Country: | Barbados |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1999 Barbadian general election |
Previous Year: | 1999 |
Next Election: | 2008 Barbadian general election |
Next Year: | 2008 |
Turnout: | 56.88% (6.48pp) |
Seats For Election: | All 30 seats in the House of Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 16 |
Election Date: | 21 May 2003 |
Leader1: | Owen Arthur |
Party1: | Barbados Labour Party |
Last Election1: | 26 seats |
Seats1: | 23 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 69,720 |
Percentage1: | 55.80% |
Swing1: | 9.07pp |
Leader2: | Clyde Mascoll |
Party2: | Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) |
Last Election2: | 2 seats |
Seats2: | 7 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Popular Vote2: | 54,746 |
Percentage2: | 44.09% |
Swing2: | 9.01pp |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Owen Arthur |
Before Party: | Barbados Labour Party |
After Election: | Owen Arthur |
After Party: | 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]