2011 Gibraltar general election

General elections were held in Gibraltar on 8 December 2011. Two parties, the Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD) and the Progressive Democrative Party (PDP) and an alliance of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) and the Liberal Party of Gibraltar (LPG) each presented a full slate of ten candidates each, making a total of thirty candidates standing for seventeen seats in the Gibraltar Parliament. Members of Parliament in Gibraltar are elected "at-large" in a single electoral area covering the whole territory.

2011 Gibraltar general election
8 December 2011
All 17 seats in the Gibraltar Parliament
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Fabian Picardo Peter Caruana
Party Alliance Social Democrats
Last election 45.49%, 7 seats 49.33%, 10 seats
Seats won 10 7
Seat change 3 3
Popular vote 85,414 81,721
Percentage 48.88% 46.76%
Swing 3.39pp 2.57pp
Chief Minister before election

Peter Caruana
Social Democrats

 Elected Chief Minister

Fabian Picardo
Socialist Labour

Several pre-election polls gave the GSLP an advantage of up to 9% over the governing party, the GSD, while one (that of the Spanish newspaper Area, which published no details and was widely thought to be politically motivated) predicted a GSD win.

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