2	6.7 pp
image3	[[File:Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira 2001 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader3	Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira
party3	Republican Left of Catalonia
leader_since3	25 November 1996
leaders_seat3	Barcelona
last_election3	12 seats, 8.7%
seats3	23
seat_change3	11
popular_vote3	544,324
percentage3	16.4%
swing3	7.7 pp
image4	[[File:Josep Piqué 1999 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader4	Josep Piqué
party4	People's Party of Catalonia
leader_since4	4 September 2003
leaders_seat4	Barcelona
last_election4	12 seats, 9.5%
seats4	15
seat_change4	3
popular_vote4	393,499
percentage4	11.9%
swing4	2.4 pp
image5	[[File:Joan Saura 2005 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader5	Joan Saura
party5	ICV–EA
leader_since5	26 November 2000
leaders_seat5	Barcelona
last_election5	3 seats, 3.9%
seats5	9
seat_change5	6
popular_vote5	241,163
percentage5	7.3%
swing5	3.4 pp
map	{{Switcher
title	President
before_election	Jordi Pujol
before_party	Convergence and Union
after_election	Pasqual Maragall
after_party	Socialists' Party of Catalonia

3.3 pp

A regional election was held in Catalonia on Sunday, 16 November 2003, to elect the 7th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

This election marked a change for all Catalan political parties due to Catalan president Jordi Pujol's decision not to seek a seventh term in office and to retire from active politics. The election results were a great disappointment for Pasqual Maragall's Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), which again saw Convergence and Union (CiU) winning a plurality of seats despite them winning the most votes by a margin of just 0.3%. Opinion polls earlier in the year had predicted a much larger victory for Maragall, but his lead over CiU had begun to narrow as the election grew nearer. Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) was perceived as the true victor of the election, doubling its 1999 figures and scoring its best result in its recent history up to that point, both in terms of seats (23 of 135) and votes (16.4%), up from 11 seats and 8.7%.

As Pujol's successor Artur Mas did not win a majority large enough to renew his party pact with the People's Party (PP), which had kept Pujol in power since 1995, an alliance between the PSC, ERC and ICV–EUiA resulted in a Catalan "tripartite" government. Thus, despite losing 10 seats and 150,000 votes compared to the 1999 election, Maragall became the first centre-left president of the Government of Catalonia, ending with 23 uninterrupted years of CiU rule.

Background

In the 1999 election, and as a result of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)'s growth, the Catalan nationalist Convergence and Union (CiU) had lost the vote share in a regional election for the first time ever, but clung on to retain the largest amount of seats due to the disproportionate allocation of seats in Girona, Lleida and Tarragona compared to Barcelona. Through to the support of the People's Party (PP), Jordi Pujol had been able to be re-elected to a sixth term in office with a slim majority of 68 to the 67 seats commanded by the left-from-centre opposition.

Despite Pujol's personal approval ratings remaining high until the end of his term, speculation on his possible retirement (which he confirmed on 1 April 2001), internal disputes between Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) over the future of the alliance—which resulted in CiU being turned into a full-fledged party federation in order to ensure its continuity in the post-Pujol era—and a desire for change after 23 years in power had resulted in CiU trailing the PSC in opinion polls for the entire legislature, with a lead that was nearly into the double digits by mid-to-late 2002. From mid-2003, however, the Socialist lead had begun to narrow to the point that chances for a possible reenactment of the 1999 tight race remained high. The retirement of Pujol as CiU candidate paved the way for Artur Mas, the then chief minister (), to replace him as the culmination of a long successory process.

Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) had been in an almost continuous growth since the 1988 election, becoming a political force able to pierce through the dominant two-party system in Catalonia. Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV) and United and Alternative Left (EUiA) had run separately in the previous election, but ahead of the 2003 election joined within the ICV–EA coalition.

Overview

Under the 1979 Statute of Autonomy, the Parliament of Catalonia was the unicameral legislature of the homonymous autonomous community, having legislative power in devolved matters, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president. As a result of no regional electoral law having been approved since the re-establishment of Catalan autonomy, the electoral procedure came regulated under transitory provisions, supplemented by the provisions within the national electoral law.

Electoral system

Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over 18 years of age, registered in Catalonia and in full enjoyment of their political rights, provided that they were not sentenced—by a final court ruling—to deprivation of the right to vote, nor being legally incapacitated.

The Parliament of Catalonia was entitled to 135 seats. All members were elected in four multi-member constituencies—corresponding to the provinces of Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona, with each being allocated a fixed number of seats—using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional voting system, with a threshold of three percent of valid votes (which included blank ballots) being applied in each constituency. The use of the electoral method resulted in a higher effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.

As a result of the aforementioned allocation, each Parliament constituency was entitled the following seats:

Seats	Constituencies
85	Barcelona
18	Tarragona
17	Girona
15	Lleida

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacated seats; instead, any vacancies that occurred after the proclamation of candidates and into the legislative term were to be covered by the successive candidates in the list and, when required, by the designated substitutes.

Election date

The term of the Parliament of Catalonia expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the scheduled date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Journal of the Government of Catalonia (DOGC), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 17 October 1999, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 17 October 2003. The election decree was required to be published in the DOGC no later than 23 September 2007, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible date for election day on Sunday, 16 November 2003.

The regional president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Catalonia and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since a previous one under this procedure. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.

The Parliament of Catalonia was officially dissolved on 23 September 2003 with the publication of the dissolution decree in the DOGC, setting election day for 16 November.

