2000 Gibraltar general election

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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox election

| country = Gibraltar

| type = legislative

| previous_election = 1996 Gibraltar general election

| previous_year = 1996

| next_election = 2003 Gibraltar general election

| next_year = 2003

| seats_for_election = 15 seats in the House of Assembly

| majority_seats = 8

| election_date = 10 February 2000

| image1 = Peter Caruana portrait.jpg

| leader1 = Peter Caruana

| party1 = Gibraltar Social Democrats

| seats1 = 8

| popular_vote1 = 67,443

| percentage1 = 58.35%

| image2 = Joebossano.jpg

| leader2 = Joe Bossano (GSLP)

| party2 = GSLP–Liberal Alliance

| seats2 = 7

| popular_vote2 = 46,896

| percentage2 = 40.57%

| title = Chief Minister

| before_election = Peter Caruana

| before_colour =

| after_election = Peter Caruana

| after_colour =

| before_party = Gibraltar Social Democrats

| after_party = Gibraltar Social Democrats

}}{{Politics of Gibraltar}}

General elections were held in Gibraltar in 2000. They were won by the ruling Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD), which received over 50% of the popular vote and won eight of the fifteen seats.

Party slogans and election logos

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!colspan=2|Party or alliance

!Slogan

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

| "GSD-It Makes Sense"

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

| GSLP/Libs Alliance

| "A new deal for Gibraltar"

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

| Lyana Armstrong-Emery

|

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

| Peter Cumming

|

=Incumbent MPs (from 1996)=

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!colspan=2|Candidate

!Party

!Seeking
re-election?

!Parliamentary role(s)

style="background-color: {{party color|GSD}}" |

|Peter Montegriffo (1988-1991; since 1996)

|No

|Minister for Trade & Industry

style="background-color: {{party color|GSD}}" |

|Peter Caruana (since 1991){{efn|Elected in 1991 by-election after the resignation of former AACR MP and Founder and first GSD Leader, Peter Montegriffo. He had beaten his opponent, AACR's Douglas Henrich (2496 vs 1542 votes).}}

|Yes

|Chief Minister

style="background-color: {{party color|GSD}}" |

|Bernard Linares

|Yes

|Minister for Education, the Disabled, Youth & Consumer Affairs (1996–1999)
Minister for Education, Training, Culture and Youth (1999–2000)

style="background-color: {{party color|GSD}}" |

|Hurbert Corby (since 1992)

|Yes

|Minister for Social Affairs

style="background-color: {{party color|GSD}}" |

|Keith Azopardi

|Yes

|Minister for the Environment and Health

style="background-color: {{party color|GSD}}" |

|Yes

|Minister for Tourism, Commercial Affairs and the Port (1996–1999)
Minister for Tourism and Transport (1999–2000)

style="background-color: {{party color|GSD}}" |

|Ernest Britto (since 1992)

|Yes

| Minister for Government Services and Sport

style="background-color: {{party color|GSD}}" |

|Yes

|Minister for Employment & Training and Buildings & Works

style="background-color: {{party color|GSLP}}" |

|Joe Bossano (since 1972)

GSLP-Liberal Alliance (GSLP) (since 1980)

|Yes

|Leader of the Opposition

style="background-color: {{party color|GSLP}}" |

|Joseph Baldachino (since 1988)

GSLP–Liberal Alliance (GSLP)

|Yes

|Shadow Minister

style="background-color: {{party color|GSLP}}" |

|Maria Montegriffo (since 1984)

GSLP–Liberal Alliance (GSLP)

|Yes

|Shadow Minister

style="background-color: {{party color|GSLP}}" |

GSLP–Liberal Alliance (GSLP)

|No

|Shadow Minister

style="background-color: {{party color|GSLP}}" |

GSLP–Liberal Alliance (GSLP)

|No

|Shadow Minister

style="background-color: {{party color|GSLP}}" |

| Juan Carlos Perez

GSLP–Liberal Alliance (GSLP)

|Yes

|Shadow Minister

style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party of Gibraltar}}" |

|Joseph Garcia{{efn|Elected in 1999 by-election after the death of elected GSLP MP and Shadow Minister & former Mayor of Gibraltar, Robert Mor }}

GSLP–Liberal Alliance (LPG)

|Yes

|Shadow Minister for Tourism and Consumer Affairs (1999–2000)

Results

{{Election results

|party1=Gibraltar Social Democrats|votes1=67443|seats1=8|sc1=0

|party2=GSLP–Liberal Alliance|votes2=46896|seats2=7|sc2=0

|party3=Independents|votes3=1250|seats3=0|sc3=0

|total_sc=0

|totalvotes=14936

|electorate=17874

|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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!#

!Party

!Candidate

!Votes

6

|CARUANA, Peter Richard

|8747

13

|GSD

|LINARES, Bernard Anthony

|8700

2

|GSD

|AZOPARDI, Keith

|8523

12

|GSD

|HOLLIDAY, Joseph John

|8404

5

|GSD

|BRITTO, Ernest Michael

|8361

7

|GSD

|CORBY, Hubert Alfred

|8275

16

|GSD

|NETTO, James Joseph

|8250

10

|GSD

|DEL AGUA, Yvette

|8183

4

|BOSSANO, Joseph John

|6287

11

|GSLP/Liberal

|GARCIA, Joseph John

|5911

3

|GSLP/Liberal

|BALDACHINO, Joseph Louis

|5897

15

|GSLP/Liberal

|MONTEGRIFFO, Maria Isabel

|5813

18

|GSLP/Liberal

|VALARINO, Reginald G

|5808

17

|GSLP/Liberal

|PEREZ, Juan Carlos

|5805

14

|GSLP/Liberal

|LINARES, Steven Ernest

|5727

colspan=4|

9

|GSLP/Liberal

|DARYANANI, Vijay

|5648

1

|ARMSTRONG-EMERY, Lyana Patricia

|645

8

|IND

|CUMMING, Peter Andrew

|605

align=left colspan=4|Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120716135124/http://www.gib.gi/election/ Gibraltar Elections]

=Notes=

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References

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{{Gibraltar elections}}

Category:General elections in Gibraltar

Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results

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