- Elections in Gibraltar
Elections in Gibraltar gives information on
election and election results in Gibraltar.Gibraltar elects on national level a
legislature . TheGibraltar Parliament has 17 members, all elected for a four year term in one constituency with each voter getting to vote for their selection of eight candidates. Gibraltar forms a single constituency but voters have only eight votes. Hence the electoral bloc with the most votes will normally get eight seats and the runners up seven.Latest elections
Past elections and referendums
Below is a series of results from elections to the
Gibraltar Parliament and its predecessor, the House of Assembly. Elections take place roughly every four years, and before 2007, 15 members were elected at each election, using partialbloc voting . Each voter has eight votes, meaning that parties usually stand eight candidates, and the winning party is that which manages to get all their candidates elected.1969 election
AACR - 7 members
IWBP - 5 members
Independents (Isola group) - 3 members1972 election
AACR - 52%, 8 members
"Others" - 7 members1976 election
AACR - 75.3%, 8 members
"Others" - 7 members1980 election
AACR - 8 members
DPBG - 6 members
GSLP - 1 members1984 election
AACR - 44.4%, 8 members
GSLP - 34.2%, 7 members
DPBG - 18.9%, 0 members
"Others" - 2.5%, 0 members1988 election
GSLP - 58.2%, 8 members
AACR - 29.4%, 7 members
"Others" - 12.4%, 0 members1992 election
GSLP - 73.1%, 8 members
GSD - 20.2%, 7 members
Liberals - 4.7%, 0 members
AACR - 2.1%, 0 members1996 election
GSD - 52.2%, 8 members
GSLP - 43.0%, 7 members
Liberals - 4.7%, 0 members
"Others" - 0.2%2000 election
GSD - 58.4%, 8 members
GSLP/Liberal Coalition - 40.6%, 7 members
"Others" - 1.0%, 0 members2003 election
GSD - 51.5%, 8 members
GSLP/Liberal Coalition - 39.7%, 7 members
GLP - 8.3%*"Note: Percentages can be misleading for parties with fewer than eight candidates"
**AACR = Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights
**DPGB = Democratic Party for a British Gibraltar
**GLP = Gibraltar Labour Party
**GSLP = Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party
**GSD = Gibraltar Social Democratsee also
*
European Parliament Election, 2004 (Gibraltar)
*Electoral calendar
*Electoral system
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