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General elections were held in Jersey in 2005 to elect both Senators and Deputies to the States Assembly.
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29 of the 53 seats in the States Assembly | ||
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General elections were held in Jersey in 2005 to elect both Senators and Deputies to the States Assembly.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes | |
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| Stuart Syvret | Independent | 15,131 | 13.12 | Elected | |
| Ben Shenton | Independent | 14,025 | 12.16 | Elected | |
| Freddie Cohen | Independent | 13,704 | 11.88 | Elected | |
| Terry Le Main | Independent | 12,159 | 10.54 | Elected | |
| Terry Le Sueur | Independent | 9,976 | 8.65 | Elected | |
| Jim Perchard | Independent | 8,998 | 7.80 | Elected | |
| Jerry Dorey | Independent | 6,693 | 5.80 | ||
| Roy Travert | Independent | 6,256 | 5.43 | ||
| Paul Le Claire | Centre Party | 5,413 | 4.69 | ||
| Denise Carroll | Jersey Democratic Alliance | 5,081 | 4.41 | ||
| Kevin C. Lewis | Centre Party | 5,028 | 4.36 | ||
| Guy de Faye | Independent | 4,994 | 4.33 | ||
| Geoff Southern | Jersey Democratic Alliance | 4,720 | 4.09 | ||
| Roger Bisson | Independent | 2,009 | 1.74 | ||
| Gino Risoli | Independent | 1,127 | 0.98 | ||
| Source: [1] | |||||
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes |
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| Grouville | Carolyn Labey | — | — | Elected unopposed |
| St. Brelade 1 | Sarah Ferguson | 605 | 72.28 | Elected |
| Peter Le Maistre | 232 | 27.72 | ||
| St. Brelade 2 | Sean Power | 799 | 22.20 | Elected |
| Peter Troy | 737 | 20.48 | Elected | |
| Stephen Pallett | 667 | 18.53 | ||
| Julian Bernstein | 462 | 12.84 | ||
| Jeffrey Hathaway | 419 | 11.64 | ||
| Jane Wakeham | 291 | 8.09 | ||
| Thomas Jordan | 224 | 6.22 | ||
| St. Clement | Gerard Baudains | 974 | 37.83 | Elected |
| Ian Gorst | 930 | 36.12 | Elected | |
| Michael Taylor | 671 | 26.06 | ||
| St. Helier 1 | Paul Le Claire | 644 | 23.51 | Elected |
| Judith Martin | 628 | 22.93 | Elected | |
| Patrick J. D. Ryan | 605 | 22.09 | Elected | |
| Jerry Dorsey | 598 | 21.83 | ||
| Christopher Whitworth | 264 | 9.64 | ||
| St. Helier 2 | Shona Pitman | 625 | 22.35 | Elected |
| Geoff Southern | 547 | 19.56 | Elected | |
| Alan J. H. Maclean | 434 | 15.52 | Elected | |
| Roy Travert | 398 | 14.23 | ||
| Peter Pearce | 288 | 10.30 | ||
| Peter Tabb | 285 | 10.19 | ||
| Stephen Beddoe | 220 | 7.87 | ||
| Robert Bisson | 187 | 6.69 | ||
| Adrian Walsh | 122 | 4.36 | ||
| St. Helier 3 | Jacqueline Hilton | 1,417 | 21.43 | Elected |
| Jacqueline Huet | 1,285 | 19.43 | Elected | |
| Ben Fox | 1,144 | 17.30 | Elected | |
| Guy de Faye | 836 | 12.64 | Elected | |
| Denise Carroll | 786 | 11.89 | ||
| Barry Shelton | 685 | 10.36 | ||
| Darius J. Pearce | 459 | 6.94 | ||
| St. John | Andrew Lewis | 524 | 47.72 | Elected |
| Christopher Taylor | 290 | 26.41 | ||
| Michael Cotillard | 284 | 25.87 | ||
| St. Lawrence | John Le Fondre | 1,000 | 42.02 | Elected |
| Deidre Mezbourian | 610 | 25.63 | Elected | |
| Hugh Gill | 435 | 18.28 | ||
| Julian Corbet | 335 | 14.08 | ||
| St. Martin | Bob Hill | — | — | Elected unopposed |
| St. Mary | Juliette Gallichan | 428 | 81.37 | Elected |
| David Richardson | 98 | 18.63 | ||
| St. Ouen | James Reed | — | — | Elected unopposed |
| St. Peter | Colin Egre | — | — | Elected unopposed |
| St. Saviour 1 | Robert Duhamel | 622 | 39.82 | Elected |
| Celia Scott Warren | 551 | 35.28 | Elected | |
| Patrick Corker | 389 | 24.90 | ||
| St. Saviour 2 | Alan Breckon | 508 | 35.65 | Elected |
| Kevin Lewis | 348 | 24.42 | Elected | |
| Huw Shepheard | 235 | 16.49 | ||
| Stewart Le Breton | 215 | 15.09 | ||
| Rosemary Pestana | 119 | 8.35 | ||
| St. Saviour 3 | Roy Le Herissier | — | — | Elected unopposed |
| Trinity | Anne Pryke | — | — | Elected unopposed |
| Source: [2] | ||||
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