TheFalkland Islands general election of 1976 was held in 1976 to elect members to theLegislative Council. Four out of the ten Councillors were elected throughuniversal suffrage, two fromStanley and one each fromEast Falkland andWest Falkland. The election was delayed twice, first in November 1975 when the dissolution of the Legislative Council was postponed by ten weeks to 31 January 1976[1] and then again in January 1976 when it was postponed to 28 February 1976.[2] This was done in the hope that the election would be held under the proposednew constitution and to allow theFalkland Islanders opportunity to study the report of the Select Committee before the election took place. In reality, the new constitution did not come into force until the following year, with the first election under the new constitution taking place inOctober 1977, just 15 months after the last election.
