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The Falkland Islands general election of 1981 was held on Thursday 1 October 1981 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Six Councillors were elected through universal suffrage, one from each constituency (Camp, East Falkland, East Stanley, West Falkland, West Stanley and Stanley).
Candidates in bold were elected. Candidates in italic were incumbents.
| Camp result [1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| Nonpartisan | Anthony Thomas Blake  | 173 | 50.6 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Timothy John Durose Miller | 126 | 36.8 | -5.9 | |
| Nonpartisan | Alan Charles Miller | 43 | 12.6 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 342 | ||||
| East Falkland result [1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| Nonpartisan | Ronald Eric Binnie | 133 | 64.9 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Brook Hardcastle | 72 | 35.1 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 205 | ||||
| East Stanley result [1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| Nonpartisan | William Henry Goss | 93 | 47.7 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Stuart Barrett Wallace | 43 | 22.1 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Ronald Harris | 37 | 19.0 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Christopher Richard Spall | 22 | 11.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 195 | ||||
| Stanley result [1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| Nonpartisan | Terence John Peck | 110 | 23.3 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | William Edward Bowles | 94 | 19.9 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Stuart Barrett Wallace | 74 | 15.7 | N/A [nb 1] | |
| Nonpartisan | Desmond George Buckley King | 58 | 12.3 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Donald Davidson | 56 | 11.9 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Ronald Harris | 41 | 8.7 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Janet Lynda Cheek | 39 | 8.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 472 | ||||
| West Falkland result [1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| Nonpartisan | Lionel Geoffrey Blake | Uncontested | N/A | N/A | |
| West Stanley result [1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| Nonpartisan | John Edward Cheek | 115 | 42.4 | +12.1 | |
| Nonpartisan | William Edward Bowles | 67 | 24.7 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Desmond George Buckley King | 61 | 22.5 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Graham Leslie Bound | 28 | 10.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 271 | ||||
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