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Northern Ireland Assembly election 2003 results

Northern Ireland Assembly election held on 26 November 2003: DUP was the largest party with 30 of 108 seats. Turnout was 63.1%.

108Total seats
63.1%Turnout
30DUP seats

Result

1DUP30 seats
2UUP27 seats
3Sinn Féin24 seats
4SDLP18 seats
5Alliance6 seats
6UK Unionist Party1 seat
7PUP1 seat
8Independent / other1 seat

What happened in 2003?

The DUP overtook the UUP to become the largest unionist party by seats, while Sinn Féin overtook the SDLP within nationalism.

Northern Ireland Assembly elections use Single Transferable Vote (STV). At this election, each of the 18 constituencies returned six MLAs. First-preference vote share is therefore only one part of the count because later preferences can transfer between candidates.

Official source

Northern Ireland Assembly Research: election results 1998–2022 ↗