1992 Gibraltar general election

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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2014}}

{{Infobox election

| country = Gibraltar

| type = legislative

| previous_election = 1988 Gibraltar general election

| previous_year = 1988

| next_election = 1996 Gibraltar general election

| next_year = 1996

| seats_for_election = 15 of the 17 seats in the House of Assembly

| majority_seats = 8

| election_date = 16 January 1992

| image1 = Joebossano.jpg

| leader1 = Joe Bossano

| party1 = Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party

| seats1 = 8

| popular_vote1 = 65,997

| percentage1 = 73.07%

| image2 = Peter_Caruana_portrait.jpg

| leader2 = Peter Caruana

| party2 = Gibraltar Social Democrats

| seats2 = 7

| popular_vote2 = 18,263

| percentage2 = 20.22%

| title = Chief Minister

| before_election = Joe Bossano

| after_election = Joe Bossano

| before_party = Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party

| after_party = Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party

}}{{Politics of Gibraltar}}

General elections were held in Gibraltar on 16 January 1992. They were won by the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party led by Joe Bossano, whose candidates took 73.1% of the popular vote and eight of the 15 contested seats, retaining control of the Gibraltar House of Assembly.

Campaign

=Slogans=

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!colspan=2|Party

! Slogan

bgcolor="{{party color|Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party}}" |

| Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party

| "Gibraltar 2000"

bgcolor="{{party color|Gibraltar Social Democrats}}" |

| Gibraltar Social Democrats

|

bgcolor="{{party color|Liberal Party of Gibraltar}}" |

| Gibraltar National Party

|

Results

{{Election results

|party1=Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party|votes1=65997|seats1=8|sc1=0

|party2=Gibraltar Social Democrats|votes2=18263|seats2=7|sc2=New

|party3=Gibraltar National Party|votes3=4209|seats3=0|sc3=New

|party4=Independent AACR|votes4=1847|seats4=0|sc4=0

|total_sc=0

|totalvotes=12244

|electorate=17087

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120716135124/http://www.gib.gi/election/ Gibraltar Elections], [https://www.parliament.gi/uploads/docs/elections/2013/results/GibratarParliamentBy-Election.pdf Parliament]

}}

=By candidate=

The first fifteen candidates were elected to the House of Assembly.

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!Candidate

!Party

!Votes

BOSSANO, Joseph John

|Socialist Labour Party

|9,228

BALDACHINO, Joseph Louis

|Socialist Labour Party

|8,527

PEREZ, Juan Carlos

|Socialist Labour Party

|8,188

MOR, Robert

|Socialist Labour Party

|8,135

FEETHAM, Michael Alfred

|Socialist Labour Party

|8,107

MONTEGRIFFO, Maria Isabel

|Socialist Labour Party

|8,089

MOSS, Joseph Louis

|Socialist Labour Party

|7,986

PILCHER, Joseph Ernest

|Socialist Labour Party

|7,737

CARUANA, Peter Richard

|Social Democrats

|3,065

VASQUEZ, Freddie

|Social Democrats

|2,354

CORBY, Hubert Alfred

|Social Democrats

|2,323

BRITTO, Ernest Michael

|Social Democrats

|2,306

CUMMING, Peter

|Social Democrats

|2,187

FRANCIS, Lewis Henry

|Social Democrats

|2,167

RAMAGGE, Maurice

|Social Democrats

|1,945

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OCANA, Louis

|Social Democrats

|1,916

VALARINO, Reginald G.

|Independent AACR

|1,847

GARCIA, Joe

|National Party

|944

GARCIA, Joseph John

|National Party

|771

AZOPARDI, Keith

|National Party

|765

CULATTO, Charles James

|National Party

|452

BORDA, Paul Christopher James

|National Party

|443

ARMSTRONG-EMERY, Lyana Patricia

|National Party

|423

FERRO, James

|National Party

|411

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