1977 Falkland Islands general election

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The Falkland Islands general election of 1977 was held on Thursday 6 October 1977 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Six Councillors were elected through universal suffrage, one from each constituency.

The election took place just over a year after the last so that the changes to the Legislative Council under the new constitution could be implemented. The new constitution, which came into force under Falkland Islands (Legislative Council) (Amendment) Order 1977,^[1] abolished the remaining appointed members Councillors and increased the number of elected Councillors to six. The constitution also created three new constituencies (Camp, East Stanley and West Stanley) to add to the existing three (Stanley, East Falkland, West Falkland).

Results

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

Camp constituency

Camp result^[2]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Nonpartisan	Timothy John Durose Miller	163	42.7	N/A
	Nonpartisan	William Robert Luxton	159	41.6	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Alan David Cusworth	60	15.7	N/A
Turnout			382

East Falkland constituency

East Falkland^[2]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Nonpartisan	Adrian Bertrand Monk	Uncontested	N/A	N/A

East Stanley constituency

East Stanley result^[2]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Nonpartisan	William Henry	Uncontested	N/A	N/A

Stanley constituency

Stanley result^[2]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Nonpartisan	William Edward Bowles	156	37.3	−2.9
	Nonpartisan	John Edward Cheek	109	26.1	N/A
	Nonpartisan	David Anthony Ryan	102	24.4	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Eddie Anderson	51	12.2	N/A
Turnout			418

West Falkland constituency

West Falkland^[2]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Nonpartisan	Derek Stanley Evans	99	55.3	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Lionel Geoffrey Blake	42	23.5	−34.6
	Nonpartisan	Alan David Cusworth	38	21.2	−20.7
Turnout			179

West Stanley constituency

West Stanley result^[2]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Nonpartisan	Stuart Barrett Wallace	89	44.9	N/A
	Nonpartisan	John Edward Cheek	60	30.3	N/A
	Nonpartisan	David Anthony Ryan	49	24.7	N/A
Turnout			198

References

^ The Falkland Islands (Legislative Council) (Amendment) Order 1977, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1977, retrieved 3 May 2014
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "FI Gazette Vol LXXXVI No.14". Jane Cameron National Archives. 1977.

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