Gibraltar general election, 2011

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8 December 2011

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17 seats to the Gibraltar Parliament
9 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Fabian Picardo	Peter Caruana
Party	Socialist Labour	Social Democrats
Alliance	Liberal Alliance
Leader since	2011	1996
Last election	7 seats, 45.5%	10 seats, 49.3%
Seats won	10	7
Seat change	3	3
Popular vote	85,414	81,721
Percentage	48.9%	46.8%

Chief Minister before election

Peter Caruana
Social Democrats

Elected Chief Minister

Fabian Picardo
Socialist Labour

Peter Caruana
Social Democrats

Fabian Picardo
Socialist Labour

General elections were held in Gibraltar on 8 December 2011.

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 Gibraltar Liberals (GLP) each presented a full slate of ten candidates each, making a total of thirty candidates standing for seventeen seats in the Gibraltar Parliament. 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.

Two parties, the Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD) and the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), and an alliance (Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP)/Liberals) have presented a full slate of 10 candidates each, making a total of 30 candidates for 17 seats in the Gibraltar Parliament.

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

¹ These figures have been consolidated by party. Under the Gibraltar electoral system, all candidates are listed on the ballot paper individually.
² Every voter has up to 10 votes to vote for their choice from all the candidates standing. Accordingly although there are more seats available, the main parties field 10 candidates and hope to secure 'block votes'. Thus the total of 174,757 votes comes from 21,712 voters, an 81.4% turnout of the electorate.

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