Gibraltar Parliament
| Gibraltar Parliament | |
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| 2nd Gibraltar Parliament | |
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| Leadership | |
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Leader of The House
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 17 |
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Political groups
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Opposition (7)
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| Elections | |
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Last election
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26 November 2015 |
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Next election
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2019 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Parliament building, John Mackintosh Square, Gibraltar | |
| Website | |
| www.parliament.gi | |
Coordinates: 36°08′27″N 5°21′14″W / 36.140775°N 5.353758°W
Government (10)
Opposition (7)
The Gibraltar Parliament is the legislature of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Between 1969 and 2006, it was called the Gibraltar House of Assembly.
The House of Assembly, set up under the 1969 constitution, was a unicameral body originally consisting of 15 members elected by the Gibraltar electorate, plus two appointed members including the Attorney-General. The term "House of Assembly" has been commonly used for the legislatures of British territories that are less than fully sovereign. It was replaced by the current Gibraltar Parliament by the new 2006 constitution, reflecting an increase in its sovereignty. All 17 of the new Parliament's members are elected.
Under the election system, each voter was allowed to vote for ten members of the Assembly. Due to the small area of Gibraltar and its territorial continuity, precincts served only as polling places, not political units, and there are no electoral districts served by the members, who were instead elected "at large" to serve the territory as a whole.
The system lends itself to block voting – each of the parties or electoral coalitions tended to nominate a slate of ten candidates and encourage its supporters to vote for all of them. In most cases, the winning party or coalition would have all ten of its nominees elected, with the other seven elected members coming from the second-place party.
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