Results
The PSOE had one of their best performances of the entire election here in 2004, gaining two seats and increasing their vote by 15.5%. This was their third biggest percentage increase anywhere. Only Ceuta and Melilla registered bigger increases and the results there were affected by the absence of third party candidates in 2004 who had polled well in 2000.
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