Fabian Picardo re-elected as Gibraltar chief minister by a landslide
Socialist incumbent gets 68% of the vote and thanks voters for their “tsunami of support”
The Socialist Fabian Picardo has been re-elected as Gibraltar’s chief minister for another four years.
The candidate for the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party-Liberal Party of Gibraltar alliance (GSLP-GLP) trumped the opposition with 68.03% of the vote in elections held on Thursday.
The ballot was marked by a low turnout of 70% out of 23,278 eligible voters, nearly a 12-point drop from 2011
Opposition leader Daniel Feetham, of the center-right Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD), attracted 31.37% support.
The winner talked about the landslide victory as “a tsunami of support” and said he would work on his campaign pledges with a “humble” attitude, the Efe news agency reported.
The ballot was marked by a low voter turnout of 70% out of 23,278 eligible voters, nearly a 12-point drop from 2011, when Picardo ended then-GSD leader Peter Caruana’s 15-year tenure as chief minister.
English version by Susana Urra.
Tu suscripción se está usando en otro dispositivo
¿Quieres añadir otro usuario a tu suscripción?
Si continúas leyendo en este dispositivo, no se podrá leer en el otro.
FlechaTu suscripción se está usando en otro dispositivo y solo puedes acceder a EL PAÍS desde un dispositivo a la vez.
Si quieres compartir tu cuenta, cambia tu suscripción a la modalidad Premium, así podrás añadir otro usuario. Cada uno accederá con su propia cuenta de email, lo que os permitirá personalizar vuestra experiencia en EL PAÍS.
¿Tienes una suscripción de empresa? Accede aquí para contratar más cuentas.
En el caso de no saber quién está usando tu cuenta, te recomendamos cambiar tu contraseña aquí.
Si decides continuar compartiendo tu cuenta, este mensaje se mostrará en tu dispositivo y en el de la otra persona que está usando tu cuenta de forma indefinida, afectando a tu experiencia de lectura. Puedes consultar aquí los términos y condiciones de la suscripción digital.
Últimas noticias
Russell Tovey: ‘I was advised many times not to come out, I don’t think there was many people who’d done that — and I feel really proud that I’m one of those that did’
Patagonia’s puma population soars thanks to unexpected prey: penguins
Merz tries to replace Macron at the helm of Europe
Indulgence, punishment and family dynamics: Maintaining a healthy relationship with food during the holiday season
Most viewed
- The low-cost creative revolution: How technology is making art accessible to everyone
- Families demand repatriation of bodies of Colombians who died in Ukraine: ‘This war is a slaughterhouse for foreigners’
- Christian Louboutin: ‘Young people don’t want to be like their parents. And if their parents wear sneakers, they’re going to look for something else’
- US sanctions against jailed cartel leader ‘El Marro’ highlight Mexico’s lack of control over its prisons
- Liset Menéndez de la Prida, neuroscientist: ‘It’s not normal to constantly seek pleasure; it’s important to be bored, to be calm’
