1988 Gibraltar general election

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1988 Gibraltar general election
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  1984 24 March 1988 1992  

15 of the 17 seats in the House of Assembly
8 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Joebossano.jpg Adolfo Canepa 2013.jpg
Leader Joe Bossano Adolfo Canepa
Party Socialist Labour AACR
Seats won87
Popular vote60,62630,562
Percentage58.22%29.35%

Chief Minister before election

Adolfo Canepa
AACR

Elected Chief Minister

Joe Bossano
Socialist Labour

General elections were held in Gibraltar on 24 March 1988. The elections were a watershed in Gibraltar politics, as they saw the first win by the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP), led by Joe Bossano, whose candidates took 58% of the popular vote and eight of the fifteen seats available in the Gibraltar House of Assembly. Bossano's party took control away from the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights (AACR), under outgoing Chief Minister Adolfo Canepa. The AACR had been the dominant political party in Gibraltar politics for over forty years and had won every election but one since 1945. After this, it was never to win another general election, while Bossano was to remain in office continuously for eight years, from 25 March 1988 to 17 May 1996.

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party 60,62658.228+1
Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights 30,56229.357–1
Independent Democrats12,94712.430New
Total104,135100.00150
Total votes13,473
Registered voters/turnout17,53076.86
Source: Gibraltar Elections, Parliament

By candidate

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

CandidatePartyVotes
Joe Bossano Socialist Labour Party 8,128
Joseph Ernest PilcherSocialist Labour Party7,673
Joseph Louis BaldachinoSocialist Labour Party7,568
Joseph Louis MossSocialist Labour Party7,510
Maria Isabel MontegriffoSocialist Labour Party7,507
Michael Alfred FeethamSocialist Labour Party7,505
Robert MorSocialist Labour Party7,496
Juan Carlos PerezSocialist Labour Party7,239
Adolfo Canepa AACR 4,422
Peter Cecil MontegriffoAACR4,356
Maurice Kenneth FeatherstoneAACR3,706
George MascarenhasAACR3,698
Ernest Michael BrittoAACR3,640
Reggie Valarino AACR3,626
Kenneth Bartlett AnthonyAACR3,595
Terry CartwrightAACR3,519
Joseph Louis PitalugaIndependent Democrats2,091
Marisa DesoizaIndependent Democrats1,842
Gladys PerezIndependent Democrats1,689
Joseph BautistaIndependent Democrats1,503
Richard Michael DesoizaIndependent Democrats1,497
James Dominic RosadoIndependent Democrats1,464
Richard B. PitalugaIndependent Democrats1,443
Joseph Louis OliveroIndependent Democrats1,418
Source: Parliament of Gibraltar

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