Outgoing parliament

The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of dissolution.

Groups	Legislators	Seats
Convergence and Union}}"	Convergence and Union's Parliamentary Group	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}}"	CDC	41
Democratic Union of Catalonia}}"	UDC	15
Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"	Socialists–Citizens for Change Parliamentary Group	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"	PSC	35
Citizens for Change}}"	CpC	15
People's Party of Catalonia}}"	People's Parliamentary Group	People's Party of Catalonia}}"	PP	12
Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes}}"	Republican Left of Catalonia's Parliamentary Group	Republican Left of Catalonia}}"	ERC	12
Initiative for Catalonia Greens}}"	Initiative for Catalonia–Greens's Parliamentary Group	Initiative for Catalonia Greens}}"	ICV	5

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy	Parties and
alliances	Leading candidate	Ideology	Previous result	Gov.	Ref.	Vote %	Seats
Convergence and Union}}"		CiU	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on	Convergence and Union (CiU)
– Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC)
– Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC)	[[File:Artur Mas 2006 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Artur Mas	Catalan nationalism
Centrism
Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"		PSC–CpC	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on	Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE)	Citizens for Change (CpC)	[[File:Pasqual Maragall 2004 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Pasqual Maragall
People's Party of Catalonia}}"		PP	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on	People's Party (PP)	[[File:Josep Piqué 1999 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Josep Piqué	Conservatism
Christian democracy
Republican Left of Catalonia}}"		ERC	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on	Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	[[File:Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira 2001 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira	Catalan independence
Left-wing nationalism
Social democracy
ICV–EUiA}}"		ICV–EA	{{Collapsible list	title = List	bullets = on	Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV)	United and Alternative Left (EUiA)
– Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC)
– Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC viu)
– Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR)
– Workers' Revolutionary Party–Revolutionary Left (PRT–IR)	[[File:Joan Saura 2005 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Joan Saura

Opinion polls

The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll.

Graphical summary

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 68 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Catalonia.

;Color key:

