THE Isle of Man went to the polls for the General Election on September 29.

Voters across the Island turned out to vote for their preferred candidates in 15 constituencies around the Island. 

64 candidates stood for election including 24 who were standing for re-election.

Constituents in Castletown and Michael were guaranteed to have new political representation as both Tony Brown and David Cannan signaled their retirement from politics.

This new representation came in the form of Richard Ronan for Castletown and Alf Cannan, David Cannan's son, for Michael.

Three government ministers lost their seats on election night. Anne Craine lost her Ramsey seat – being pipped to the post by Allan Bell and Leonard Singer.

She described the result as "difficult" but said she had no regrets. She explained: "It is difficult obviously. I don't believe I was complacent. I have worked extremely hard but I was beaten fairly and squarely.

"I have had a wonderful time serving Ramsey and the Isle of Man over the last eight years. I would like to think I have held office well. I'm confident that Leonard and Allan will take the Island forward."

Adrian Earnshaw lost his seat in Onchan – losing out to David Quirk, who retained his seat, and Liberal Vannin candidates Peter Karran and Zac Hall.

In Middle Martyn Quayle was also a casualty of the night. He lost out to Howard Quayle who is a former president of the Manx National Farmers' Union.

Backbenchers Bill Malarkey standing in Douglas South and Quintin Gill standing in Rushen were not re-elected.

Bill Malarkey lost out to Liberal Vannin's Kate Beecroft while Quintin Gill was forced to move aside in place of Laurence Skelly.

There was no change for constituents in Douglas West, Douglas East, Douglas North, Peel, Garff, Glenfaba, Malew and Santon and Ayre.

A General Election takes place in the Isle of Man every five years.

For the full General Election results click here.

Update: The Island's new MHKs were officially sworn in in October. For more on this click here.

This story is part of isleofman.com's Review of the Year 2011.