Elections in Gibraltar
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Template:Politics of Gibraltar Elections in Gibraltar gives information on election and election results in Gibraltar. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.
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Gibraltar elects on national level a legislature. The House of Assembly has 17 members, 15 members elected for a four year term in one constituency with each voter getting to vote for their selection of eight candidates, and 2 members ex-officio.
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Results
Below is a series of results from elections to the Gibraltar House of Assembly. Elections take place roughly every four years, and 15 members are elected at each election, using partial block 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.
1984 Election
AACR - 44.4%, 8 members
GSLP - 34.2%, 7 members
DPBG - 18.9%, 0 members
Others - 2.5%, 0 members
1988 Election
GSLP - 58.2%, 8 members
AACR - 29.4%, 7 members
Others - 12.4%, 0 members
1992 Election
GSLP - 73.1%, 8 members
GSD - 20.2%, 7 members
Liberals - 4.7%, 0 members
AACR - 2.1%, 0 members
1996 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 members
2003 Election
GSD - 49.9%, 8 members
GSLP/Liberal Coalition - 38.5%, 7 members
Labour - 8.1%, 0 members
Others - 0.5%
Note: Percentages can be misleading for parties with fewer than 8 candidates
AACR = Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights
GSLP = Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party
DPGB = Democratic Party for a British Gibraltar
GSD = Gibraltar Social-Democrats
See also
External links
- Electionworld (http://www.electionworld.org/gibraltar.htm)
- Parties and elections (http://www.parties-and-elections.de/gibraltar.html)