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Stanley is a
constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
of the Legislative Assembly of the
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which has been in existence since the first elections in the Falklands in
1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...
. The constituency of Stanley consists of the area that lies within of the spire of Christ Church Cathedral.Section 6
Electoral Ordinance 1988 (Ordinance No. 21 of 1988)
read with th
Elections (Boundaries of Constituencies) Regulations 1989 (S.R. & O. No. 11 of 1989)
This covers the city of Stanley, which is the largest settlement in the Falklands representing almost 75% of the total population of the islands (excluding military personnel). Stanley is one of two constituencies in the Falklands, the other being
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. The first elections to the
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(the predecessor of the Legislative Assembly) took place in
1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...
and elected two members from Stanley. The number of members was reduced to one at the 1977 election with the implementation of the ''Falkland Islands (Legislative Council) (Amendment) Order 1977''. In 1985 the
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came into force which increased the number of members from Stanley to four, elected through
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. This was increased to five in
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following a constitutional amendment, giving the members from Stanley a majority of the elected seats. In 2009 a new constitution came into force which replaced the Legislative Council with the Legislative Assembly, with all members of the Legislative Council becoming members of the new Legislative Assembly. In referendums in
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,
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
and
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, a proposal was put to the people of the Falklands for the Stanley and Camp constituencies to be abolished and replaced with a single constituency for the entire
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. The proposal was rejected on all three occasions, but in the 2011 and 2020 referendums a majority of voters in Stanley supported the proposal.


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