2011 Gibraltar general election

2011 Gibraltar general election

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All 17 seats in the Gibraltar Parliament 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Fabian Picardo Peter Caruana Party Alliance Social Democrats Last election 45.49%, 7 seats 49.33%, 10 seats Seats won 10 7 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 85,414 81,721 Percentage 48.88% 46.76% Swing 3.39pp 2.57pp
Chief Minister before election Peter Caruana Social Democrats Elected Chief Minister Fabian Picardo Socialist Labour

General elections were held in Gibraltar on 8 December 2011.^[1] Two parties, the Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD) and the Progressive Democrative Party (PDP) and an alliance of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) and the Liberal Party of Gibraltar (LPG) each presented a full slate of ten candidates each, making a total of thirty candidates standing for seventeen seats in the Gibraltar Parliament.^[2] Members of Parliament in Gibraltar are elected "at-large" in a single electoral area covering the whole territory.

Several pre-election polls gave the GSLP an advantage of up to 9% over the governing party, the GSD, while one (that of the Spanish newspaper Area, which published no details and was widely thought to be politically motivated) predicted a GSD win.^[3][4]