1997 Falkland Islands general election

The Falkland Islands general election of 1997 was held on Thursday 9 October 1997 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Eight Councillors were elected through universal suffrage using block voting, five from the Stanley constituency and three from the Camp constituency.

1997 Falkland Islands general election

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All 8 members to the Legislative Council
  Majority party
 
Party Nonpartisan
Seats won 8

It was the first election to take place after a constitutional amendment came into force, which redistributed the representation in the constituencies, giving an additional seat to Stanley and removing one from Camp. The amendment also modified voter eligibility.[1]

Results

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

Stanley constituency

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Stanley result[2]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Nonpartisan Jan Cheek   627 19.2 N/A
Nonpartisan Mike Summers   559 17.1 N/A
Nonpartisan Lewis Clifton   558 17.1 N/A
Nonpartisan John Birmingham   472 14.5 N/A
Nonpartisan Sharon Halford   450 13.8 +5.6
Nonpartisan Ben Claxton 292 8.9 +4.1
Nonpartisan June Besley-Clark 166 5.1 N/A
Nonpartisan A. Jones 98 3.0 N/A
Nonpartisan W. Davies 42 1.3 N/A
Turnout 3264

Camp constituency

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Camp result[2]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Nonpartisan Bill Luxton   203 28.2 +5.2
Nonpartisan Richard Cockwell   182 25.3 N/A
Nonpartisan Norma Edwards   174 24.2 +10.5
Nonpartisan Eric Goss 74 10.3 −4.2
Nonpartisan Richard Stevens 87 12.1 −1.5
Turnout 720

References

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  1. ^ The Falkland Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 1997, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1997, retrieved 3 May 2014
  2. ^ a b "Penguin News". Jane Cameron National Archives. 10 October 1997.