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  • Parliamentary election

    2028 Isle of Man Legislative Council election

    Date to be announcedFour elected seats in the Legislative Council

    Indirect election: chosen by Members of the House of Keys, not by a public vote.

    Date expectedIndirect

How Isle of Man is governed

System of government
Self-governing British Crown Dependency with a parliamentary representative democracy

consult.gov.im Official source

No – not compulsory

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

elections.gov.im Official source

Every year the Crown and Elections Unit, on behalf of the Electoral Registration Officer, must publish a full and updated register of electors

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Head of state
Lord of Mann

elections.gov.im Official source

Every year the Crown and Elections Unit, on behalf of the Electoral Registration Officer, must publish a full and updated register of electors.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

gov.im Official source

The Island is a self-governing British Crown Dependency with its own parliament, government and laws.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Head of government
Chief Minister

elections.gov.im Official source

Every year the Crown and Elections Unit, on behalf of the Electoral Registration Officer, must publish a full and updated register of electors.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

gov.im Official source

The Island is a self-governing British Crown Dependency with its own parliament, government and laws.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Voting age
16

elections.gov.im Official source

Every year the Crown and Elections Unit, on behalf of the Electoral Registration Officer, must publish a full and updated register of electors.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

gov.im Official source

The Island is a self-governing British Crown Dependency with its own parliament, government and laws.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Compulsory voting
No

elections.gov.im Official source

Every year the Crown and Elections Unit, on behalf of the Electoral Registration Officer, must publish a full and updated register of electors.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

gov.im Official source

The Island is a self-governing British Crown Dependency with its own parliament, government and laws.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Electoral authority
Crown and Elections Unit, Isle of Man Government, acting on behalf of the Electoral Registration Officer

elections.gov.im Official source

Every year the Crown and Elections Unit, on behalf of the Electoral Registration Officer, must publish a full and updated register of electors.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

gov.im Official source

The Island is a self-governing British Crown Dependency with its own parliament, government and laws.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Legislature

consult.gov.im Official source

No – not compulsory

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

elections.gov.im Official source

Every year the Crown and Elections Unit, on behalf of the Electoral Registration Officer, must publish a full and updated register of electors

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

  • House of Keys 24 seats · 5-year term · Plurality-at-large in 12 two-member constituencies; each elector selects two candidates
  • Legislative Council 11 seats · 5-year term · Eight members elected by the House of Keys; the President of Tynwald, Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, and Attorney General are ex officio members

The monarch, as Lord of Mann, is the head of state and is represented by the Lieutenant Governor; neither office is nationally elected. The Chief Minister is elected by and from the House of Keys after a general election, while the Legislative Council is not directly elected. House of Keys general elections are held every five years.

consult.gov.im Official source

No – not compulsory

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

elections.gov.im Official source

Every year the Crown and Elections Unit, on behalf of the Electoral Registration Officer, must publish a full and updated register of electors

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Past elections

Newest first. Results are as the sources published them.

Results

The latest elections with a result table. Provisional figures can change until the count is certified.

2021 Manx general election

Final resultsTurnout 50.8%

Seats won: all 4 lines, as in the table
Results of 2021 Manx general election
Party or candidateVotesShareSeatsSource
Independents Elected50,80686.2%21

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered voters/turnout | 64,744 | 50.80

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Manx Labour Party Elected3,0065.1%2

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered voters/turnout | 64,744 | 50.80

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Liberal Vannin Party Elected3,1385.3%1

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered voters/turnout | 64,744 | 50.80

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Isle of Man Green Party1,9643.3%0

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered voters/turnout | 64,744 | 50.80

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

2016 Manx general election · 22 September 2016

Final resultsTurnout 53%

Results of 2016 Manx general election
Party or candidateVotesShareSeatsSource
Independents Elected52,20292.3%21

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered voters/turnout | 59,963 | 52.96

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Liberal Vannin Party Elected3,5976.4%3

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered voters/turnout | 59,963 | 52.96

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Manx Labour Party7731.4%0

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered voters/turnout | 59,963 | 52.96

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Open 2016 Manx general election

Isle of Man in numbers

From the World Bank, each with the year it is from.

Sources

Every fact above links to the page it came from. Last checked 8 October 2026 (UTC).

Contains information from Wikipedia (wikipedia.org), available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence (CC BY-SA 4.0). It is cited for facts; its text is not copied.

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