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 % ±
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 % ±
Nonpartisan Adrian Bertrand Monk Uncontested N/A N/A

East Stanley constituency

East Stanley result[2]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Nonpartisan William Henry Uncontested N/A N/A

Stanley constituency

Stanley result[2]
List Candidates Votes % ±
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 % ±
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 % ±
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

  1. ↑ The Falkland Islands (Legislative Council) (Amendment) Order 1977, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1977, retrieved 3 May 2014
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "FI Gazette Vol LXXXVI No.14". Jane Cameron National Archives. 1977.
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