General elections were held in

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on 11 October 2007. The incumbent Chief Minister Peter Caruana narrowly won a fourth term, but opposition leader Joe Bossano had a very strong showing. 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

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(GSD). The GSD had ten candidates (all of whom were elected), Bossano's party the

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(GSLP) had seven candidates (four of whom were elected) and the

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(LPG) led by Dr. Joseph Garcia had three candidates (all of whom were elected). The Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) fielded six candidates, five of whom obtained the fewest votes in the election after a lacklustre campaign. Two independents were unable to break through Gibraltar's party block vote system but did relatively well. They were the

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lawyer Charles Gomez of New Gibraltar Democracy and Richard Martinez of the Parental Support Group. An

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organised by the Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) gave victory to the GSLP/Liberal

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, but as counting progressed this proved incorrect.

Party slogans and election logos

Incumbent MPs (from 2003)

Results

By candidates

Notes

References

General elections in Gibraltar

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