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28 (of the 30) seats in the Chief Pleas | ||||||||||||||||
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 The location of the Bailiwick of Guernsey which includes Sark | ||||||||||||||||
General elections were held in Sark on 10 December 2008, the first elections on the island.
Fifty-seven candidates[1] (12% of the 474 eligible electors) stood for 28 seats in the Chief Pleas. The elected members in the new Chief Pleas were titled Conseillers and replaced the mixed system of elected People's Deputies and ex officio Tenants in the outgoing Chief Pleas. The President of the Chief Pleas continued to be the Seneschal, whose term was extended from three years to life. The Conseillers elected in 2008 served either four or two-year terms. 14 Conseillers elected for two-year terms served until the 2010 election, held in December 2010; while the remainder served four years terms, thus achieving a rolling election cycle. The selection of which Conseillers elected in 2008 were to serve a two-year term or a four-year term was determined by random ballot.[2]
A recount took place on 11 December due to the closeness of the votes for the 28th seat.[3]
- ^ "Sark Election: the candidates". BBC Guernsey. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
- ^ "Sark is getting into". ThisIsGuernsey.com. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
- ^ "Historic election recount ordered". BBC News Online. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.