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General elections were due to be held in Sark on 16 December 2020 and will serve for 4 years, until December 2024. [1]
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General elections were due to be held in Sark on 16 December 2020 and will serve for 4 years, until December 2024. [1]
The 28 members of the Chief Pleas are elected via plurality block voting for four-year terms in two tranches. The 2020 election was held to replace nine members who had been elected with the four-year term beginning in 2016.
Only six candidates vied and were elected unopposed for the nine available seats, meaning a further election needed to be held to elect the three seats that remained vacant. Until the second election was held on 3 March 2021, three members were appointed interim Conseillers. However, at the second election, only two candidates stood and were elected unopposed to fill the three vacancies, meaning there was one remaining.[ needs update? ]
Sark is a part of the Channel Islands in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, France. It is a royal fief, which forms part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, with its own set of laws based on Norman law and its own parliament. It has a population of about 500. Sark has an area of 2.10 square miles (5.44 km2). Little Sark is a peninsula joined by a natural but high and very narrow isthmus to the rest of Sark Island.
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General elections were due to be held in Sark on 10 December 2014. However, only 16 candidates nominated for the 16 seats in the Chief Pleas, meaning that all were elected unopposed, without a public vote being required.
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