Gibraltar has stated this in the poll sharp political divisions which has left behind the coronavirus pandemic – the cause of huge public debt – and the delay of the Brexit agreement seven years after the referendum that led to the EU’s exit.

Although a coalition between the Labor Party and the Gibraltar Liberal Party saved the situation with a narrow victory that made this possible Fabian Picardo leading the government for a fourth consecutive term, the remaining picture of the voting results is of a society divided between those who voted for the changes brought about by the social democrats (48.2% of voters) and those who persisted in their choice. return to projects that started in December 2011, almost twelve years ago (49.9%).

Picardo does not plan to run in this election. He stated that he decided to do so to show his face and give Gibraltarians an opportunity to judge his management: “You have the right to get me out oh support me.” It is now clear that the people who support him are in the majority, but only a small number, as the number of those who want him to leave has tripled in the last four years, which has driven the enormous, but insufficient, growth experienced by the GSD. .(Gibraltar Social Democrats).

In Gibraltar, each party’s votes are not counted, but rather the votes received by each candidate member. The 17 people who got the most results were those who got inside seats Parliament and elect the chief minister. This Thursday, the alliance candidate received 89,941 votes, 6,819 votes less than four years ago. Thus, nine members of the Labor and Liberal parties will sit in the assembly.

But change The most radical occurred in the GSD, which in 2019 received 26,768 votes, representing 26.6% of the electorate. Now it has reached 86,537 (which was previously mentioned at 48.2%), meaning an increase of 59,769. The increase was almost 90%, but this allowed him to go from six MPs to eight. Although never before in Parliament If a situation like this had occurred, then it would not be enough to take over the Batu Government.

Social Democratic Leader, Keith Azopardi, has increased from 4,711 votes from Gibraltarians in the previous election to 9,607, or slightly more than double. If he was then the person with the 14th most votes, this time he was third, behind only Picardo and the liberal leaders Joseph GarciaDeputy Chief Minister in the previous period.

The GSD leader pointed to the complexity of the election campaign and the lengthy recount. He defended that voters had attracted “a deeply divided political landscape” and we must reflect on this because Gibraltar has important problems that must be addressed. After congratulating Fabián Picardo and the Government as a whole, he offered his party’s support “in all matters of public interest”.

This case is growing popularity de García had been one of the reasons for the alliance’s victory. The historian and politician for the first time even surpassed Picardo in favor of the Gibraltarians with 9,852 votes to 9,844 votes”friends in politics“, as defined by the leader of the joint candidacy a few hours ago.

Independent Social Democrat Robert Vasquez Obtained with 3,262 votes.

On Thursday, October 12, they exercised their right to vote 19,256 Gibraltarians (valid votes, 18,784, and invalid votes, 472), representing 76.41% of the total census (updated by Parliament in connection with the census offered on election night at the close of polling stations), which was established in 25,200 voters. Four years ago, in 2019 to be precise, the participation percentage was 70.84%.

Picardo has made it clear that he will not invite Azopardi to accompany him there Brexit talks as he considered it “soft” towards Spain and supported the creation of the Andorra model in Batu which would have seen the colony have two heads of state, something he rejected. It didn’t help that the social democrats abandoned this idea years ago.

The fact is that the re-elected chief minister will have to wait Government in Spain so that negotiations between the parties can resume European Commission and UKwho even said that they were only 0.1% away from completing it successfully.