Gibraltarian general election, 2007
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| Gibraltar general election, 2007 17 seats to the Gibraltar Parliament |
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| 11 October 2007 | ||||
| Government | Opposition | |||
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| Leader | Peter Caruana | Joe Bossano | ||
| Party | Gibraltar Social Democrats | Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party | ||
| Leader since | 1996 | |||
| Last election | 8 seats, 51.5% | 5 seats, 39.7% | ||
| Seats won | 10 | 7 | ||
| Seat change | +2 | +2 | ||
| Popular vote | 76,334 | 70,397 | ||
| Percentage | 49.33% | 45.49% | ||
General elections were held in Gibraltar on October 11, 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 GSD.
The GSD had ten candidates (all of which were elected), Bossano's party the GSLP had seven candidates (four of which were elected) and the GLP led by Dr. Joseph Garcia had three candidates (all of which were elected). The 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 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 had given victory to the GSLP / Liberal Alliance, but as counting progressed this proved incorrect.
[edit] Results
| Parties1 | Votes2 | % | Seats | |
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| 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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[edit] References
- ^ Searle, Dominique. October 11: Caruana Calls a Snap Election. Gibraltar Chronicle. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
- ^ Peter Caruana wins the Gibraltar elections; Typically Spanish, 12 October 2007
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