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout	[[File:Logo-PSC.gif	25px	link=Socialists' Party of Catalonia	PSC]]	[[File:Convergència i Unió (logo).jpg	28px	link=Convergence and Union	CiU]]	[[File:People's Party (Spain) Logo (2000-2007).svg	33px	link=People's Party of Catalonia	PP]]	[[File:Logo de ERC (antiguo).svg
2003 regional election	16 Nov 2003		62.5		31.2
30.9
11.9
16.4
7.3
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	0.3
Ipsos–Eco/CCRTV	16 Nov 2003	73,696	?	30.9
	31.7
11.2
16.8
7.2
	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	0.8
title=Sondejos	url=http://governacio.gencat.cat/ca/pgov_ambits_d_actuacio/pgov_eleccions/pgov_dades_electorals/pgov_totes_les_convocatories/pgov_parlament_de_catalunya/pgov_any_2003_pc/pgov_sondejos	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103043235/http://governacio.gencat.cat/ca/pgov_ambits_d_actuacio/pgov_eleccions/pgov_dades_electorals/pgov_totes_les_convocatories/pgov_parlament_de_catalunya/pgov_any_2003_pc/pgov_sondejos	url-status=dead	archive-date=3 January 2015	language=ca	work=Generalitat de Catalunya	access-date=12 December 2017}}	16 Nov 2003	?	?		32.3
29.4
10.3
17.6
7.6
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	2.9
Gallup/RTVE	16 Nov 2003	?	?		35.1
29.4
9.6
15.7
8.0
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	5.7
Sigma Dos/Antena 3	16 Nov 2003	?	?		34.3
30.6
11.3
15.2
6.7
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	3.7
Celeste-Tel/La Razón	10 Nov 2003	601	?		36.3
34.3
10.7
11.9
5.3
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	2.0
DEP/Dossier Econòmic	8 Nov 2003	1,200	?	34.7
	35.8
9.7
13.8
4.6
	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	1.1
title=Empatados ante la semana final	url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2003/11/09/pagina-15/34057792/pdf.html	language=es	work=La Vanguardia	date=9 November 2003}}	3–6 Nov 2003	1,200	?		36.2
33.1
9.5
13.0
6.9
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	3.1
Celeste-Tel/La Razón	5 Nov 2003	601	?		37.1
31.5
11.1
13.1
5.5
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	5.6
title=Encuestas preelectorales publicadas. Cataluña 2003	url=http://www.bcn.cat/estadistica/castella/dades/inf/ele/ele03/A52.htm	language=es	website=www.bcn.cat	date=10 November 2003}}	3–5 Nov 2003	1,600	?		35.0
32.2
12.4
12.8
5.9
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	2.8
title=Los socialistas amplían a 5,6 puntos la ventaja sobre CiU	url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20031108/pag_003.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Catalunya	date=8 November 2003}}	1–5 Nov 2003	2,025	?		36.5
30.9
10.0
13.7
6.9
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	5.6
title=PSC y CiU, en situación de empate técnico	url=https://elpais.com/diario/2003/11/09/catalunya/1068343648_850215.html	language=es	work=El País	date=9 November 2003 }}	31 Oct–2 Nov 2003	2,100	?		34.5
32.5
10.5
12.5
6.5
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	2.0
title=El PSC aventaja en 5,5 puntos a CiU, según un sondeo de Opina para la SER	url=https://elpais.com/diario/2003/11/01/catalunya/1067652446_850215.html	language=es	work=El País	date=1 November 2003 }}	31 Oct 2003	2,100	?		34.5
34.0
10.0
12.5
6.5
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	0.5
title=Elecciones autonómicas "Catalunya"	url=http://infortecnica.com/estudios/1578/	language=es	work=Infortécnica	date=31 October 2003}}	7–31 Oct 2003	2,012	59.0	32.1
	39.4
7.5
14.6
6.5
	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	7.3
title=ERC tendrá la llave del Gobierno catalán ya que puede dar la mayoría a CiU o al PSC	url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/2003/11/02/036.html	language=es	work=ABC	date=2 November 2003}}	20–27 Oct 2003	2,000	?		36.1
33.2
10.5
12.0
7.5
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	2.9
title=Maragall es el favorito para gobernar Cataluña	url=http://cadenaser.com/ser/2003/10/31/espana/1067561415_850215.html	language=es	work=Cadena SER	date=31 October 2003}}	26 Oct 2003	1,800	?		35.5
30.0
12.0
13.0
7.0
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	5.5
title=Preelectoral de Cataluña, elecciones autonómicas, 2003 (Estudio nº 2543. Octubre 2003)	url=https://www.cis.es/documents/d/cis/es2543marpdf	language=es	work=CIS	date=7 November 2003}}	13–26 Oct 2003	3,571	71.8		34.4
32.4
11.1
12.6
7.4
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	2.0
title=La ventaja del PSC sobre CiU se recorta de 7 a 4 puntos desde junio	url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20031005/pag_002.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Catalunya	date=5 October 2003}}	29 Sep–1 Oct 2003	803	?		37.0
33.0
8.9
13.3
5.7
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	4.0
title=Encuesta de CiU	url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20031007/pag_023.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Catalunya	date=7 October 2003}}	15–24 Sep 2003	2,507	?		35.4
34.0
9.9
13.0
6.1
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	1.4
title=Ligera ventaja de Maragall sobre Mas al iniciarse la carrera electoral catalana	url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2003/09/14/pagina-13/34002879/pdf.html	language=es	work=La Vanguardia	date=14 September 2003}}	10–11 Sep 2003	812	?		36.4
33.7
7.8
15.1
5.9
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	2.7
title=Mínima ventaja de Maragall sobre Mas	url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2003/07/13/pagina-15/34028297/pdf.html	language=es	work=La Vanguardia	date=13 July 2003}}	7–10 Jul 2003	1,000	?		36.3
33.7
7.8
14.5
5.9
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	2.6
title=El PSC saca 7,2 puntos a CiU pero Mas sigue avanzando en imagen	url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20030706/pag_002.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Catalunya	date=6 July 2003}}	25–27 Jun 2003	?	?		38.8
31.6
9.5
14.0
4.2
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	7.2
title=Cuestión de ejes	url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2003/06/22/pagina-20/34018732/pdf.html	language=es	work=La Vanguardia	date=22 June 2003}}	22 Jun 2003	?	61.3		35.9
31.1
9.5
10.2
4.8
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	4.8
2003 local elections	25 May 2003		61.5		34.1	24.4	11.1	12.8	10.5		Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	9.7
title=El PSC le saca 9 puntos a CiU pero Mas recorta terreno en imagen	url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20030406/pag_028.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Catalunya	date=6 April 2003}}	31 Mar–1 Apr 2003	?	?		41.0
32.1
7.0
13.4
4.4
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	8.9
title=Una encuesta sitúa al PSC y CiU muy igualados	url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20030402/51262772302/una-encuesta-situa-al-psc-y-ciu-muy-igualados.html	language=es	work=La Vanguardia	date=2 April 2003}}	5–7 Mar 2003	1,800	?		38.0
33.0
9.0
14.0
5.0
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	5.0
title=El PSC conserva desde octubre una ventaja de 8 puntos sobre CiU	url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20030122/pag_002.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Catalunya	date=22 January 2003}}	13–15 Jan 2003	?	?		40.5
32.6
8.3
12.4
4.0
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	7.9
title=Maragall parte con una sólida ventaja	url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2003/01/19/pagina-13/34007913/pdf.html	language=es	work=La Vanguardia	date=19 January 2003}}	7–11 Jan 2003	1,500	?		43.0
34.7
7.8
10.7
2.2
	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	8.3
title=Una encuesta de CiU dice que el PSC ganaría por un escaño	url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2003/01/18/pagina-11/34005553/pdf.html	language=es	work=La Vanguardia	date=18 January 2003}}	7–10 Jan 2003	2,500	?		37.3
35.7
9.8
11.9
2.4
1.1
Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	1.6
title=El PSC aventaja a CiU en 8,5 puntos, según una encuesta de los socialistas	url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2002/12/31/pagina-13/34012401/pdf.html	language=es	work=La Vanguardia	date=31 December 2002}}	16–18 Dec 2002	805	?		**39.5–
40.5**	31.0–
32.0	8.5–
9.5	12.0–
13.0	5.0–
6.0		Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	8.5
title=El PSC se consolida como seguro ganador y ERC sube a costa de CiU	url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20021016/pag_002.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Catalunya	date=16 October 2002}}	7–9 Oct 2002	?	?		40.5
32.4
8.8
12.4
2.9
1.0
Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	8.1
title=Instituciones y autonomías, II. CA de Cataluña (Estudio nº 2455. Septiembre-Octubre 2002)	url=https://www.cis.es/es/visor?migrado=true&fichero=e245590html	language=es	work=CIS	date=19 November 2002}}	9 Sep–9 Oct 2002	922	72.6	33.6		35.2	9.6	11.3	6.5		Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	1.6
title=Los socialistas aumentan hasta 7,5 puntos su ventaja sobre CiU	url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20020703/pag_020.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Catalunya	date=3 July 2002}}	25–27 Jun 2002	?	?		40.5	33.0	8.0	12.0	3.3	1.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	7.5
title=El PSC recurre a su último sondeo para pronosticar la "caída libre" de CiU y de Mas	url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2002/06/26/pagina-21/33992520/pdf.html	language=es	work=La Vanguardia	date=26 June 2002}}	10–12 Jun 2002	605	?		**40.0–
41.0**	32.5–
33.5	7.0–
8.0	12.5–
13.5	2.5–
3.5	1.0–
2.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	7.5
title=El Periódico 28/04/2002	url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20020428/pag_024.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Catalunya	date=28 April 2002}}	15–17 Apr 2002	800	?		40.2	34.1	8.0	10.3	3.2	1.4	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	6.1
title=Un macrosondeo del Instituto Opina da por primera vez la victoria a Mas sobre Maragall	url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2002/04/23/pagina-21/33996564/pdf.html	language=es	work=La Vanguardia	date=23 April 2002}}	11–16 Apr 2002	2,400	?	35.0		36.0	10.2	11.5	3.0	–	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	1.0
title=La fusión fría	url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2002/04/08/pagina-12/33963439/pdf.html	language=es	work=La Vanguardia	date=8 April 2002}}	8 Apr 2002	?	?		40.5
33.0
9.5
11.0
2.5
–	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	7.5
title=Un sondeo del PSC amplía a siete puntos su ventaja sobre CiU en unas autonómicas	url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2002/03/26/pagina-14/33975174/pdf.html	language=es	work=La Vanguardia	date=26 March 2002}}	11–14 Mar 2002	?	?		**39.5–
40.5**	32.5–
33.5	9.0–
10.0	10.5–
11.5	2.5–
3.5	1.0–
2.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	7.0
title=El PSC se despega de CiU y le saca ahora 3,8 puntos de ventaja	url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20020217/pag_002.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Catalunya	date=17 February 2002}}	4–5 Feb 2002	?	?		39.4	35.6	8.7	10.3	2.6	1.2	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	3.8
title=Los votantes de Cir valoran más a Maragall que a Artur Mas	url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/2001/12/28/024.html	language=es	work=ABC	date=28 December 2001}}	28 Dec 2001	1,200	?		37.3	37.2	–	–	–	–	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	0.1
title=Un sondeo del PSC le da entre tres y cinco puntos de ventaja sobre CiU	url=https://elpais.com/diario/2001/12/18/catalunya/1008641240_850215.html	language=es	work=El País	date=18 December 2001 }}	20–22 Nov 2001	602	?		**38.5–
39.5**	34.5–
35.5	8.5–
9.5	9.0–
10.0	2.0–
3.0	1.0–
2.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	4.0
title=El PSC y CiU siguen prácticamente empatados en estimación de voto	url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20011104/pag_029.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Catalunya	date=4 November 2001}}	23–25 Oct 2001	?	?		36.8	36.1	8.4	12.3	2.8	1.4	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	0.7
title=Carod advierte a CiU de que se le acaba el tiempo para cambiar de aliado	url=https://elpais.com/diario/2001/10/23/catalunya/1003799248_850215.html	language=es	work=El País	date=23 October 2001}}	22 Oct 2001	?	?		**39.0–
40.0**	35.5–
36.5	7.0–
8.0	10.0–
11.0	2.0–
3.0	1.0–
2.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	3.5
title=El voto melancólico	url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2001/08/13/pagina-12/34186185/pdf.html	language=es	work=La Vanguardia	date=13 August 2001}}	13–17 Aug 2001	?	?		40.0
32.8
10.0
11.0
2.5
–	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	7.2
title=CiU recupera terreno y empata con el PSC en estimación de voto	url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20010710/pag_012.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Catalunya	date=10 July 2001}}	28–30 Jun 2001	?	?		37.2	36.8	8.3	11.0	3.3	1.5	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	0.4
title=El PSC moderniza su imagen para resaltar su definición como partido catalanista	url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2001/07/14/pagina-18/34166994/pdf.html	language=es	work=La Vanguardia	date=14 July 2001}}	12–14 Jun 2001	600	?		**38.5–
39.5**	35.0–
36.0	8.0–
8.5	10.0–
11.0	2.5–
3.5	1.0–
1.5	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	3.5
title=El PSC sacaría cuatro puntos a CiU en unas elecciones autonómicas	url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20010430/pag_013.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Catalunya	date=30 April 2001}}	19–20 Apr 2001	?	?		39.2	35.2	9.5	9.6	2.6	1.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	4.0
title=Situación social y política de Cataluña, XVI (Estudio nº 2410. Marzo 2001)	url=https://www.cis.es/es/visor?migrado=true&fichero=e241000html	language=es	work=CIS	date=23 May 2001}}	3–26 Mar 2001	2,778	85.2		37.7
34.6
10.3
10.8
3.9
1.1
Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	3.1
title=El PSC cree que la candidatura de Mas dispara las opciones de victoria de Maragall	url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2001/04/10/pagina-14/34189851/pdf.html	language=es	work=La Vanguardia	date=10 April 2001}}	28 Feb–2 Mar 2001	600	?		**39.0–
40.0**	36.5–
37.5	9.0–
9.5	7.5–
8.5	2.5–
3.5	–	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	2.5
title=El PSC superaría en un punto a CiU de celebrarse ahora los comicios al Parlament	url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20010212/pag_013.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Catalunya	date=12 February 2001}}	1–2 Feb 2001	804	?		37.5	36.6	9.5	10.5	2.8	0.8	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	0.9
title=Sólo Pujol puede frenar a Maragall	url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2000/11/12/pagina-16/34089529/pdf.html	language=es	work=La Vanguardia	date=12 November 2000}}	6 Nov 2000	800	?		37.0
36.0
10.5
9.5
2.5
–	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	1.0
title=CiU y PSC empatarían de nuevo si se celebrasen elecciones ahora	url=http://archivo.elperiodico.com/ed/20001111/pag_020.html	language=es	work=El Periódico de Catalunya	date=11 November 2000}}	1–2 Nov 2000	800	?	37.6		37.7	9.0	9.5	1.6	1.4	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	0.1
2000 general election	12 Mar 2000		64.0		34.1
28.8
22.8
5.6
3.5
2.2
Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	5.3
[1999 regional election](1999-catalan-regional-election)	17 Oct 1999		59.2		37.9
37.7
9.5
8.7
2.5
1.4
Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	0.2

Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	[[File:Logo-PSC.gif	25px	link=Socialists' Party of Catalonia	PSC]]	[[File:Convergència i Unió (logo).jpg	28px	link=Convergence and Union	CiU]]	[[File:People's Party (Spain) Logo (2000-2007).svg	33px	link=People's Party of Catalonia
[2003 regional election](2003-catalan-regional-election-results)	16 Nov 2003			19.7	19.6	7.5	10.4	4.6			36.6	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	0.1
Vox Pública/El Periódico	1–5 Nov 2003	2,025		28.0	23.4	6.3	12.7	6.0		17.7	3.2	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	4.6
Infortécnica	7–31 Oct 2003	2,012	15.4		18.9	3.6	7.0	3.1		41.0	10.3	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	3.5
CIS	13–26 Oct 2003	3,571	21.2		25.4	6.1	10.2	6.1		18.2	10.9	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	4.2
Vox Pública/El Periódico	29 Sep–1 Oct 2003	803	25.8		29.8	5.6	13.6	4.0		13.7	4.2	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	4.0
Vox Pública/El Periódico	25–27 Jun 2003	?		30.0	25.7	6.1	14.1	4.9		11.8	5.2	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	4.3
Vox Pública/El Periódico	31 Mar–1 Apr 2003	?		26.8	21.3	4.1	11.2	3.6		23.4	6.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	5.5
Vox Pública/El Periódico	13–15 Jan 2003	?		30.3	22.9	4.6	10.0	3.4	1.0	17.6	7.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	7.4
Vox Pública/El Periódico	7–9 Oct 2002	?		28.9	23.4	5.3	9.7	2.6	1.1	18.0	8.6	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	5.5
CIS	9 Sep–9 Oct 2002	922	21.8		23.9	5.4	9.0	5.1	0.7	19.6	12.5	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	2.1
Vox Pública/El Periódico	25–27 Jun 2002	?		31.7	23.6	4.9	9.2	3.9	0.7	15.3	8.7	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	8.1
Vox Pública/El Periódico	4–5 Feb 2002	?	27.3		28.8	4.2	6.2	2.9	0.5	17.9	8.8	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	1.5
Vox Pública/El Periódico	23–25 Oct 2001	?	20.4		28.0	5.2	9.8	2.8	0.9	18.5	10.7	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	7.6
Vox Pública/El Periódico	28–30 Jun 2001	?	22.4		30.2	5.1	7.5	3.2	1.4	18.1	8.5	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	7.8
Vox Pública/El Periódico	19–20 Apr 2001	?		28.5	23.6	6.5	6.6	2.2	0.6	21.0	7.8	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	4.9
CIS	3–26 Mar 2001	2,778	26.1		27.7	5.4	9.4	3.1	0.5	16.0	10.6	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	1.6
2000 general election	12 Mar 2000			22.0	18.5	14.7	3.6	2.3	1.4		36.6	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	3.5
[1999 regional election](1999-catalan-regional-election)	17 Oct 1999			22.3	22.2	5.6	5.1	1.5	0.8		39.4	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	0.1

