2003 Barbadian general election
21 May 2003
30 seats in the House of Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout56.88% (Decrease6.48pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Owen Arthur Clyde Mascoll
Party BLP DLP
Leader's seat St. Peter St. John
Last election 26 seats 2 seats
Seats won 23 7
Seat change Decrease3 Increase5
Popular vote 69,720 54,746
Percentage 55.80% 44.09%
Swing Decrease9.07pp Increase9.01pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Owen Arthur
Barbados Labour Party

 Elected Prime Minister

Owen Arthur
Barbados Labour Party

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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Barbados Labour Party69,29455.8023–3
Democratic Labour Party54,74644.097+5
Independents1370.1100
Total124,177100.0030+2
Valid votes124,17799.77
Invalid/blank votes2860.23
Total votes124,463100.00
Registered voters/turnout218,81156.88
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. 1 2 Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6


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