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General elections were held in Gibraltar on 8 November 1950. The Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights emerged as the largest party in the new legislature, winning three of the five elected seats. [1]
The legislature was formed in 1950 to replace Gibraltar City Council, [2] and was elected by single transferable vote. [3]
| Party | First preferences | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights | 3,250 | 46.10 | 3 | |
| Transport and General Workers' Union | 540 | 7.66 | 0 | |
| Independents | 3,260 | 46.24 | 2 | |
| Total | 7,050 | 100.00 | 5 | |
| Source: Garcia, Gibraltar Chronicle, 9 November 1950 | ||||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First count | Second count | Third count | Fourth count | ||||||
| Transfers | Total | Transfers | Total | Transfers | Total | ||||
| Albert R. Isola | Independent | 2,022 | Elected in the first count | ||||||
| Albert Risso | Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights | 1,112 | +28 | 1,140 | +19 | 1,159 | +89 | 1,248 | Elected in the fourth count |
| Francis Panayotti | Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights | 1,058 | +198 | 1,256 | Elected in the second count | ||||
| Joshua Hassan | Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights | 1,009 | +91 | 1,100 | +21 | 1,121 | +87 | 1,208 | Elected in the fourth count |
| Louis Bruzon | Independent | 671 | +88 | 759 | +10 | 769 | +98 | 867 | Eliminated in the fourth count |
| Joseph Patron | Independent | 567 | +399 | 966 | +26 | 992 | +107 | 1,099 | Elected in the fourth count |
| Agustin Huart | Transport and General Workers' Union | 434 | +25 | 459 | +2 | 461 | Eliminated in the third count | ||
| R.H. Bianchi | Transport and General Workers' Union | 106 | +9 | 115 | 0 | 115 | Eliminated in the third count | ||
| Abraham Serfaty | Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights | 71 | +8 | 79 | +2 | 81 | Eliminated in the third count | ||
| Non-transferable votes | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +276 | 276 | ||
| Source: Garcia, Gibraltar Chronicle, 9 November 1950 [4] | |||||||||
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