Victory preferences

The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	[[File:Logo-PSC.gif	25px	link=Socialists' Party of Catalonia	PSC]]	[[File:Convergència i Unió (logo).jpg	28px	link=Convergence and Union	CiU]]	[[File:People's Party (Spain) Logo (2000-2007).svg	33px
None	Lead	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"		Convergence and Union}};"		People's Party of Catalonia}};"		Republican Left of Catalonia}};"		Initiative for Catalonia Greens}};"
Noxa/La Vanguardia	3–6 Nov 2003	1,200	30.0		33.0	6.0	12.0	5.0	4.0	10.0	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	3.0
Opina/El País	31 Oct–2 Nov 2003	2,100		30.5	25.5	7.5	8.7	3.2	–	24.7	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	5.0
Opina/Cadena SER	26 Oct 2003	1,800		30.3	24.7	7.6	9.0	5.1	–	23.4	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	5.6
CIS	13–26 Oct 2003	3,571	25.1		29.8	7.0	11.9	6.3	0.6	19.3	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	4.7
Noxa/La Vanguardia	10–11 Sep 2003	812		35.0	31.0	6.0	14.0	5.0	4.0	5.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	4.0
Noxa/La Vanguardia	7–10 Jul 2003	1,000	30.0		37.0	5.0	13.0	5.0	3.0	7.0	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	7.0
Noxa/La Vanguardia	7–11 Jan 2003	1,500		40.0	31.0	5.0	9.0	2.0	6.0	8.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	9.0
CIS	3–26 Mar 2001	2,778	31.1		32.8	5.8	9.9	3.1	0.9	16.3	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	1.7

