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Elections in Gibraltar gives information on election and election results in Gibraltar.

Gibraltar elects on national level a legislature. The Gibraltar 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.

[edit] Latest elections

Main article: Gibraltarian general election, 2007

e • d **Summary of the 11 October 2007 Gibraltar Parliament election results**
Parties¹		Votes²	%	Seats
Gibraltar Social Democrats		76,334	49.33	10
Coalition	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	49,277	31.84	4
Coalition	Gibraltar Liberal Party	21,120	13.65	3
Progressive Democratic Party		5,799	3.75	—
Charles Gomez (independent, New Gibraltar Democracy)		1,210	0.78	—
Richard Martinez (independent)		1,003	0.65	—
Total (turnout 81.4%)		154,743	100.00	17
Source: Gibfocus ¹ These figures have been consolidated by party. Under the Gibraltar electoral system, all candidates are listed on the ballot paper individually. ² Every voter has up to 10 votes to vote for their choice from all the candidates standing. Accordingly although there are more seats available, the main parties field 10 candidates and hope to secure 'block votes'. Thus the total of 154,743 votes comes from 16,004 voters, an 81.4% turnout of the electorate.

[edit] Elections to the Gibraltar Parliament (House of Assembly)

Below is a series of results from elections to the Gibraltar Parliament and its predecessor, the House of Assembly (which was created upon the publication of the Gibraltar Constitution 1969). Elections take place roughly every four years, and before 2007, 15 members were elected at each election, using partial bloc 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.

[edit] 1969 election

This election took place on 30 July 1969. AACR - 7 members
IWBP - 5 members
Independents (Isola group) - 3 members

[edit] 1972 election

AACR - 52%, 8 members
IWBP - 7 members

[edit] 1976 election

AACR - 75.3%, 8 members
GDM - 4 seats
Independents - 3 members (Robert Peliza, Maurice Xiberras and Peter Isola)

[edit] 1980 election

AACR - 8 members
DPBG - 6 members
GSLP - 1 members

[edit] 1984 election

AACR - 44.4%, 8 members
GSLP - 34.2%, 7 members
DPBG - 18.9%, 0 members
Others - 2.5%, 0 members

[edit] 1988 election

GSLP - 58.2%, 8 members
AACR - 29.4%, 7 members
Others - 12.4%, 0 members

[edit] 1992 election

GSLP - 73.1%, 8 members
GSD - 20.2%, 7 members
Liberals - 4.7%, 0 members
AACR - 2.1%, 0 members

[edit] 1996 election

GSD - 52.2%, 8 members
GSLP - 43.0%, 7 members
Liberals - 4.7%, 0 members
Others - 0.2%

[edit] 2000 election

Main article: Gibraltar general election, 2000

GSD - 58.4%, 8 members
GSLP/Liberal Coalition - 40.6%, 7 members
Others - 1.0%, 0 members

[edit] 2003 election

Main article: Gibraltar general election, 2003

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 / Gibraltar Liberal Party
- GDM = Gibraltar Democratic Movement
- GSLP = Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party
- GSD = Gibraltar Social Democrats
- IWBP = Integration with Britain Party