1989 Falkland Islands general election

The Falkland Islands general election of 1989 was held on Thursday 12 October 1989 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Eight Councillors were elected through universal suffrage using block voting, four from each constituency (Camp and Stanley).

Three candidates stood for the Desire the Right Party, one of the only political parties in the history of the Falkland Islands which normally acts as a non-partisan democracy, however none of the party's candidates were elected. ^[1]

Results

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

Camp constituency

Camp result [2]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Nonpartisan	Bill Luxton	239	24.4	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Norma Edwards	197	20.1	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Ron Binnie	169	17.2	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Kevin Kilmartin	151	15.4	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Eric Goss	143	14.6	N/A
	Desire the Right	Ann Robertson	64	6.5	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Fred Clark	17	1.7	N/A
Turnout			980

Stanley constituency

Stanley result [2]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Nonpartisan	Harold Rowlands	386	18.1	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Terry Peck	381	17.9	+10.4
	Nonpartisan	Gavin Short	280	13.1	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Gerrard "Fred" Robson	262	12.3	N/A
	Nonpartisan	John Cheek	202	9.5	−1.6
	Nonpartisan	Wendy Teggart	161	7.6	N/A
	Nonpartisan	John Halford	145	6.8	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Christel Mercer	103	4.8	N/A
	Desire the Right	Mike Rendell	95	4.5	N/A
	Desire the Right	Tim Miller	58	2.7	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Dave Eynon	57	2.7	N/A
Turnout			2130

References

1. The Europa World Year Book 2004 - Volume II. Taylor & Francis Group. 29 July 2004. p. 4461. ISBN   9781857432558 . Retrieved 3 May 2014.
2. "Penguin News". Jane Cameron National Archives. 13 October 1989.