The 2012 Guernsey general election was held on 18 April 2012 to elect 45 members of the
States of Guernsey
The States of Guernsey (french: États de Guernesey), sometimes referred to as the Government of Guernsey, is the parliament and government of the British Crown dependency of Guernsey. Some laws and ordinances approved by the States of Guern ...
. 78 candidates stood for the 45 seats.
A total of 29,745 people, or about two-thirds of the population of Guernsey and Herm, registered to vote. There were 20,459 voters, with 81 blank papers and 65 spoilt papers, amended to 71 blank and 72 spoilt after the two recounts. Only five women were elected in 2012.
There was a
by-election in December 2015 to fill a vacancy in the district of
St Peter Port North.
Results
Election results
Castel
South East
St Peter Port North
St Peter Port South
St Sampson
Vale
West
See also
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Politics of Guernsey
Politics of Guernsey take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic British Crown dependency.
Guernsey has an unwritten constitution arising from the Treaty of Paris (1259). When Henry III and the King of France came to t ...
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Elections in Guernsey
Guernsey elects a legislature at the national level. The islands of Alderney and Sark also elect their own parliaments.
Guernsey
The Guernsey legislature, the States of Deliberation, consists of 38 elected members (known as Deputies) and two rep ...
References
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Elections in Guernsey
2012 elections in Europe
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 ( ...
April 2012 events in Europe