Gibraltar general election, 2007
Gibraltar general election, 2007
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General elections were held in Gibraltar on 11 October 2007.[1] The incumbent Chief Minister Peter Caruana narrowly won a fourth term, but opposition leader Joe Bossano had a very strong showing.[2] Joe Bossano noted that this would be his last term as an MP, and joked that he would not join the government, despite receiving a higher personal vote than some members of the Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD).
The GSD had ten candidates (all of which were elected), Bossano's party the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) had seven candidates (four of which were elected) and the Gibraltar Liberal Party (GLP) led by Dr. Joseph Garcia had three candidates (all of which were elected). The Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) fielded six candidates five of who obtained the least votes in the election after a lack lustre campaign. Two independents were unable to break through Gibraltar's party block vote system but did relatively well. They were the right wing lawyer Charles Gomez of New Gibraltar Democracy and Richard Martinez of the Parental Support Group.
An exit poll organised by the Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) had given victory to the GSLP/Liberal coalition, but as counting progressed this proved incorrect.
Results
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 |
| 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.
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