Gibraltar general election, 1996

Gibraltar general election, 1996

May of 1996

15 seats to the Gibraltar House of Assembly 8 seats were needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   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

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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.

Results

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

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

References

Elections and referendums in Gibraltar General elections 1921 1950 1953 1956 1959 1964 1969 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015 next By-elections 1991 1999 2013 European elections 2004 2009 2014 2019 Referendums 1967 2002 2006 Proposed EU referendum