1993 Falkland Islands general election

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The Falkland Islands general election of 1993 was held on Thursday 14 October 1993 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Eight Councillors were elected through universal suffrage using block voting, four from each constituency (Camp and Stanley).

It was the last election in which Desire the Right Party, one of the only political parties in the history of the Falkland Islands, fielded candidates.

Results[]

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

Camp constituency[]

Camp result[1]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Nonpartisan Bill Luxton Symbol confirmed.svg 228 23.0 -1.4
Nonpartisan Eric Goss Symbol confirmed.svg 144 14.5 -0.1
Nonpartisan Norma Edwards Symbol confirmed.svg 136 13.7 -6.4
Nonpartisan Richard Stevens Symbol confirmed.svg 135 13.6 N/A
Nonpartisan Tony Blake 100 10.1 N/A
Nonpartisan Neil Watson 99 10.0 N/A
Nonpartisan Kevin Kilmartin 90 9.1 -6.3
Nonpartisan Ron Binnie 59 6.0 -11.2
Turnout 991

Stanley constituency[]

Stanley result[1]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Nonpartisan Charles Keenleyside Symbol confirmed.svg 456 17.4 N/A
Nonpartisan John Cheek Symbol confirmed.svg 356 13.6 +4.1
Nonpartisan Wendy Teggart Symbol confirmed.svg 245 9.4 +1.8
Nonpartisan Sharon Halford Symbol confirmed.svg 214 8.2 N/A
Nonpartisan John Birmingham 208 8.0 N/A
Nonpartisan Terry Betts 182 7.0 N/A
Nonpartisan Laurie Butler 140 5.4 N/A
Desire the Right Mike Rendell 139 5.3 +0.8
Nonpartisan John Pollard 130 5.0 N/A
Nonpartisan Ben Claxton 125 4.8 N/A
Nonpartisan Gerard Robson 96 3.7 -8.6
Nonpartisan John Halford 89 3.4 -3.4
Nonpartisan Terry Peck 79 3.0 -14.9
Nonpartisan Dave Eynon 61 2.3 -0.4
Nonpartisan Steve Vincent 47 1.8 N/A
Nonpartisan Alex Smith 33 1.3 N/A
Nonpartisan Jennifer Jones 14 0.5 N/A
Turnout 2614

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Penguin News". Jane Cameron National Archives. 16 October 1993. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)


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