1996 Gibraltar general election

1996 Gibraltar general election

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15 seats in the House of Assembly 8 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Peter Caruana Joe Bossano Party Social Democrats Socialist Labour Seats won 8 7 Popular vote 66,190 54,463 Percentage 52.20% 42.95%
Chief Minister before election Joe Bossano Socialist Labour Elected Chief Minister Peter Caruana Social Democrats

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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.