1972 Gibraltar general election

1972 Gibraltar general election

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15 of the 17 seats in the House of Assembly 8 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Seats +/– AACR Joshua Hassan 8 +1 IWBP Robert Peliza 7 +2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Chief Minister before Chief Minister after Robert Peliza IWBP Joshua Hassan AACR

Early general elections were held in Gibraltar on 23 June 1972. ^[1] The result was a victory for the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights, which won eight of the 15 seats in the House of Assembly. ^{[2] [3]}

Background

The 1969 elections had seen the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights emerge as the largest party in the legislature, winning seven of the 15 seats. However, the opposition Integration with Britain Party and the Isola Group between them held eight seats, and were able to form a government. In 1972 a member of the Isola Group defected, resulting in early elections being called. ^[4]

Electoral system

The electoral system for the House of Assembly allowed each voter to vote for up to eight candidates. ^[5]

Results

Party		Seats	+/–
	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	8	+1
	Integration with Britain Party	7	+2
	Isola Group	0	–1
Total		15	0
Source: McHale

By candidate

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Notes
	Joshua Hassan	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	5,001	6.84	Elected
	Adolfo Canepa	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	4,770	6.53	Elected
	Aurelius Peter Montegriffo	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	4,713	6.45	Elected
	Isaac Abecasis	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	4,712	6.45	Elected
	Maurice Kenneth Featherstone	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	4,681	6.40	Elected
	Abraham Serfaty	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	4,670	6.39	Elected
	Horace John Zammitt	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	4,604	6.30	Elected
	James Leonard Hoare	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	4,571	6.25	Elected
	Robert Peliza	Integration with Britain Party	4,516	6.18	Elected
	Maurice Xiberras	Integration with Britain Party	4,502	6.16	Elected
	Peter Isola	Integration with Britain Party	4,496	6.15	Elected
	William Isola	Integration with Britain Party	4,411	6.03	Elected
	Joseph Bossano	Integration with Britain Party	4,383	6.00	Elected
	Joseph Caruana	Integration with Britain Party	4,369	5.98	Elected
	Lloyd Devincenzi Sr.	Integration with Britain Party	4,361	5.97	Elected
	Angela Smith	Independent	4,339	5.94
Total			73,099	100.00
Source: Parliament

References

1. Official Records, Volumes 1-5, United Nations, 1972, p39
2. Gibraltar: Report, H.M. Stationery Office, 1972, p114
3. Vincent E. McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p327 ISBN   0-313-23804-9
4. McHale, p326
5. McHale, p322