Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2003

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(Party list votes in%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

36.6

19.7

19.2

12.7

3.5

3.5

4.8

WLP

plaid

WCP

WLD

WGP

UKIP

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1999

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-12

+1.1

-10.9

+2.7

+0.2

+1.0

+3.5

-2.4

WLP

plaid

WCP

WLD

WGP

UKIP

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

30th

12

1

6th

11

30th 12 1 6th 11 

A total of 60 seats

• WLP : 30
• Plaid : 12
• Independent: 1
• WLD : 6
• WCP : 11

The election to the National Assembly for Wales 2003 was the second election to the National Assembly in Cardiff, which was newly established in 1999, and took place on May 1, 2003 . The parliamentary elections in Scotland took place on the same day . In Wales, 60 MPs were elected, 40 of them in constituencies by relative majority voting and 20 through party lists in five regions. After the re-election of the Plaid MP Lord (Dafydd) Elis-Thomas as President of Parliament (acting neutrally and not entitled to vote), Labor achieved a wafer-thin majority and formed a sole government under the re-elected First Minister Rhodri Morgan . After Labor MP Peter Law left at the beginning of 2005, the Labor government lost its majority and ruled with varying majorities until the end of the legislative period.

Top candidates

• Welsh Labor Party ( Labor Party ) - Rhodri Morgan
• Plaid Cymru (Welsh National Party) - Ieuan Wyn Jones
• Welsh Conservative Party (Conservatives) - Nicholas Bourne
• Welsh Liberal Democrats (Liberal Democrats) - Michael German

Election result

Relative majorities in the 40 constituencies (the color scheme corresponds to that of the table)

20 MPs were chosen via regional party lists in 5 electoral regions

The turnout was 38.2%.

Political party		Constituency votes	In %	Constituency mandates	List votes	In %	List mandates	Overall mandates
	Labor	340,535	40.0%	30th	310,658	36.6%	0	30th
	Plaid Cymru	180.185	21.2%	5	167,653	19.7%	7th	12
	Conservatives	169,842	19.9%	1	162,725	19.2%	10	11
	Liberal Democrats	120,250	14.1%	3	108.013	12.7%	3	6th
	Greens	0	0.0%	0	30,028	3.5%	0	0
	UKIP	19,795	2.3%	0	29,427	3.5%	0	0
	John Marek Independent Party	8,749	1.0%	1	11.008	1.3%	0	1
	Socialist Labor Party	410	0.0%	0	10,358	1.2%	0	0
	BNP	-	-	-	3.210	0.4%	0	0
	Other	6,406	0.8%	0	16,472	1.9%	0	0
	Independent	5,215	0.6%	0	-	-	-	0
All in all		851.387	100.0%	40	849,552	100.0%	20th	60

Web links

• Welsh Assembly Elections (results at the BBC, English)