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

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in the

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since the new constitution came into force on 1 January 2009, which replaced the old Legislative Council with the Legislative Assembly.

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Tim Thorogood acted as Returning Officer. Eight

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were elected through

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using

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, five from the

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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. In total 4,989 votes were cast in the election, relating to a turnout of 1,232 (77.7% of the electorate). As no

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are active on the Islands, all the candidates stood as

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s. The election result was said to be an ' upset' as none of the incumbent MLAs kept their seat.

Results

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

Stanley constituency

Camp constituency

References

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