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2011 Falkland Islands electoral system referendum

Field	Value
date	3 November 2011
country	Falkland Islands
title	Do you want a single constituency for the whole of the Islands?
yes	284
no	405
invalid	0
electorate	1,571

A referendum on reforming the voting system was held in the Falkland Islands on 3 November 2011. Voters were asked "Do you want a single constituency for the whole of the Islands?" Turnout was 70% in Camp and just 39% in Stanley.

Background

Under section 27 of the Falkland Islands Constitution, any change to the constituencies on the islands must be supported in a referendum by at least two-thirds of the vote.

The proposal to create a single constituency for the islands was a response to Camp being heavily over-represented in the Legislative Assembly, electing three of the eight seats (38% of the total), whilst the remaining five seats were elected from Stanley (62.5%).

Originally the two constituencies had had equal representation, but had been changed as the population of Stanley increased. The proposal had already been put to voters in a referendum in 2001, and had been rejected. A second referendum was approved by the Assembly on 26 August 2011 by a vote of four to three.

Results

The question posed by the referendum was:

Results by constituency

Region	No vote	No %	Yes vote	Yes %
Stanley constituency	253	49.8	255	50.2
Camp constituency	152	84.0	29	16.0

References

[http://www.sudd.ch/event.php?lang=en&id=fk012011 Falkland-Inseln, 3. November 2011: Wahl in einem einzigen Wahlkreis] Direct Democracy
Stanley]] it was narrowly approved by 50.2% of voters but in [[Camp (Falkland Islands)
(1 January 2009). "Official text of the Falkland Islands Constitution Order 2008". falklands.gov.fk.

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