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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]
Candidates in bold were elected. Candidates in italic were incumbents.
| Camp result [2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| 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 result [2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| 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 | ||||
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