1976 Gibraltar general election

General elections were held in Gibraltar on 29 September 1976 . 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.^[1]

1976 Gibraltar general election

← 1972 29 September 1976 1980 →

15 of the 17 seats in the House of Assembly 8 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Seats +/– AACR Joshua Hassan 8 0 GDM Joe Bossano 4 New Independents – 3 +3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Chief Minister before Chief Minister after Joshua Hassan AACR Joshua Hassan AACR

Electoral system

The electoral system for the House of Assembly allowed each voter to vote for up to eight candidates.^[2]

Results

Party		Seats	+/–
	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	8	0
	Gibraltar Democratic Movement	4	New
	Commonwealth Party	0	New
	Independents	3	+3
Total		15	0
Source: McHale

By candidate

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Notes
	Joshua Hassan	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	7,225	8.67	Elected
	Maurice Xiberras	Independent	6,029	7.23	Elected
	Adolfo Canepa	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	5,916	7.10	Elected
	Horace John Zammitt	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	5,293	6.35	Elected
	Joseph Bossano	Gibraltar Democratic Movement	5,021	6.03	Elected
	Aurelius Peter Montegriffo	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	4,883	5.86	Elected
	Francis Jesus Dellipiani	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	4,494	5.39	Elected
	Isaac Abecasis	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	4,454	5.34	Elected
	Abraham Serfaty	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	4,364	5.24	Elected
	Maurice Kenneth Featherstone	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	3,757	4.51	Elected
	Peter Isola	Independent	3,608	4.33	Elected
	Robert Peliza	Independent	3,383	4.06	Elected
	Reginald G. Valarino	Gibraltar Democratic Movement	3,368	4.04	Elected
	John Brian Perez	Gibraltar Democratic Movement	2,969	3.56	Elected
	Gerald Restano	Gibraltar Democratic Movement	2,447	2.94	Elected
	Cecil Isola	Gibraltar Democratic Movement	2,205	2.65
	Joseph Michael Victory	Gibraltar Democratic Movement	2,032	2.44
	George Mascarenhas	Gibraltar Democratic Movement	1,988	2.39
	William Isola	Gibraltar Democratic Movement	1,926	2.31
	James Brooking	Gibraltar Democratic Movement	1,851	2.22
	Joseph Triay	Independent	1,727	2.07
	Joseph Gingell	Independent	1,636	1.96
	Eric Charles Ellul	Independent	1,292	1.55
	Mesod Benady	Independent	976	1.17
	Alfred Joseph Gache	Independent	491	0.59
Total			83,335	100.00
Source: Parliament