2003 Gibraltar general election

General elections were held in Gibraltar on 28 November 2003. They were won by Peter Caruana's Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD), who took over 50% of the popular vote and 8 of the 15 available seats, making this their third successive win.

2003 Gibraltar general election
28 November 2003
15 seats to the Gibraltar House of Assembly
8 seats were needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Peter Caruana Joe Bossano
Party Social Democrats Socialist Labour
Alliance Liberal
Leader since 1996 1978
Last election 8 seats, 58.4% 7 seats, 40.6%
Seats won 8 7
Seat change
Popular vote 58,234 44,920
Percentage 51.0% 40.0%
Swing 7.4% 0.4%
Chief Minister before election

Peter Caruana
Social Democrats

 Elected Chief Minister

Peter Caruana
Social Democrats

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Results
 Summary of the 28 November 2003 Gibraltar House of Assembly election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD) 58,234 51.0 8
Coalition Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) 28,382 40.0 5
Gibraltar Liberal Party (GLP) 16,538 2
Gibraltar Labour Party 9,445 8.0 New
Gibraltar Reform Party 578 1.0
Ex-officio members (retired under the new 2006 constitution (came into effect on January 2nd, 2007)) N/A N/A 2
Total (turnout 79.18%) 113,177 100 17
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