1996 Gibraltar general election

General elections were held in Gibraltar in May 1996. They were won by Peter Caruana's Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD), who took over 50% of the popular vote and eight of the 15 contested seats, defeating incumbent Joe Bossano's Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party.

1996 Gibraltar general election

16 May 1996
15 seats to the Gibraltar House of Assembly 8 seats were needed for a majority
Leader Peter Caruana Joe Bossano Party Social Democrats Socialist Labour Leader since 1991 Seats won 8 7 Percentage 52.20% 42.95%
Chief Minister before election Joe Bossano Socialist Labour Elected Chief Minister Peter Caruana Social Democrats

Results

The results in order of votes were as follows:[1]

Gibraltar general election, 1996
Gibraltar (15 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Social Democrats	Peter Cecil Montegriffo	8,586	N/A
	Social Democrats	Peter Caruana	8,568	N/A
	Social Democrats	Bernard Anthony Linares	8,342	N/A
	Social Democrats	Hurbert Alfred Corby	8,263	N/A
	Social Democrats	Keith Azopardi	8,206	N/A
	Social Democrats	Joe Holliday	8,094	N/A
	Social Democrats	Ernest Michael Britto	8,093	N/A
	Social Democrats	James Joseph Netto	8,066	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Joe Bossano	7,396	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Joseph Louis Baldachino	6,940	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Maria Isabel Montegriffo	6,876	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Albert Isola	6,768	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Joshua Gabay	6,742	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Robert Mor	6,661	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Juan Carlos Perez	6,597	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Clive Peter Golt	6,483	N/A
	National	Joseph Garcia	1,679	N/A
	National	Steven Linares	809	N/A
	National	Damon Bossino	794	N/A
	National	Paul Christopher James Borda	552	N/A
	National	Elio Victor	548	N/A
	National	Lyana Patricia Armstrong-Emery	543	N/A
	National	Anthony Albert Balloqui	507	N/A
	National	Annette Tunbridge	500	N/A
	Independent	Peter Andrew Cumming	214	N/A
	Social Democrats gain from Socialist Labour

The first fifteen candidates (shown in bold) were elected to the House of Assembly.

References

1. "Results of the Gibraltar General Election, 1996". Archived from the original on 2012-01-08. Retrieved 2011-12-17.