Victory likelihood

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	[[File:Logo-PSC.gif	25px	link=Socialists' Party of Catalonia	PSC]]	[[File:Convergència i Unió (logo).jpg	28px	link=Convergence and Union	CiU]]	[[File:People's Party (Spain) Logo (2000-2007).svg	33px
None	Lead	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"		Convergence and Union}};"		People's Party of Catalonia}};"		Republican Left of Catalonia}};"		Initiative for Catalonia Greens}};"
Noxa/La Vanguardia	3–6 Nov 2003	1,200	33.0		45.0	4.0	1.0	–	1.0	17.0	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	12.0
Opina/El País	31 Oct–2 Nov 2003	2,100	31.1		34.0	1.9	0.7	0.1	–	32.3	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	2.9
Infortécnica	7–31 Oct 2003	2,012	20.5		33.9	2.1	–	–	1.3	42.3	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	13.4
Opina/Cadena SER	26 Oct 2003	1,800	32.1		36.3	4.2	0.7	0.2	–	26.5	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	4.2
CIS	13–26 Oct 2003	3,571	26.4		45.9	4.3	0.7	0.2	0.1	22.5	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	19.5
Noxa/La Vanguardia	10–11 Sep 2003	812	35.0		47.0	3.0	1.0	–	1.0	13.0	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	12.0
Noxa/La Vanguardia	7–10 Jul 2003	1,000	38.0		40.0	3.0	1.0	–	1.0	17.0	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	2.0
Noxa/La Vanguardia	7–11 Jan 2003	1,500	32.0		43.0	2.0	–	–	1.0	22.0	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	11.0

Preferred President

The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Government of Catalonia.

;All candidates

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	[[File:Pasqual Maragall 2004 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Jordi Pujol 1996 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Artur Mas 2006 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida 2006 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Alberto Fernández Díaz (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Josep Piqué 1999 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira 2001 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	50px]]
None/
Not
care	Lead	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"		Convergence and Union}};"		Convergence and Union}};"		Convergence and Union}};"		People's Party of Catalonia}};"		People's Party of Catalonia}};"		Republican Left of Catalonia}};"		ICV–EUiA}};"	Maragall
PSC	Pujol
CiU	Mas
CiU	Duran
CiU	F. Díaz
PP	Piqué
PP	Carod
ERC	Saura
ICV–EUiA
Opina/El País	31 Oct–2 Nov 2003	2,100		30.9	–	24.3	–	–	7.3	8.8	2.9	7.0	18.9	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	6.6
CIS	13–26 Oct 2003	3,571		29.4	–	26.2	–	–	6.7	11.2	4.4	1.8	20.3	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	3.2
Vox Pública/PSC	12–14 Jun 2001	600		**42.5–
43.5**	–	28.0–
30.0	–	–	8.5–
9.0	11.0–
12.0	4.5–
5.5	2.0–
3.0	–	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	13.5–
14.5
CIS	3–26 Mar 2001	2,778		30.8	22.0	7.0	5.1	1.2	1.0	5.8	0.8	8.8	17.3	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	8.8
Vox Pública/PSC	28 Feb–2 Mar 2001	600		**45.0–
46.0**	–	24.5–
25.5	–	–	10.5–
11.5	9.5–
10.5	5.5–
6.5	2.0–
3.0	–	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	20.5

;Maragall vs. Mas

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	[[File:Pasqual Maragall 2004 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Artur Mas 2006 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Other/
None/
Not
care	Lead	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"		Convergence and Union}};"		Maragall
PSC	Mas
CiU
Noxa/La Vanguardia	3–6 Nov 2003	1,200		41.0	40.0	10.0	9.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	1.0
Opina/El País	31 Oct–2 Nov 2003	2,100		39.5	34.2	11.3	15.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	5.3
Noxa/La Vanguardia	10–11 Sep 2003	812		45.0	38.0	12.0	5.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	7.0
Noxa/La Vanguardia	7–10 Jul 2003	1,000		43.0	40.0	11.0	6.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	3.0
Noxa/La Vanguardia	7–11 Jan 2003	1,500		50.0	31.0	13.0	6.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	19.0
Vox Pública/PSC	12–14 Jun 2001	600		60.3	26.4	13.3	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	33.9
Vox Pública/PSC	28 Feb–2 Mar 2001	600		60.4	21.1	18.5	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	39.3
Opina/La Vanguardia	6 Nov 2000	800		40.3	24.0	5.6	30.1	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	16.3
title=Maragall ganaría las próximas elecciones, según un sondeo	url=https://elpais.com/diario/2000/11/11/catalunya/973908443_850215.html	language=es	work=El País	date=11 November 2000}}	1–2 Nov 2000	800		54.6	22.6	22.8	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	32.0

