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At stake in this election:

• 8 seats in the Legislative Assembly

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II[i]
• Head of Government: Chief Executive Keith PADGETT
• Assembly: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) has a unicameral Legislative Assembly with 10 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The Queen is hereditary.
• The Chief Executive is appointed by the governor.
• In the Legislative Assembly, 8 members are elected by block vote to serve 4-year terms and 2 members are appointed ex-officio to serve 4-year terms. There are two electoral districts in the Falkland Islands, with 5 members elected in the Stanley Constituency and 3 for the Camp Constituency. The ex-officio members are the Chief Executive and the Financial Secretary.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Independents[ii]

Registered Candidates:[iii]

• Stanley Constituency: Mike Summers (I), Candy Blackley, John Birmingham, Jan Cheek (I), Barry Elsby (I), Lyn Buckland, Gavin Short (I), Faith Felton, Norman Clark and Michael Poole
• Camp Constituency: Roger Edwards (I), Melanie Gilding, Phyl Rendell, Sharon Halford (I) and Ian Hansen (I)

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 2,563 (October 2012)
• Registered Voters: 1,672 (March 2013)