1980 Gibraltar general election

1980 Gibraltar general election

6 February 1980

15 seats in the House of Assembly 8 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Seats +/– AACR Joshua Hassan 8 0 DPBG Peter Isola 6 +2 Socialist Labour Joe Bossano 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Chief Minister before Chief Minister after Joshua Hassan AACR Joshua Hassan AACR

General elections were held in Gibraltar on 6 February 1980. The result was a victory for the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights, which won eight of the 15 seats in the House of Assembly.

Electoral system

The electoral system for the House of Assembly allowed each voter to vote for up to eight candidates.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights			8	0
	Democratic Party for a British Gibraltar			6	+2
	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party			1	New
	Party for the Autonomy of Gibraltar			0	0
Total				15	0
Total votes		10,636	–
Registered voters/turnout		16,200	65.65
Source: McHale, Parliament

By candidate

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Notes
	Joshua Hassan	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	4,970	6.65	Elected
	Joseph Bossano	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	4,906	6.56	Elected
	Adolfo Canepa	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	4,563	6.11	Elected
	Peter Isola	Democratic Party for a British Gibraltar	4,201	5.62	Elected
	Robert Peliza	Democratic Party for a British Gibraltar	3,857	5.16	Elected
	Gerald Restano	Democratic Party for a British Gibraltar	3,601	4.82	Elected
	Isaac Abecasis	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	3,478	4.65	Elected
	Reginald Valarino	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	3,352	4.48	Elected
	Maurice Kenneth Featherstone	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	3,138	4.20	Elected
	Francis Jesus Dellipiani	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	3,131	4.19	Elected
	Horace John Zammitt	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	3,105	4.15	Elected
	Brian Perez	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	3,089	4.13	Elected
	William Scott	Democratic Party for a British Gibraltar	2,831	3.79	Elected
	Anthony Loddo	Democratic Party for a British Gibraltar	2,814	3.77	Elected
	Andrew Haynes	Democratic Party for a British Gibraltar	2,810	3.76	Elected
	Anthony Carreras	Democratic Party for a British Gibraltar	2,518	3.37
	Michael Feetham	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	2,447	3.27
	Francis Martinez	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	2,338	3.13
	Joseph Gingell	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	2,078	2.78
	Charles Robba	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	2,011	2.69
	Cecil Isola	Democratic Party for a British Gibraltar	2,006	2.68
	Joseph Victory	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	2,003	2.68
	Louis Sampere	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	1,964	2.63
	Eric Charles Ellul	Party for the Autonomy of Gibraltar	1,147	1.53
	Joseph Triay	Party for the Autonomy of Gibraltar	1,103	1.48
	Peter Triay	Party for the Autonomy of Gibraltar	724	0.97
	Tito Benady	Party for the Autonomy of Gibraltar	554	0.74
Total			74,739	100.00
Source: Parliament, Garcia