;Maragall vs. Pujol

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	50px]]	[[File:Jordi Pujol 1996 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Other/
None/
Not
care	Lead	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"	Convergence and Union}};"		Maragall
PSC	Pujol
CiU
Opina/La Vanguardia	6 Nov 2000	800	37.3	32.1	7.0	23.6	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	5.2
Vox Pública/El Periódico	1–2 Nov 2000	800	40.8	40.1	19.1	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	0.7

;Maragall vs. Duran i Lleida

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	50px]]	[[File:Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida 2006 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Other/
None/
Not
care	Lead	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"	Convergence and Union}};"		Maragall
PSC	Duran
CiU
Opina/La Vanguardia	6 Nov 2000	800	37.7	26.1	5.5	30.7	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	11.6
Vox Pública/El Periódico	1–2 Nov 2000	800	51.4	28.2	20.4	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	23.2

;Maragall vs. Mas vs. Piqué

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	50px]]	[[File:Artur Mas 2006 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Josep Piqué 1999 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Other/
None/
Not
care	Lead	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"	Convergence and Union}};"		People's Party of Catalonia}};"		Maragall
PSC	Mas
CiU	Piqué
PP
Opina/La Vanguardia	6 Nov 2000	800	36.7	21.7	8.3	3.7	29.6	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	15.0

;Maragall vs. Pujol vs. Piqué

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	50px]]	[[File:Jordi Pujol 1996 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Josep Piqué 1999 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Other/
None/
Not
care	Lead	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"	Convergence and Union}};"		People's Party of Catalonia}};"		Maragall
PSC	Pujol
CiU	Piqué
PP
Opina/La Vanguardia	6 Nov 2000	800	34.0	28.0	7.8	4.0	26.2	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	6.0

;Maragall vs. Duran i Lleida vs. Piqué

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	50px]]	[[File:Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida 2006 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Josep Piqué 1999 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Other/
None/
Not
care	Lead	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"	Convergence and Union}};"		People's Party of Catalonia}};"		Maragall
PSC	Duran
CiU	Piqué
PP
Opina/La Vanguardia	6 Nov 2000	800	35.3	21.4	8.1	4.0	31.2	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	13.9

Predicted President

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood for each leader to become president.

;All candidates

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	50px]]	[[File:Artur Mas 2006 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Josep Piqué 1999 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira 2001 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Joan Saura 2005 (cropped).jpg	50px]]
None/
Not
care	Lead	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"	Convergence and Union}};"		People's Party of Catalonia}};"		Republican Left of Catalonia}};"		ICV–EUiA}};"		Maragall
PSC	Mas
CiU	Piqué
PP	Carod
ERC	Saura
ICV–EUiA
Opina/El País	31 Oct–2 Nov 2003	2,100	32.8	32.7	2.2	0.6	0.1	1.7	30.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	0.1

;Maragall vs. Mas

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	[[File:Pasqual Maragall 2004 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Artur Mas 2006 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Other/
None/
Not
care	Lead	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"		Convergence and Union}};"		Maragall
PSC	Mas
CiU
Noxa/La Vanguardia	3–6 Nov 2003	1,200	43.0		44.0	1.0	12.0	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	1.0
Opina/El País	31 Oct–2 Nov 2003	2,100	35.1		37.3	3.3	24.3	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	2.2
Noxa/La Vanguardia	10–11 Sep 2003	812	46.0		48.0	1.0	5.0	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	2.0
Noxa/La Vanguardia	7–10 Jul 2003	1,000		50.0	41.0	1.0	8.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	9.0
Noxa/La Vanguardia	7–11 Jan 2003	1,500		49.0	40.0	3.0	8.0	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	9.0
Vox Pública/PSC	12–14 Jun 2001	600		53.0	27.9	19.1	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	25.1
Opina/La Vanguardia	6 Nov 2000	800		39.3	21.3	3.3	36.1	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	18.0

;Maragall vs. Pujol

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	[[File:Pasqual Maragall 2004 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Jordi Pujol 1996 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Other/
None/
Not
care	Lead	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"		Convergence and Union}};"		Maragall
PSC	Pujol
CiU
Opina/La Vanguardia	6 Nov 2000	800	27.4		42.5	4.0	26.1	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	15.1

;Maragall vs. Duran i Lleida

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	50px]]	[[File:Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida 2006 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Other/
None/
Not
care	Lead	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"	Convergence and Union}};"		Maragall
PSC	Duran
CiU
Opina/La Vanguardia	6 Nov 2000	800	34.9	26.0	2.7	36.4	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	8.9

;Maragall vs. Mas vs. Piqué

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	50px]]	[[File:Artur Mas 2006 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Josep Piqué 1999 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Other/
None/
Not
care	Lead	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"	Convergence and Union}};"		People's Party of Catalonia}};"		Maragall
PSC	Mas
CiU	Piqué
PP
Opina/La Vanguardia	6 Nov 2000	800	32.4	20.1	9.8	2.4	35.3	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	12.3

;Maragall vs. Pujol vs. Piqué

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	[[File:Pasqual Maragall 2004 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Jordi Pujol 1996 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Josep Piqué 1999 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Other/
None/
Not
care	Lead	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"		Convergence and Union}};"		People's Party of Catalonia}};"		Maragall
PSC	Pujol
CiU	Piqué
PP
Opina/La Vanguardia	6 Nov 2000	800	24.9		35.4	6.1	2.3	31.3	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	10.5

;Maragall vs. Duran i Lleida vs. Piqué

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	50px]]	[[File:Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida 2006 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	[[File:Josep Piqué 1999 (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Other/
None/
Not
care	Lead	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"	Convergence and Union}};"		People's Party of Catalonia}};"		Maragall
PSC	Duran
CiU	Piqué
PP
Opina/La Vanguardia	6 Nov 2000	800	32.3	20.9	8.0	2.5	36.3	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	11.4

Voter turnout

The table below shows registered voter turnout on election day, without including non-resident citizens.

