1985 Falkland Islands general election

The Falkland Islands general election of 1985 was held on Thursday 3 October 1985 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Eight Councillors were elected through universal suffrage using block voting, four from each constituency (Camp and Stanley).

It was the first election since Falkland Islands Constitution Order 1985 came into force which increased the number of elected Councillors to eight (four from each constituency) and abolished four constituencies (East Falkland, East Stanley, West Falkland and West Stanley).

Results

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

Camp constituency

Camp result[1]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Nonpartisan	Anthony Thomas Blake	Uncontested	N/A	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Lionel Geoffrey Blake	Uncontested	N/A	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Robin Myles Lee	Uncontested	N/A	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Timothy John Durose Miller	Uncontested	N/A	N/A

Stanley constituency

Stanley result[1]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Nonpartisan	Darwin Lewis Clifton	379	21.7	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Charles Desmond Keenleyside, Jr	275	15.8	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Norma Edwards	200	11.5	N/A
	Nonpartisan	John Edward Cheek	193	11.1	N/A[nb 1]
	Nonpartisan	William Edward Bowles	180	10.3	-9.6
	Nonpartisan	Terence Severine Betts	150	8.6	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Terence John Peck	131	7.5	-15.8
	Nonpartisan	Derek Stanley Evans	126	7.2	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Phillip John Middleton	109	6.3	N/A
Turnout			1743

Notes

1. John Edward Cheek was elected as a member for the West Stanley constituency at the previous election

References

1. "FI Gazette LEC/20/8". Jane Cameron National Archives. 1985. Missing or empty |url= (help)