2021_Falkland_Islands_general_election
The Falkland Islands general election of 2021 was held on Thursday 4 November 2021 to elect all eight members of the Legislative Assembly (five from the Stanley constituency and three from the Camp constituency) through universal suffrage using block voting, with the Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands acting as returning officer. It was the fourth election since the new Constitution came into force replacing the Legislative Council (which had existed since 1845) with the Legislative Assembly.
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Under the Constitution of the Falkland Islands, the Legislative Assembly must be dissolved four years after the first meeting of the Legislative Assembly following the last election (unless the Executive Council advises the Governor to dissolve the Legislative Assembly sooner). An election must then take place within 70 days of the dissolution.[1]
As first meeting of the current Legislative Assembly took place on 13 November 2017,[2] the Legislative Assembly must be dissolved by midnight on 12 November 2021 and an election must take place before 21 January 2022. However, on 25 August 2021, the Executive Council announced that an early general election would take place on 4 November 2021.[3]
| Date | Event |
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| Wednesday 25 August | The Executive Council recommends an election take place on 4 November 2021 |
| Friday 24 September | Dissolution of Legislative Assembly and appointment of election date made by proclamation.[4] Notice of Election Published. Period for nominations opens. |
| Friday 15 October | Nominations close. |
| Thursday 21 October | List of candidates published. |
| Thursday 4 November | Polling day. Count of votes and announcement of results. |
Incumbent members are in italics.
Stanley constituency
| Stanley[5][6] | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| Nonpartisan | Leona Vidal Roberts | 839 | 17.69% |  4.83pp | |
| Nonpartisan | Roger Spink | 691 | 14.57% |  0.41pp | |
| Nonpartisan | Pete Biggs | 570 | 12.02% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark Pollard | 550 | 11.60% | 0.69pp | |
| Nonpartisan | Gavin Short | 486 | 10.25% | 1.46pp | |
| Nonpartisan | Stacy Bragger | 484 | 10.20% | 0.75pp | |
| Nonpartisan | Gary Webb | 362 | 7.63% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Emma Brook | 351 | 7.40% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Chris Locke | 192 | 4.05% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | June Besley-Clark | 120 | 2.53% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Zane Hirtle | 94 | 1.98% | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 4.739 | 99.92% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.08% | |||
| Turnout | 4.743 | 100% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
Camp constituency
| Camp[7][6] | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| Nonpartisan | Teslyn Barkman | 184 | 34.33% | 8.87 pp | |
| Nonpartisan | Ian Hansen | 126 | 23.51% | 3.78 pp | |
| Nonpartisan | John Birmingham | 122 | 22.76% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Ana Crowie | 102 | 19.03% | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 534 | 99.63% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.37% | |||
| Turnout | 536 | 100% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
- "Official text of the Falkland Islands Constitution Order 2008" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
33.—(1) A general election shall be held at such time after every dissolution of the Legislative Assembly as the Governor shall appoint by proclamation published in the Gazette; but the date so appointed shall not be more than 70 days after the date of dissolution... (2) The Governor shall dissolve the Legislative Assembly at the expiration of four years from the date when the Assembly first meets after any general election, unless it has been sooner dissolved.
- "Falkland Islands Elects New Legislative Assembly". MercoPress. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- "Executive Council paper 155/21". fig.gov.fk. Falkland Islands Government. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- "Falklands governor dissolves the Legislative Assembly and tries a cueca on a crutch". MercoPress. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- "Falklands election: manifestos of candidates for Stanley's five benches". MercoPress. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- "ELECTION OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS 2021". www.fig.gov.fk. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- "Falklands election: manifestos of the four Camp candidates". MercoPress. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
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