Province	Time	13:00	18:00	20:00	1995	1999	+/–	1995	1999
Barcelona	24.13%	26.00%	+1.87	46.10%	50.79%	+4.69	59.52%	62.94%	+3.42
Girona	26.70%	29.23%	+2.53	50.32%	54.76%	+4.44	62.75%	65.95%	+3.20
Lleida	22.59%	25.45%	+2.86	46.95%	52.78%	+5.83	62.12%	66.97%	+4.85
Tarragona	23.59%	26.21%	+2.62	44.87%	49.92%	+5.05	58.91%	62.33%	+3.42
Total	24.21%	26.27%	+2.06	46.40%	51.17%	+4.77	59.90%	63.38%	+3.48
Sources

Results

Overall

Parties and alliances	Popular vote	Seats	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"		Socialists' Party of Catalonia–Citizens for Change (PSC–CpC)	1,031,454	31.16	−6.69	42	−10
Convergence and Union}}"		Convergence and Union (CiU)	1,024,425	30.94	−6.76	46	−10
Republican Left of Catalonia}}"		Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	544,324	16.44	+7.77	23	+11
People's Party of Catalonia}}"		People's Party (PP)	393,499	11.89	+2.38	15	+3
ICV–EUiA}}"		Initiative for Catalonia Greens–Alternative Left (ICV–EA)1	241,163	7.28	+3.35	9	+6
The Greens–The Ecologist Alternative}}"		The Greens–The Ecologist Alternative (EV–AE)	18,470	0.56	New	0	±0
Platform for Catalonia}}"		Platform for Catalonia (PxC)	4,892	0.15	New	0	±0
Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party}}"		Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)	4,226	0.13	+0.04	0	±0
Communist Party of the Catalan People}}"		Communist Party of the Catalan People (PCPC)	2,580	0.08	New	0	±0
Blank Seats}}"		Unsubmissive Seats (Ei)	2,220	0.07	New	0	±0
Estat Català}}"		Catalan State (EC)	1,890	0.06	±0.00	0	±0
The Greens–Green Alternative}}"		The Greens–Green Alternative (EV–AV)	1,886	0.06	−0.20	0	±0
Republican Left (Spain, 1977)}}"		Republican Left–Left Republican Party (IR–PRE)	1,714	0.05	New	0	±0
Humanist Party (Spain)}}"		Humanist Party of Catalonia (PHC)	1,647	0.05	+0.01	0	±0
Another Democracy is Possible}}"		Another Democracy is Possible (UADeP)	1,386	0.04	New	0	±0
Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}"		Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,073	0.03	−0.01	0	±0
Caló Nationalist Party}}"		Caló Nationalist Party (PNCA)	812	0.02	New	0	±0
Republican Social Movement}}"		Republican Social Movement (MSR)	804	0.02	New	0	±0
Internationalist Struggle}}"		Internationalist Struggle (LI (LIT–CI))	802	0.02	±0.00	0	±0
	Spaniards Under Separatism (EBS)	603	0.02	New	0	±0
Citizens for Blank Votes}}"		Citizens for Blank Votes (CenB)	401	0.01	New	0	±0
Blank ballots	30,212	0.91	−0.02
Total	3,310,483		135	±0
Valid votes	3,310,483	99.74	−0.01
Invalid votes	8,793	0.26	+0.01
Votes cast / turnout	3,319,276	62.54	+3.34
Abstentions	1,988,561	37.46	−3.34
Registered voters	5,307,837
Sources
{{hidden	ta1=left	title=Footnotes:	content={{ubl	1 Initiative for Catalonia Greens–Alternative Left results are compared to the combined totals of Initiative for Catalonia–Greens and United and Alternative Left in the 1999 election.}}}}

Distribution by constituency

Constituency	PSC–CpC	CiU	ERC	PP	ICV–EA	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}"		Convergence and Union}}"		Republican Left of Catalonia}}"
Barcelona	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	33.2	29	28.8	25	15.2	13	12.6	11	8.0	7
Girona	23.7	4	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	38.7	7	21.9	4	8.1	1	5.3	1
Lleida	22.5	4	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	41.4	7	19.9	3	9.7	1	4.4	–
Tarragona	28.2	5	Convergence and Union}}; color:white;"	33.8	7	19.0	3	11.8	2	5.2	1
Total	Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; color:white;"	31.2	42	30.9	46	16.4	23	11.9	15	7.3	9

Aftermath

Government formation

Ballot →	16 December 2003	Required majority →
68 out of 135
{{Collapsible list	title = Yes	• PSC–CpC (42)	• ERC (23)
{{Collapsible list	title = No	• CiU (46)	• PP (15)
Abstentions
Absentees
Sources

Notes

References

;Opinion poll sources

;Other

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