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elects on the national level a

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. The

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has 17 members, all elected for a four-year term in one constituency with each voter getting to vote for their selection of ten candidates. Gibraltar forms a single constituency but voters have only ten votes. Hence the electoral bloc with the most votes will normally get ten seats and the runners up seven.

Eligibility to vote

People must be qualified to vote and listed on the Register of Electors in order to cast a ballot. British nationals (this includes all forms of

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) who have lived in Gibraltar for a continuous period of six months and who intend to live in Gibraltar either permanently or indefinitely are entitled to register to vote in general elections to the

if they will be aged 18 or over on polling day. Gibraltar, along with the UK, joined the EEC (the predecessor of the European Union) in 1973, and from 2004 eligible voters in Gibraltar were able to vote in

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, European Union and qualifying

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citizens (those who had a permit or certificate to enter/remain in Gibraltar, or who did not require such a permit/certificate on the date of their electoral registration application) living in Gibraltar were entitled to register to vote in European Parliament elections if they were aged 18 or over on polling day. In addition,

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and

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s living outside Gibraltar could register as 'overseas electors' and vote in

provided that they were on the Register of Electors in Gibraltar within the past 15 years (the 15 years period begins when they no longer appeared in the Register of Electors, not the date they moved abroad). For British nationals and Commonwealth citizens who moved abroad before they were 18 years old, they could still qualify for registration as an 'overseas elector' in

, with the 15 years period calculated from the date their parent(s)/guardian ceased to appear in the Register of Electors in Gibraltar. Following Gibraltar's withdrawal from the European Union as a result of

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, this was revoked on 31 December 2020.

Latest elections

General elections to the Gibraltar Parliament (House of Assembly)

Below is a series of results from elections to the

and its predecessor, the House of Assembly (which was created upon the publication of the Gibraltar Constitution 1969). Elections take place roughly every four years, 17 members (15 before 2007) are elected at each election, using partial bloc voting. Each voter has ten votes (eight before 2007) meaning that parties usually stand ten candidates, and the winning party is that which manages to get all their candidates elected.

1969 election

This election took place on 30 July 1969. AACR - 7 members
IWBP - 5 members
Independents ( Isola Group) - 3 members

1972 election

AACR - 52%, 8 members
IWBP - 7 members

1976 election

AACR - 75.3%, 8 members
GDM - 4 seats
Independents - 3 members ( Robert Peliza, Maurice Xiberras and Peter Isola)

1980 election

AACR - 8 members
DPBG - 6 members
GSLP - 1 members

1984 election

AACR - 44.4%, 8 members
GSLP - 34.2%, 7 members
DPBG - 18.9%, 0 members
''Others'' - 2.5%, 0 members

1988 election

GSLP - 58.2%, 8 members
AACR - 29.4%, 7 members
Independent Democrats - 12.4%, 0 members

1992 election

GSLP - 73.1%, 8 members

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- 20.2%, 7 members

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- 4.7%, 0 members
AACR - 2.1%, 0 members

1996 election

GSD - 52.2%, 8 members
GSLP - 43.0%, 7 members
GNP - 4.7%, 0 members
''Others'' - 0.2%

2000 election

GSD - 58.4%, 8 members
GSLP/Liberal Alliance - 40.6%, 7 members
''Others'' - 1.0%, 0 members

2003 election

GSD - 51.5%, 8 members
GSLP/Liberal Alliance - 39.7%, 7 members
GLP - 8.3%

2007 election

GSD - 49.3%, 10 members
GSLP/Liberal Alliance - 45.5%, 7 members

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- 3.8% NGD - 0.78%

2011 election

GSLP/Liberal Alliance - 48.88%, 10 members
GSD - 46.76% - 7 members
PDP - 4.36%

2015 election

GSLP/Liberal Alliance - 68.4%, 10 members
GSD - 31.6% - 7 members

2019 election

GSLP/Liberal Alliance - 52.5%, 10 members
GSD - 25.5% - 6 members
TG - 20.5% - 1 member

2023 election

GSLP/Liberal Alliance - 50.04%, 9 members
GSD - 48.15% - 8 members

Key

*''Note: Percentages can be misleading for parties with fewer than eight candidates'' **AACR =

Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights The Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights (AACR) was a political party in Gibraltar. History The AACR was established in 1942 by Joshua Hassan and Albert Risso, and sought to protect the interests of families evacuated during World W ...

''(defunct)'' **DPBG = Democratic Party of British Gibraltar ''(defunct)'' **GLP =

Gibraltar Labour Party The Gibraltar Labour Party was a political party in Gibraltar. They described themselves as an integrationist party and stated that their formation was prompted by the need for a strong opposition to the government. They were founded and led by ...

''(merged with the GSD in 2005)'' ** GNP =

Gibraltar National Party The Liberal Party of Gibraltar (Libs or LPG) is a liberal political party in Gibraltar. It was founded in 1991 as the Gibraltar National Party and is led by Dr. Joseph Garcia. The LPG forms the GSLP–Liberal Alliance in partnership with the Gi ...

''(now termed 'Liberals' (LPG))'' **GDM = Gibraltar Democratic Movement ''(Now GSLP)'' **GSLP =

Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party The Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) is a social-democratic political party in Gibraltar. The GSLP is the oldest surviving active political party in Gibraltar. Its roots are based in the trade union movement, as its founder and former lea ...

**GSD =

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

** PDP = Progressive Democratic Party (defunct) ** NGD = New Gibraltar Democracy ''(defunct)'' ** TG = Together Gibraltar (currently ''inactive'') **IWBP = Integration with Britain Party ''(defunct)''

UK elections

Unlike the other

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, Gibraltar took part as a UK counting area in three European elections and one UK-wide referendum as part of the

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electoral region. * 2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar * 2009 European Parliament election in Gibraltar * 2014 European Parliament election in Gibraltar * European Union Referendum 2016 (Gibraltar) * 2019 European Parliament election in Gibraltar Some people have advocated, including individual MPs,

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, the Liberal Democrats and the Gibraltar in Westminster Movement that Gibraltar should be extended the franchise of voting in UK general elections as a Westminster

constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

References

External links

* {{Gibraltar topics