General elections were held in Gibraltar on 8 December 2011. Two parties, the

Gibraltar Social Democrats The Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD) is a liberal-conservative, centre-right political party in Gibraltar. The GSD was the governing party for four successive terms in office under the leadership of Peter Caruana, from the 1996 general elect ...

(GSD) and the Progressive Democrative Party (PDP) and an alliance of the

Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party The Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) is a social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Gibraltar, political party in Gibraltar. The GSLP is the oldest surviving active political party in Gibraltar. Its roots are based i ...

(GSLP) and the Liberal Party of Gibraltar (LPG) each presented a full slate of ten candidates each, making a total of thirty candidates standing for seventeen seats in the

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Members of Parliament in Gibraltar are elected "

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" in a single electoral area covering the whole territory. Several pre-election polls gave the GSLP an advantage of up to 9% over the governing party, the GSD, while one (that of the Spanish newspaper ''Area'', which published no details and was widely thought to be politically motivated) predicted a GSD win.

Contesting parties

Two parties, the

(GSD) and the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), and an alliance (

(GSLP)/ Liberals) have presented a full slate of 10 candidates each, making a total of 30 candidates for 17 seats in the

Opinion polls

Several pre-election polls gave the GSLP an advantage of up to 9% over the governing party, the GSD, while one (that of Spanish paper ''Area'', which published no details and was thought to be politically motivated) predicted a GSD win.

Results

References

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