2003 Barbadian general election

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21 May 2003

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All 30 seats in the House of Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

56.88% (

6.48pp)

	First party	Second party

Leader	Owen Arthur	Clyde Mascoll
Party	BLP	DLP
Last election	26 seats	2 seats
Seats won	23	7
Seat change	3	5
Popular vote	69,720	54,746
Percentage	55.80%	44.09%
Swing	9.07pp	9.01pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Owen Arthur
Barbados Labour Party

Elected Prime Minister

Owen Arthur
Barbados Labour Party

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General elections were held in Barbados on 21 May 2003. The result was a victory for the Barbados Labour Party, which won 23 of the 30 seats. Voter turnout was 57%, the lowest since universal suffrage was introduced in 1951.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Barbados Labour Party	69,294	55.80	23	–3
	Democratic Labour Party	54,746	44.09	7	+5
	Independents	137	0.11	0	0
Total		124,177	100.00	30	+2

Valid votes		124,177	99.77
Invalid/blank votes		286	0.23
Total votes		124,463	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		218,811	56.88
Source: Nohlen

References

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

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