General elections to the

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were held in

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on 6 December 2008 in accordance with the rules governing

elections in Alderney Elections in Alderney are held for the positions both of President and Member of the States of Alderney. The President of the States of Alderney is directly elected every four years. Half of the ten States Members are elected every two years for ...

. All five elected

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were independents. The results were complicated by the first ever tie in

's electoral history, between

John Beaman John Richard Beaman (born 5 October 1951) was formerly one of the ten States of Alderney Members, and he became the Chairman of the influential Policy and Finance Committee in January 2011. Prior to this, he was the Island’s Representative for ...

and Don Oakden, both with 294 votes. After the drawing of a name from the ballot box by the returning officer, Beaman was elected in fifth place.The Alderney Journal- ‘Allen tops Poll on Dramatic Election Night’
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Results

, - !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top width=400, Candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Votes , - , align=left, Peter Allen (''Elected'') , align="right" , 520 , - , align=left, Boyd Kelly (''Elected'') , align="right" , 409 , - , align=left, Geoffrey Sargent (''Elected'') , align="right" , 376 , - , align=left, Bill Walden (''Elected'') , align="right" , 312 , - , align=left,

(''Elected'') , align="right" , 294 , - , align=left, Don Oakden , align="right" , 294 , - , align=left, Barry Pengilley , align="right" , 220 , - , align=left, Lin Maurice , align="right" , 201 , - , align=left, Lois FitzGerald , align="right" , 199 , - , align=left, Martin Hunt , align="right" , 98 , -

References

External links

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