2003 Gibraltar general election

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28 November 2003

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15 of the 17 seats in the House of Assembly
8 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Peter Caruana	Joe Bossano
Party	Social Democrats	Alliance
Last election	58.35%, 8 seats	40.57%, 7 seats
Seats won	8	7
Seat change
Popular vote	58,234	44,920
Percentage	51.45%	39.69%
Swing	6.90pp	0.88pp

Chief Minister before election

Peter Caruana
Social Democrats

Elected Chief Minister

Peter Caruana
Social Democrats

Politics of Gibraltar


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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.

Party slogans

Party or alliance		Slogan
	GSD	"Security • Stability • Prosperity"
	GSLP/Libs Alliance	"Our Contract with Gibraltar"

Incumbent MPs (from 2000)

	Party	Seeking re-election?	Parliamentary role(s)
Peter Caruana (since 1991)	GSD	Yes	Chief Minister (since 1996)
Bernard Linares (since 1996)	GSD	Yes	Minister for Education, Training, Culture and Health
Keith Azopardi (since 1996)	GSD	No	Minister for Trade, Industry and Telecommunications (2000–2003)
Joseph Holliday (since 1996)	GSD	Yes	Minister for Employment & Training and Buildings & Works
Ernest Britto (since 1996)	GSD	Yes	Minister for Public Services, the Environment, Sports and Leisure (February–September 2000) Minister for Public Services, the Environment, Sport and Youth (2000–2003)
Hubert Corby (since 1996)	GSD	No	Minister for Employment and Consumer Affairs (2000–2003)
Jaime Netto (since 1996)	GSD	Yes	Minister for Housing
Yvette Del Agua (since 2000)	GSD	Yes	Minister for Social Affairs
Joe Bossano (since 1972)	GSLP–Liberal Alliance (GSLP) (since 1980)	Yes	Leader of the Opposition (since 1996)
Joseph Garcia (since 1999)	GSLP–Liberal Alliance (LPG)	Yes	Shadow Minister
Joseph Baldachino (since 1984)	GSLP–Liberal Alliance (GSLP)	No	Shadow Minister
Maria Montegriffo (since 1984)	GSLP–Liberal Alliance (GSLP)	Yes	Shadow Minister
Reginald Valarino (1976–1988, since 2000)	GSLP–Liberal Alliance (GSLP)	No	Shadow Minister
Juan Carlos Perez (since 1988)	GSLP–Liberal Alliance (GSLP)	No	Shadow Minister
Steven Linares (since 2000)	GSLP–Liberal Alliance (LPG)	Yes	Shadow Minister

Results


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Gibraltar Social Democrats			58,234	51.45	8	0
	Alliance		Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	28,382	25.08	5	–2
			Liberal Party of Gibraltar	16,538	14.61	2	New
		Total		44,920	39.69	7	0
	Gibraltar Labour Party			9,445	8.35	0	New
	Reform Party			578	0.51	0	New
Ex officio members						2	–
Total				113,177	100.00	17	0

Total votes				14,610	–
Registered voters/turnout				18,452	79.18
Source: Parliament, Parliament

By candidate

	Party	Alliance	Votes	Notes
Peter Caruana	GSD		7998	Elected
Joseph Holliday	GSD		7398	Elected
Bernard Linares	GSD		7301	Elected
Ernest Britto	GSD		7275	Elected
James Netto	GSD		7117	Elected
Fabian Vinet	GSD		7105	Elected
Clive Beltran	GSD		7037	Elected
Yvette Del Agua	GSD		7003	Elected
Joseph Bossano	GSLP	GSLP–Liberal Alliance	6220	Elected
Joseph Garcia	LPG	GSLP–Liberal Alliance	5798	Elected
Fabian Picardo	GSLP	GSLP–Liberal Alliance	5785	Elected
Charles Bruzon	GSLP	GSLP–Liberal Alliance	5584	Elected
Steven Linares	LPG	GSLP–Liberal Alliance	5554	Elected
Maria Montegriffo	GSLP	GSLP–Liberal Alliance	5465	Elected
Lucio Randall	GSLP	GSLP–Liberal Alliance	5328	Elected
Steven Marin	GSLP	GSLP–Liberal Alliance	5168
Daniel Feetham	GLP		2171
Maurice Xiberras	Independent		1395
Charles Bishop	GLP		1125
Christian Montegriffo	GLP		1034
Joseph Bishop	GLP		1026
William Pisani	GLP		920
Kim Karnani Santos	GLP		908
Louise Gillingwater Pederson	GLP		866
Lyana Armstrong-Emery	RP		578

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Results of the 2003 Gibraltar Elections

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