2009 Falkland Islands general election

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2009 Falkland Islands general election
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  2005 5 November 2009 (5 November 2009) 2013  

All 8 members to the legislative assembly
 Majority party
 
Party Nonpartisan
Seats won8

The Falkland Islands general election of 2009 was held on Thursday 5 November 2009 to elect members to the Legislative Assembly. It was the first general election in the Falkland Islands since the new constitution came into force on 1 January 2009, which replaced the old Legislative Council with the Legislative Assembly. Chief Executive Tim Thorogood acted as Returning Officer.

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Eight MLAs were elected through universal suffrage using block voting, five from the Stanley constituency and three from the Camp constituency. Each elector in Stanley could vote for five candidates, and in Camp each elector could vote for three candidates. [1] In total 4,989 votes were cast in the election, relating to a turnout of 1,232 (77.7% of the electorate). [2] As no political parties are active on the Islands, all the candidates stood as nonpartisans. The election result was said to be an 'upset' as none of the incumbent MLAs kept their seat. [3]

Results

Candidates in bold were elected. Candidates in italic were incumbents.

Stanley constituency

Stanley result [4]
ListCandidatesVotes%±
Nonpartisan Dick Sawle Symbol confirmed.svg 77017.70N/A
Nonpartisan Gavin Short Symbol confirmed.svg 59013.56N/A
Nonpartisan Glenn Ross Symbol confirmed.svg 49111.28N/A
Nonpartisan Emma Edwards Symbol confirmed.svg 47410.89N/A
Nonpartisan Jan Cheek Symbol confirmed.svg 45210.39+2.37
Nonpartisan Mike Summers 4029.24-4.66
Nonpartisan Eric Goss2525.79-2.25
Nonpartisan John Birmingham 2505.75-1.24
Nonpartisan Norman Clarke2495.72N/A
Nonpartisan Jackie Cotter1874.30N/A
Nonpartisan Andrea Clausen 1393.19-10.39
Nonpartisan Janet Robertson 952.18-6.53
Turnout 4,35175.6

Camp constituency

Camp result [5]
ListCandidatesVotes%±
Nonpartisan Roger Edwards Symbol confirmed.svg 14823.20+8.64
Nonpartisan Sharon Halford Symbol confirmed.svg 14723.04N/A
Nonpartisan Bill Luxton Symbol confirmed.svg 14723.04N/A
Nonpartisan Ian Hansen 9314.58-15.50
Nonpartisan Richard Stevens 578.93-10.43
Nonpartisan Clive Wilkinson467.21N/A
Turnout 63889.3

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