{{short description|none}} {{Infobox election | country = Malta | type = parliamentary | previous_election = 1998 Maltese general election | previous_year = 1998 | previous_mps = | next_election = 2008 Maltese general election | next_year = 2008 | seats_for_election = All 65 seats in the [[Maltese House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] | majority_seats = 33 | election_date = 12 April 2003 | turnout = 96.95%
| image1 = Edward Fenech Adami (cropped).jpg | leader1 = [[Eddie Fenech Adami]] | party1 = Nationalist Party (Malta) | last_election1 = 51.81%, 35 seats | seats1 = '''35''' | seat_change1 = {{steady}} | popular_vote1 = '''146,172''' | percentage1 = '''51.79%''' | swing1 = {{decrease}}0.02pp
| image2 = Alfred Sant.jpg | leader2 = [[Alfred Sant]] | party2 = Labour Party (Malta) | last_election2 = 46.97%, 30 seats | seats2 = 30 | seat_change2 = {{steady}} | popular_vote2 = 134,092 | percentage2 = 47.51% | swing2 = {{Increase}}0.54pp
| map_image = Malta general election 2003.png
| title = Prime Minister | before_election = [[Eddie Fenech Adami]] | before_party = Nationalist Party (Malta) | after_election = [[Eddie Fenech Adami]] | after_party = Nationalist Party (Malta) }}{{Politics of Malta}}
General elections were held in [[Malta]] on 12 April 2003.<ref name=NS>[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1302 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> The result was a victory for the [[Nationalist Party (Malta)|Nationalist Party]], which won 35 of the 65 seats in Parliament.
== MPs who stood down ==
* [[Rita Law]] ([[Labour Party (Malta)|Labour Party]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-03-30 |title=Candidates and districts |url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/candidates-and-districts.153324 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Times of Malta |language=en-gb}}</ref>
==Results== {{Election results |party1=[[Nationalist Party (Malta)|Nationalist Party]]|votes1=146172|seats1=35|sc1=0 |party2=[[Labour Party (Malta)|Malta Labour Party]]|votes2=134092|seats2=30|sc2=0 |party3=[[Democratic Alternative (Malta)|Democratic Alternative]]|votes3=1929|seats3=0|sc3=0 |party4=Independents|votes4=20|seats4=0|sc4=0 |invalid=2909 |total_sc=0 |electorate=294106 |source=Nohlen & Stöver |image=[[File:1998-2003 Maltese House of Representatives.svg]]}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Maltese elections}}
[[Category:General elections in Malta]] [[Category:2003 elections in Europe|Malta]] [[Category:2003 in Malta|General]] [[Category:April 2003 in Europe|Malta]]