General elections were held in
Gibraltar
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on 28 November 2003. They were won by
Peter Caruana's
Gibraltar Social Democrats
The Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD) is a liberal-conservative, centre-right List of political parties in Gibraltar, political party in Gibraltar. The GSD was the governing party for four successive terms in office under the leadership of Peter ...
(GSD), who received over 50% of the popular vote and won eight of the 15 elected seats, making this their third successive win.
Coalitions
A coalition was formed between the
Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party
The Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) is a social-democratic political party in Gibraltar. The GSLP is the oldest surviving active political party in Gibraltar. Its roots are based in the trade union movement, as its founder and former lea ...
(GSLP) and
Liberal Party of Gibraltar
The Liberal Party of Gibraltar (Libs or LPG) is a liberal political party in Gibraltar. It was founded in 1991 as the Gibraltar National Party and is led by Dr. Joseph Garcia. The LPG forms the GSLP–Liberal Alliance in partnership with the Gi ...
(GLP) called the
GSLP–Liberal Alliance in order to combat the GSD. The Alliance was led by
Joe Bossano.
Party platforms
GSD
The GSD had its main focus on international relations, improvement of housing, improvement of infrastructure, and improvement of social services. They also stated that they were working towards making Gibraltar something the people could be proud of again.
GLSP-Liberal Alliance
The Alliance sought to counter the GSD party and, according to their 2003 manifesto, to improve housing, education, social affairs, services for senior citizens, medical services, employment, the general economy, businesses, tourism, transport, foreign affairs, services for the youth, services for sports, and the environment. They hoped to achieve those goals by the
2007 general election.
Legend
Incumbent MPs
Incumbent Members of Parliament from the 2000 election:
Results
By candidate
Notes
References
External links
Results of the 2003 Gibraltar Elections
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General elections in Gibraltar
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General
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Gibraltar
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