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 .
Party slogans and election logos
Party or alliance
Slogan
GSD
"A Vision For Our Future And For Our Children"
GSLP
"Into The 21st Century With The GSLP"
GNP
Results
By candidate
The first fifteen candidates were elected to the House of Assembly .
Candidate Party Votes % Peter Montegriffo (1988-1991)Gibraltar Social Democrats 8,565 6.75 Peter Caruana (since 1991)[ a] Gibraltar Social Democrats 8,561 6.75 Bernard Linares Gibraltar Social Democrats 8,342 6.58 Hurbert Corby (since 1992 )Gibraltar Social Democrats 8,263 6.52 Keith Azopardi Gibraltar Social Democrats 8,206 6.47 Joe Holliday Gibraltar Social Democrats 8,094 6.38 Ernest Britto (since 1992)Gibraltar Social Democrats 8,093 6.38 James Netto Gibraltar Social Democrats 8,066 6.36 Joe Bossano (since 1972 )Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (since 1980 )7,396 5.83 Joseph Baldachino Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party 6,940 5.47 Maria Montegriffo (since 1984 )Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party 6,876 5.42 Albert Isola Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party 6,768 5.34 Joshua Gabay Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party 6,742 5.32 Robert Mor Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party 6,661 5.25 Juan Carlos Perez Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party 6,597 5.20 Clive Peter Golt Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party 6,483 5.11 Joseph Garcia Gibraltar National Party 1,679 1.32 Steven Linares Gibraltar National Party 809 0.64 Damon Bossino Gibraltar National Party 794 0.63 Paul Christopher James Borda Gibraltar National Party 552 0.44 Elio Victor Gibraltar National Party 548 0.43 Lyana Patricia Armstrong-Emery Gibraltar National Party 543 0.43 Anthony Albert Balloqui Gibraltar National Party 507 0.40 Annette Tunbridge Gibraltar National Party 500 0.39 Peter Andrew Cumming Independent 214 0.17 Total 126,799 100.00 Source: Gibraltar Elections
Notes
^ Elected in 1991 by-election after the resignation of former AACR MP and Founder and first GSD Leader, Peter Montegriffo. He had beaten his opponent, AACR's Douglas Henrich (2496 vs 1542 votes).
References
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