1996 Gibraltar general election

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16 May 1996

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15 seats in the House of Assembly
8 seats needed for a majority

Chief Minister before election

Joe Bossano
Socialist Labour

Elected Chief Minister

Peter Caruana
Social Democrats

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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.

Party slogans and election logos

Party or alliance		Slogan
	GSD	"A Vision For Our Future And For Our Children"
	GSLP	"Into The 21st Century With The GSLP"
	GNP


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Gibraltar Social Democrats	66,190	52.20	8	+1
	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	54,463	42.95	7	–1
	Gibraltar National Party	5,932	4.68	0	0
	Independents	214	0.17	0	New
Total		126,799	100.00	15	0

Total votes		16,169	–
Registered voters/turnout		18,437	87.70
Source: Elections Today, Parliament

The first fifteen candidates were elected to the House of Assembly.


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Peter Montegriffo	Gibraltar Social Democrats	8,565	6.75
	Peter Caruana	Gibraltar Social Democrats	8,561	6.75
	Bernard Linares	Gibraltar Social Democrats	8,342	6.58
	Hurbert Corby	Gibraltar Social Democrats	8,263	6.52
	Keith Azopardi	Gibraltar Social Democrats	8,206	6.47
	Joe Holliday	Gibraltar Social Democrats	8,094	6.38
	Ernest Britto	Gibraltar Social Democrats	8,093	6.38
	James Netto	Gibraltar Social Democrats	8,066	6.36
	Joe Bossano	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	7,396	5.83
	Joseph Baldachino	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	6,940	5.47
	Maria Montegriffo	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	6,876	5.42
	Albert Isola	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	6,768	5.34
	Joshua Gabay	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	6,742	5.32
	Robert Mor	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	6,661	5.25
	Juan Carlos Perez	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	6,597	5.20
	Clive Peter Golt	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	6,483	5.11
	Joseph Garcia	Gibraltar National Party	1,679	1.32
	Steven Linares	Gibraltar National Party	809	0.64
	Damon Bossino	Gibraltar National Party	794	0.63
	Paul Christopher James Borda	Gibraltar National Party	552	0.44
	Elio Victor	Gibraltar National Party	548	0.43
	Lyana Patricia Armstrong-Emery	Gibraltar National Party	543	0.43
	Anthony Albert Balloqui	Gibraltar National Party	507	0.40
	Annette Tunbridge	Gibraltar National Party	500	0.39
	Peter Andrew Cumming	Independent	214	0.17
Total			126,799	100.00

Source: Gibraltar Elections

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