The Falkland Islands general election of 2005 was held on Thursday 17 November 2005 to elect members to the Legislative Council. It would be the last

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in the

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouzet ...

before the new constitution came into force, which replaced the Legislative Council with the Legislative Assembly.

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Chris Simpkins Christopher John Simpkins (born c. 1950) is an English administrator who was Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands from March 2003 to September 2007. The position of Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands is a three-year appointment in the fi ...

acted as

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. Eight

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s were elected through

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using

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, five from the Stanley constituency and three from the

Camp constituency Camp is a constituency of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands which has been in existence since 1977. The constituency of Camp consists of all parts of the territory which lie more than 3.5 miles from the spire of Christ Church Cat ...

. Each elector in Stanley could vote for five candidates, and in Camp each elector could vote for three candidates.

Results

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

Stanley constituency

Camp constituency

References

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General election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

Non-partisan elections 2005 elections in British Overseas Territories November 2005 events in South America