2001 Falkland Islands general election

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2001 Falkland Islands general election

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All 8 members to the Legislative Council
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Seats won 8

The Falkland Islands general election of 2001 was held on Thursday 22 November 2001 to elect members to the

Chief Counting Officer.[2]

The election took place on the same day as the referendum on merging Stanley and the Camp into a single electoral constituency elected by proportional representation.

At the start of the campaign the Democratic Association, one of the only

nonpartisans. The Democratic Association strongly opposed the 1999 Treaty allowing Argentine Nationals to visit the Falklands.[3]

Election results

Stanley constituency

Stanley result[2]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Nonpartisan
Michael Summers 541 16.89 -0.21
Nonpartisan
Stephen Luxton 407 12.70 N/A
Nonpartisan
John Birmingham 405 12.64 -1.86
Nonpartisan
Jan Cheek 356 11.11 -8.09
Nonpartisan
Richard Cockwell 334 10.42 N/A
Nonpartisan
Eric Goss 291 9.08 N/A
Nonpartisan
Ian Doherty 283 8.83 N/A
Nonpartisan
Sharon Halford 231 7.21 -6.59
Nonpartisan
June Besley-Clark 135 4.21 -0.89
Nonpartisan
Rod Tuckwood 120 3.75 N/A
Nonpartisan
Kevin Ormond 101 3.15 N/A
Turnout 823 68.7

Camp constituency

Camp result[2]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Nonpartisan
Norma Edwards 179 26.56 +2.36
Nonpartisan
Roger Edwards 168 24.93 N/A
Nonpartisan
Philip Miller 92 13.65 N/A
Nonpartisan
Ian Hansen 89 13.20 N/A
Nonpartisan
Richard Stevens 86 12.76 +0.66
Nonpartisan
Christopher May 38 5.64 N/A
Nonpartisan
Robin Goodwin 22 3.26 N/A
Turnout 250 82.2

Referendum results

The question posed by the referendum was:[4]

Do you agree that there should be a SINGLE CONSTITUENCY for the Falkland Islands, with a new voting system for proportional representation?

Falkland Islands electoral boundary referendum, 2001
Choice Votes %
Referendum failed No 596 56.65
Yes 456 43.35
Valid votes 1052 98.50
Invalid or blank votes 16 1.50
Total votes 1068 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 1502 71.11
Source: [2]

Results by constituency

Region Turnout[2] No vote Yes vote No % Yes %
Stanley Constituency 68.4 409 395 49.9 48.2
Camp Constituency 81.6 187 61 74.8 24.4

References

  1. ^ "A General Election will be held in the Falklands on 22 November". MercoPress. 17 November 2001. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e J. Brock (22 November 2001). "Falklands Election Results in Mixed Bag for Stanley and Predictable Outcome for Camp". The Falklands News Network. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  3. ^ "Falklands General Election planned for late November". MercoPress. 21 December 2000. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  4. ^ J. Brock (24 August 2001). "Falklands Voters Polled on Single Constituency". The Falklands News Network. Retrieved 2011-06-26.