2021 Saint Helena general election
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{{Politics of Saint Helena}}
General elections were held in Saint Helena on 13 October 2021 to elect the 12 members of the Legislative Council. They were the first elections after a March 2021 referendum on changing the governance system of Saint Helena from a committee system to a ministerial system. Following the election, the island's first Chief Minister, Julie Thomas, was elected by members of the Legislative Council on its first session on 25 October.[https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2021/news/inaugural-meeting-of-legislative-council-monday-25-october-2021/ Inaugural Meeting Of Legislative Council – Monday, 25 October 2021] Government of Saint Helena[https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2021/press-releases/inaugural-meeting-of-legislative-council-councillor-julie-thomas-elected-as-chief-minister/ Inaugural Meeting of Legislative Council – Councillor Julie Thomas elected as Chief Minister] Government of Saint Helena
Electoral system
The 12 seats in the Legislative Council were elected by plurality-at-large voting, with voters allowed to cast up to 12 votes.[http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/general-election-2017-6/ General election 2017] St Helena Government, 25 July 2017 There are no registered political parties, so all candidates ran as independents.
Results
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|cand1=Julie Thomas|votes1=888|sc1=Elected|rcolor1=#dbffdb
|cand2=Andrew James Turner|votes2=834|sc2=Elected|rcolor2=#dbffdb
|cand3=Corinda Sebastiana Stuart Essex|votes3=827|sc3=Re-elected|rcolor3=#dbffdb
|cand4=Martin Dave Henry|votes4=750|sc4=Elected|rcolor4=#dbffdb
|cand5=Jeffrey Robert Ellick|votes5=688|sc5=Re-elected{{efn|Ellick was elected in a November 2019 by-election.[https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2019/press-releases/jeffrey-ellick-elected-as-member-of-the-legislative-council/ Jeffrey Ellick Elected as Member of the Legislative Council] St Helena Government, 28 November 2019}}|rcolor5=#dbffdb
|cand6=Ronald Arthur Coleman|votes6=678|sc6=Elected|rcolor6=#dbffdb
|cand7=Karl Gavin Thrower|votes7=611|sc7=Elected|rcolor7=#dbffdb
|cand8=Gillian Ann Brooks|votes8=561|sc8=Elected|rcolor8=#dbffdb
|cand9=Mark Alan Brooks|votes9=533|sc9=Elected|rcolor9=#dbffdb
|cand10=Christine Scipio-O'Dean|votes10=532|sc10=Re-elected|rcolor10=#dbffdb
|cand11=Robert Charles Midwinter|votes11=485|sc11=Elected|rcolor11=#dbffdb
|cand12=Rosemary June Bargo|votes12=456|sc12=Elected|rcolor12=#dbffdb
|cand13=Russell Keith Yon|votes13=450|sc13=Unseated
|cand14=Peter Anthony Young|votes14=410
|cand15=Derek Franklin Thomas|votes15=394|sc15=Unseated
|cand16=Paul Laban|votes16=376
|cand17=Clint Richard Beard|votes17=369|sc17=Unseated
|cand18=Melissa Kim Fowler|votes18=368
|cand19=Keith Gordon Brinsden|votes19=315
|cand20=Helene Virginia Williams|votes20=308
|cand21=Cruyff Gerard Buckley|votes21=299|sc21=Unseated
|cand22=Gavin George Ellick|votes22=279|sc22=Unseated
|cand23=Leslie Paul Baldwin|votes23=260
|cand24=Julie Christine Fowler|votes24=194
|cand25=Damien Shaun Thomas|votes25=187
|cand26=Lionel George Williams|votes26=67
|cand27=Elizabeth Knipe|votes27=65
|cand28=Donald Eric Thomas|votes28=65
|cand29=Patrick Arthur Williams|votes29=40
|divisor=1296
|valid=1296
|invalid=5
|electorate=2162
|source=[https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2021/news/general-election-2021-the-results/ St Helena Government], [https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/EX-GAZ-No-94-Register-of-Electors-August-2021.pdf St Helena Government]
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