General Election Date Announced

Tuesday, 25 January 2011 11:51

The dates for the House of Keys General Election have been announced.

Every five years the House of Keys is dissolved by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor and a General Election is held to elect new members.

Members of the House of Keys, which is the lower branch of Tynwald, will be directly elected by the people of the Isle of Man on Thursday September 29th.

The nomination day, when the nominations for all candidates are formally handed in, regardless of any previous declaration that they are standing, is the 30th August.

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