2001 Falkland Islands general election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2001 Falkland Islands general election
| country = Falkland Islands
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| election_date = {{Start date|2001|11|22|df=yes}}
| previous_election = 1997 Falkland Islands general election
| previous_year = 1997
| next_election = 2005 Falkland Islands general election
| next_year = 2005
| seats_for_election = All 8 members to the Legislative Council
| party1 = Nonpartisan politician
| seats1 = 8
}}
{{Politics of the Falkland Islands}}
The Falkland Islands general election of 2001 was held on Thursday 22 November 2001 to elect members to the Legislative Council through universal suffrage using block voting.{{cite news |title=A General Election will be held in the Falklands on 22 November. |url=http://en.mercopress.com/2001/11/17/a-general-election-will-be-held-in-the-falklands-on-22-november |newspaper=MercoPress |date=17 November 2001 |access-date=26 June 2011}} Chief Executive Michael Blanch acted as Chief Counting Officer.{{cite web|url=http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=1333&source=7 |title=Falklands Election Results in Mixed Bag for Stanley and Predictable Outcome for Camp |author = J. Brock |publisher=The Falklands News Network |date=22 November 2001 |access-date=2011-06-26}}
The election took place on the same day as the referendum on merging Stanley and the Camp into a single electoral constituency elected by proportional representation.
At the start of the campaign the Democratic Association, one of the only political parties in the history of the Falkland Islands, had suggested it would field as many as eight candidates. However, all candidates in the election stood as nonpartisans. The Democratic Association strongly opposed the 1999 Treaty allowing Argentine Nationals to visit the Falklands.{{cite news |title=Falklands General Election planned for late November. |url=http://en.mercopress.com/2000/12/21/falklands-general-election-planned-for-late-november |newspaper=MercoPress |date=21 December 2000|access-date=6 May 2014}}
Election results
=Stanley constituency=
{{Election box begin for list| title= Stanley result}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan candidate
|candidate = Michael Summers 16px
|votes = 541
|percentage = 16.89
|change = -0.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan candidate
|candidate = Stephen Luxton 16px
|votes = 407
|percentage = 12.70
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan candidate
|candidate = John Birmingham 16px
|votes = 405
|percentage = 12.64
|change = -1.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan candidate
|votes = 356
|percentage = 11.11
|change = -8.09
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan candidate
|candidate = Richard Cockwell 16px
|votes = 334
|percentage = 10.42
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan candidate
|candidate = Eric Goss
|votes = 291
|percentage = 9.08
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan candidate
|candidate = Ian Doherty
|votes = 283
|percentage = 8.83
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan candidate
|candidate = Sharon Halford
|votes = 231
|percentage = 7.21
|change = -6.59
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan candidate
|candidate = June Besley-Clark
|votes = 135
|percentage = 4.21
|change = -0.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan candidate
|candidate = Rod Tuckwood
|votes = 120
|percentage = 3.75
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan candidate
|candidate = Kevin Ormond
|votes = 101
|percentage = 3.15
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 823
|percentage = 68.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Camp constituency =
{{Election box begin for list| title= Camp result}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Nonpartisan politician|candidate=Norma Edwards 16px|votes=179|percentage=26.56|change=+2.36}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Nonpartisan politician|candidate=Roger Edwards 16px|votes=168|percentage=24.93|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Nonpartisan politician|candidate=Philip Miller 16px|votes=92|percentage=13.65|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Nonpartisan politician|candidate=Ian Hansen|votes=89|percentage=13.20|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Nonpartisan politician|candidate=Richard Stevens|votes=86|percentage=12.76|change=+0.66}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Nonpartisan politician|candidate=Christopher May|votes=38|percentage=5.64|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Nonpartisan politician|candidate=Robin Goodwin|votes=22|percentage=3.26|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=250|percentage=82.2|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
Referendum results
The question posed by the referendum was:{{cite web|url=http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=1045&source=7 |title=Falklands Voters Polled on Single Constituency |author = J. Brock |publisher=The Falklands News Network |date=24 August 2001 |access-date=2011-06-26}}
{{blockquote|Do you agree that there should be a SINGLE CONSTITUENCY for the Falkland Islands, with a new voting system for proportional representation?}}
{{Referendum
| title = Falkland Islands electoral boundary referendum, 2001
| yes = 456
| yespct = 43.35
| no = 596
| nopct = 56.65
| validpct = 98.50
| turnoutpct = 71.11
| valid = 1052
| invalid = 16
| invalidpct = 1.50
| electorate = 1502
| total = 1068
}}
=Results by constituency=
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Falkland Islands elections}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Falkland Islands general election, 2001}}
Category:2001 elections in South America
Category:Non-partisan elections