Falkland Islands general election, 2005

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The Falkland Islands general election of 2005 was held on Thursday 17 November 2005 to elect members to the Legislative Council. It would be the last general election in the Falkland Islands before the new constitution came into force, which replaced the Legislative Council with the Legislative Assembly. Chief Executive Chris Simpkins acted as Returning Officer.

Eight Councillors 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.

Results

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

Stanley constituency

Stanley result^[1]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Richard Davies	546	15.91	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Mike Summers	477	13.90	-2.99
	Nonpartisan	Andrea Clausen	466	13.58	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Richard Cockwell	302	8.80	-1.62
	Nonpartisan	Janet Robertson	299	8.71	N/A
	Nonpartisan	John Fowler	276	8.04	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Eric Goss	276	8.04	-1.04
	Nonpartisan	Jan Cheek	275	8.02	-3.09
	Nonpartisan	Mike Forrest	261	7.61	N/A
	Nonpartisan	John Birmingham	240	6.99	-5.65
	Nonpartisan	Philip Middleton	179	5.22	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Kevin Ormond	110	3.21	+0.06
Turnout			3,431	69

Camp constituency

Camp result^[1]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Ian Hansen	188	30.08	+16.88
	Nonpartisan	Michael Rendell	139	22.24	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Richard Stevens	121	19.36	+6.6
	Nonpartisan	Roger Edwards	91	14.56	-10.37
	Nonpartisan	Philip Miller	86	13.76	+0.11
Turnout			625

References

1 2 Brock, J. (17 November 2005). "Falklands: The People Have Spoken". South Atlantic Remote Territories Media Association. Retrieved 2010-07-20.

Elections and referendums in the Falkland Islands

General elections	1949 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1971 1976 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 Next

Referendums	1986 2001 2011 2013

See also: List of Falkland Islands by-elections

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