1988 Gibraltar general election

none January 2015 February 2021 Gibraltar legislative 1984 Gibraltar general election 1984 1992 Gibraltar general election 1992 15 of the 17 seats in the House of Assembly 8 24 March 1988 Joebossano.jpg Joe Bossano Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party 8 60,626 58.22% Adolfo Canepa 2013.jpg Adolfo Canepa Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights 7 30,562 29.35% Chief Minister Adolfo Canepa Joe Bossano Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party General elections were held in Gibraltar on 24 March 1988. The elections were a watershed in Gibraltar politics, as they saw the first win by the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP), led by Joe Bossano, whose candidates took 58% of the popular vote and eight of the fifteen seats available in the Gibraltar House of Assembly. Bossano's party took control away from the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights (AACR), under outgoing Chief Minister Adolfo Canepa. The AACR had been the dominant political party in Gibraltar politics for over forty years and had won every election but one since 1945. After this, it was never to win another general election, while Bossano was to remain in office continuously for eight years, from 25 March 1988 to 17 May 1996. Results file:Gibraltar_Parliament_1988.svg Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party 60626 8 +1 Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights 30562 7 –1 Independent Democrats 12947 0 New 0 13473 17530 Gibraltar Elections, Parliament By candidate The first fifteen candidates were elected to the House of Assembly. CandidatePartyVotesJoe BossanoSocialist Labour Party8,128Joseph Ernest PilcherSocialist Labour Party7,673Joseph Louis BaldachinoSocialist Labour Party7,568Joseph Louis MossSocialist Labour Party7,510Maria Isabel MontegriffoSocialist Labour Party7,507Michael Alfred FeethamSocialist Labour Party7,505Robert MorSocialist Labour Party7,496Juan Carlos PerezSocialist Labour Party7,239Adolfo CanepaAACR4,422Peter Cecil MontegriffoAACR4,356Maurice Kenneth FeatherstoneAACR3,706George MascarenhasAACR3,698Ernest Michael BrittoAACR3,640Reggie ValarinoAACR3,626Kenneth Bartlett AnthonyAACR3,595Terry CartwrightAACR3,519Joseph Louis PitalugaIndependent Democrats2,091Marisa DesoizaIndependent Democrats1,842Gladys PerezIndependent Democrats1,689Joseph BautistaIndependent Democrats1,503Richard Michael DesoizaIndependent Democrats1,497James Dominic RosadoIndependent Democrats1,464Richard B. PitalugaIndependent Democrats1,443Joseph Louis OliveroIndependent Democrats1,418Source: Parliament of Gibraltar References Category:General elections in Gibraltar Gibraltar General Gibraltar Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results