2009 Falkland Islands general election

2009 Falkland Islands general election

← 2005 5 November 2009 (5 November 2009) 2013 →
All 8 members to the legislative assembly
Majority party   Party Nonpartisan Seats won 8

Politics of the Falkland Islands
Constitution Constitution of the Falkland Islands
The Crown Monarch King Charles III
Government Governor Alison Blake Executive Council Chief Executive Andy Keeling Financial secretary Pat Clunie Attorney General Simon Young
Legislature Speaker Keith Biles Constituencies Legislative Council
Judiciary Supreme Court Court of Appeal of the Falkland Islands Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Elections Elections in the Falkland Islands 1949 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1971 1976 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 Next Referendums in the Falkland Islands 1986 2001 2011 2013 2020 By-elections Politicians
Other Sovereignty dispute Outline History
Other countries
v t e

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.

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]

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

Stanley result[4]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Nonpartisan	Dick Sawle	770	17.70	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Gavin Short	590	13.56	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Glenn Ross	491	11.28	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Emma Edwards	474	10.89	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Jan Cheek	452	10.39	+2.37
	Nonpartisan	Mike Summers	402	9.24	−4.66
	Nonpartisan	Eric Goss	252	5.79	−2.25
	Nonpartisan	John Birmingham	250	5.75	−1.24
	Nonpartisan	Norman Clarke	249	5.72	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Jackie Cotter	187	4.30	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Andrea Clausen	139	3.19	−10.39
	Nonpartisan	Janet Robertson	95	2.18	−6.53
Turnout			4,351	75.6

Camp result[5]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Nonpartisan	Roger Edwards	148	23.20	+8.64
	Nonpartisan	Sharon Halford	147	23.04	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Bill Luxton	147	23.04	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Ian Hansen	93	14.58	−15.50
	Nonpartisan	Richard Stevens	57	8.93	−10.43
	Nonpartisan	Clive Wilkinson	46	7.21	N/A
Turnout			638	89.3