28/11/2003
How the political parties fared in the 2003 Assembly election
UPDATE: The results by political party for the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election are as follows:
The first preference votes revealed: DUP - 26%, Sinn Fein - 24%, Ulster Unionists 23%, and SDLP - 17%.
The turnout for the election was 63.1%
(SP)
- 30 - Democratic Unionist Party (1998 - 20)
- 27 - Ulster Unionist Party (1998 - 28)
- 24 - Sinn Féin (1998 - 18)
- 18 - Social Democratic & Labour Party (1998 - 24)
- 6 - Alliance Party (1998 - 6)
- 1 - Progressive Unionist Party (1998 - 2)
- 1 - UK Unionist Party (1998 - 4)
- 1 - Independent (1998 - 1)
The first preference votes revealed: DUP - 26%, Sinn Fein - 24%, Ulster Unionists 23%, and SDLP - 17%.
The turnout for the election was 63.1%
(SP)
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