1956 Gibraltar general election

← 1953

21 September 1956

1959 →

7 seats in the Legislative Council
4 seats needed for a majority

	Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
AACR	Joshua Hassan	48.11	4	+1
Commonwealth	Juan Jose Triay	18.58	1	New
Independents	–	33.31	2	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

President of the Legislative Council before	President of the Legislative Council after
Harold Redman Independent	Harold Redman Independent

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General elections were held in Gibraltar on 21 September 1956. The Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights remained the largest party in the legislature, winning four of the seven elected seats.

Electoral system

The legislature was elected by single transferable vote, with the number of elected seats expanded from five to seven.

The AACR nominated four candidates, while the new Commonwealth Party nominated three. Three candidates ran as independents.


Party		First preferences	%	Seats	+/–
	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	3,546	48.11	4	+1
	Commonwealth Party	1,369	18.58	1	New
	Independents	2,455	33.31	2	0
Total		7,370	100.00	7	+2

Source: Garcia, Parliament

Member	Party
John Alcantara	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights
Joshua Hassan	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights
Peter Isola	Independent
Albert Risso	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights
Abraham Serfaty	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights
Solomon Seruya	Independent
Juan Jose Triay	Commonwealth Party
Source: Garcia, Parliament

Vincent E. McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p327 ISBN 0-313-23804-9
^ Joseph John Garcia (1991) The Modern Political and Constitutional Development of Gibraltar, 1940 – 1988 p119

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