Elections in the Faroe Islands

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The Faroe Islands elects on national level a legislature. The Faroese Parliament (Løgtingið in Faroese) has 33 members of parliament, elected for a four year term by proportional representation. The Faroe Islands have a multi-party system (disputing on independence and unionism as well as left and right), with numerous parties in which a single party normally does not have a chance of gaining power alone, and therefore the parties must work together in order to form a coalition government.

Latest elections

Main article: Faroese parliamentary election, 2011

**Summary of the 29 October 2011 Løgting election results**
Parties		Votes	+/−	%	+/−	Seats	+/−
	Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin)	7,545	+1,016	24.7	+3.7	8	+1
	People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin)	6,882	+642	22.5	+2.4	8	+1
	Republic (Tjóðveldi)	5,584	−1,666	18.3	−5.0	6	−2
	Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin)	5,417	−601	17.7	−1.6	6	±0
	Progress (Framsókn)	1,933	New	6.3	New	2	New
	Centre Party (Miðflokkurin)	1,882	−728	6.2	−2.2	2	−1
	Self-Government Party (Sjálvstýrisflokkurin)	1,289	−995	4.2	−3.0	1	−1
Total (turnout 86.6%)		30,532	−580
Source: Kringvarp Føroya (Faroese)

**Summary of the 19 January 2008 Faroe Løgting election results**
Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Republican Party (Tjfl, Tjóðveldisflokkurin)	7,238	23.3	8
	Union Party (Sbfl, Sambandsflokkurin)	6,521	21.0	7
	People's Party (Flfl, Fólkaflokkurin)	6,233	20.1	7
	Social Democratic Party (Jvfl, Javnaðarflokkurin)	6,016	19.3	6
	Centre Party (Mfl, Miðflokkurin)	2,603	8.4	3
	Self-Government Party (Sjfl, Sjálvstýrisflokkurin)	2,243	7.2	2
	Student's Party (Miðnámsflokkurin)	221	0.7	—
Total (turnout 89.3%)		31,112	100.0	33
Source: uf.fo

Past elections and referendums

Elections and referendums in the Faroe Islands

Løgting elections	1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1943 1945 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1980 1984 1988 1990 1994 1998 2002 2004 2008 2011 2015

Folketing elections	1920 (Apr) 1920 (Jul) 1920 (Sep) 1924 1926 1929 1932 1935 1939 1943 1945 1947 1950 1953 (Apr) 1953 (Sep) 1957 1960 1964 1966 1968 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1984 1987 1988 1990 1994 1998 2001 2005 2007 2011 2015

Referendums	1907 1946 1973 2009

See also: Elections and referendums in Denmark Elections and referendums in Greenland

JF - Social-Democrats (Equality Party)
SF - Union Party (have been in coalition with the Labour Front and the Self-Government Party at some elections)
TF - Republican Party
FF - People's Party
SSF - Self-Government Party
MF - Centre Party
KFF - Christian People's Party
VF - Workers' Movement
F - Progress

1984

JF - 23.4%, 8 MPs
FF - 21.6%, 7 MPs
SF - 21.2%, 7 MPs
TF - 19.5%, 6 MPs
SSF - 8.5%, 2 MPs
KFF - 5.8%, 2 MPs

1988

FF - 23.2%, 8 MPs
JF - 21.6%, 7 MPs
SF - 21.2%, 7 MPs
TF - 16.2%, 6 MPs
SSF - 7.1%, 2 MPs
KFF - 5.5%, 2 MPs
Others - 2.2%, 0 MPs

1990

JF - 27.5%, 10 MPs
FF - 21.9%, 7 MPs
SF - 18.9%, 6 MPs
TF - 14.7%, 4 MPs
SSF - 8.8%, 3 MPs
KFF - 5.9%, 2 MPs
Others - 2.3%, 0 MPs

1994

SF - 23.4%, 8 MPs
FF - 16.0%, 6 MPs
JF - 15.4%, 5 MPs
TF - 13.7%, 4 MPs
VF - 9.5%, 3 MPs
KFF - 6.3%, 2 MPs
MF - 5.8%, 2 MPs
SSF - 5.6%, 2 MPs
Others - 4.3%, 0 MPs

1998

TF - 23.8%, 8 MPs
JF - 21.9%, 7 MPs
FF - 21.3%, 8 MPs
SF - 18.0%, 6 MPs
SSF - 7.7%, 2 MPs
MF - 4.1%, 1 MPs
KFF - 2.5%, 0 MPs
VF - 0.8%, 0 MPs
Others - 0.8%, 0 MPs

2002

SF - 26.0%, 8 MPs
TF - 23.7%, 8 MPs
JF - 20.9%, 7 MPs
FF - 20.8%, 7 MPs
SSF - 4.4%, 1 MPs
MF - 4.2%, 1 MP

2004

SF - 23.7%, 7 MPs
JF - 21.8%, 7 MPs
TF - 21.7%, 8 MPs
FF - 20.6%, 7 MPs
MF - 5.2%, 2 MPs
SSF - 4.6%, 1 MP

2008

TF - 23.3%, 8 MPs
SF - 21%, 7 MPs
FF - 20.1%, 7 MPs
JF - 19.4%, 6 MPs
MF - 8.4%, 3 MPs
SSF - 7.2%, 2 MPs
Others - 0.7%, 0 MPs

2011

SF - 24.7%, 8 MPs
TF - 23.3%, 8 MPs
FF - 18.3%, 6 MPs
JF - 17.7%, 6 MPs
F - 6.3%, 2 MPs
MF - 6.2%, 2 MPs
SSF - 4.2%, 1 MP

External links

Statistics Faroe Islands: Election results 1906-present (in English)

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