Gibraltar general election, 1980

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General elections were held in Gibraltar on 6 February 1980.^[1] 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.^[2]

Electoral system

The electoral system for the House of Assembly allowed each voter to vote for up to eight candidates.^[3]

Party	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
Source: McHale

↑ General election to the House of Assembly Parliament of Gibraltar
↑ Vincent E McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p327 ISBN 0-313-23804-9
↑ McHale, p322

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