2011 Gibraltar general election


General elections were held in Gibraltar on 8 December 2011.
Two parties, the Gibraltar Social Democrats and the Progressive Democrative Party and an alliance of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party and the Gibraltar Liberals 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 predicted a GSD win.

Parties

Two parties, the Gibraltar Social Democrats and the Progressive Democratic Party, and an alliance have presented a full slate of 10 candidates each, making a total of 30 candidates for 17 seats in the Gibraltar Parliament.

Polls

Several pre-election polls gave the GSLP an advantage of up to 9% over the governing party, the GSD, while one predicted a GSD win.

Results

These figures have been consolidated by party. Under the Gibraltar electoral system, all candidates are listed on the ballot paper individually. 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.