1980 Gibraltar General Election
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on 6 February 1980. The result was a victory for the
Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights The Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights (AACR) was a political party in Gibraltar. History The AACR was established in 1942 by Joshua Hassan and Albert Risso, and sought to protect the interests of families evacuated during World Wa ...
, which won eight of the 15 seats in the
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.Vincent E. McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p327


Electoral system

The electoral system for the House of Assembly allowed each voter to vote for up to eight candidates.McHale, p322


Results


References

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