2003 Barbadian general election
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All 30 seats in the House of Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 56.88% ( 6.48pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Barbados on 21 May 2003.[1] 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.[1]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| 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
- ^ a b Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6