2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election information
2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election
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All 108 seats to the Northern Ireland Assembly
Turnout
63.1% 6.7%[1]
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Ian Paisley
David Trimble
Gerry Adams
Party
DUP
Ulster Unionist
Sinn Féin
Leader since
30 September 1971
8 September 1995
13 November 1983
Leader's seat
North Antrim
Upper Bann
Belfast West
Last election
20 seats, 18.5%
28 seats, 21.3%
18 seats, 16.7%
Seats won
30
27
24
Seat change
10
1
6
Popular vote
177,944
156,931
162,758
Percentage
25.7%
22.7%
23.5%
Swing
7.2%
1.4%
6.8%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
PUP
Leader
Mark Durkan
David Ford
David Ervine
Party
SDLP
Alliance
PUP
Leader since
10 November 2001
6 October 2001
2002
Leader's seat
Foyle
South Antrim
Belfast East
Last election
24 seats, 22.0%
6 seats, 5.6%
2 seats, 2.6%
Seats won
18
6
1
Seat change
6
0
1
Popular vote
117,547
25,372
8,032
Percentage
17.0%
3.7%
1.2%
Swing
5.0%
1.9%
1.4%
Seventh party
UKUP
Leader
Robert McCartney
Party
UK Unionist
Leader since
1995
Leader's seat
North Down
Last election
5 seats, 4.5%
Seats won
1
Seat change
4
Popular vote
5,700
Percentage
0.8%
Swing
3.7%
Seats won by each party and combined first preference vote share of the largest party.
Break down of each party and sectarian camp's seats in constituencies
Election results. Voters elect 6 assembly members from the 18 constituencies.
First Minister before election
Suspended
First Minister after election
Suspended
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The 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election was held on Wednesday, 26 November 2003, after being suspended for just over a year. It was the second election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998. Each of Northern Ireland's eighteen Westminster Parliamentary constituencies elected six members by single transferable vote, giving a total of 108 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). The election was contested by 18 parties and many independent candidates.
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