NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2003
Module:Political_Attitudes
Variable:NIA03B

If elections have been held …

And which party did you vote for as your first preference in the recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections?

	%
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	18
Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP)	11
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	17
Alliance Party	3
Sinn Féin	10
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)	1
Women's Coalition	1
Other party	2
(Did not vote)	29
(Not eligible/too young to vote)	2
Refused	5
(Don't know)	2

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	19	16
Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP)	11	12
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	18	17
Alliance Party	3	2
Sinn Féin	12	8
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)	1	1
Women's Coalition	0	2
Other party	2	3
(Did not vote)	27	30
(Not eligible/too young to vote)	3	2
Refused	5	5
(Don't know)	1	3

Results for people of different ages

%

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 4 12 18 13 26 32
Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP) 5 11 11 13 15 12
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 11 17 18 17 20 21
Alliance Party 2 2 1 5 2 4
Sinn Féin 16 13 7 11 8 4
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) 1 2 1 1 1 0
Women's Coalition 3 0 2 2 1 0
Other party 3 3 2 2 3 3
(Did not vote) 46 34 34 27 18 15
(Not eligible/too young to vote) 10 3 0 1 1 0
Refused 0 3 5 7 4 6
(Don't know) 0 2 3 2 2 4

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 1 28 9
Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP) 31 2 3
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 0 28 4
Alliance Party 1 2 9
Sinn Féin 28 0 8
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) 0 1 1
Women's Coalition 3 1 2
Other party 3 3 0
(Did not vote) 22 29 55
(Not eligible/too young to vote) 2 2 4
Refused 6 4 3
(Don't know) 3 2 2

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