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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 or alliance | Slogan | |
|---|---|---|
| GSD | "Security • Stability • Prosperity" | |
| GSLP/Libs Alliance | "Our Contract with Gibraltar" | |
| MP | 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) | Yes | Leader of the Opposition (since 1996) | |
| Joseph Garcia (since 1991) | 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 | |
| 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 | |||||||
| 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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