Gibraltar general election, 1996

Gibraltar general election, 1996

May of 1996
15 seats to the Gibraltar House of Assembly 8 seats were needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   100px Leader Peter Caruana Joe Bossano Party Social Democrats Socialist Labour Leader since 1991 Seats won 8 7 Percentage 52.20% 42.95%
Chief Minister before election Joe Bossano Socialist Labour Elected Chief Minister Peter Caruana Social Democrats

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.

Results

The results in order of votes were as follows:

Political party	Name of candidate	Number of votes
GSD	MONTEGRIFFO, Peter Cecil	8565
GSD	CARUANA, Peter Richard	8561
GSD	LINARES, Bernard Anthony	8342
GSD	CORBY, Hubert Alfred	8263
GSD	AZOPARDI, Keith	8206
GSD	HOLLIDAY, Joseph John	8094
GSD	BRITTO, Ernest Michael	8093
GSD	NETTO, James Joseph	8066
GSLP	BOSSANO, Joseph John	7396
GSLP	BALDACHINO, Joseph Louis	6940
GSLP	MONTEGRIFFO, Maria Isabel	6876
GSLP	ISOLA, Albert	6768
GSLP	GABAY, Joshua	6742
GSLP	MOR, Robert	6661
GSLP	PEREZ, Juan Carlos	6597
GSLP	GOLT, Clive Peter	6483
GNP	GARCIA, Joseph John	1679
GNP	LINARES, Steven Ernest	809
GNP	BOSSINO, Damon James	794
GNP	BORDA, Paul Christopher James	552
GNP	VICTOR, Elio	548
GNP	ARMSTRONG-EMERY, Lyana Patricia	543
GNP	BALLOQUI, Anthony Albert	507
GNP	TUNBRIDGE, Annette	500
IND	CUMMING, Peter Andrew	214

The first fifteen candidates were elected to the House of Assembly.