Faroese general election, 2004

20 January 2004

All 32 seats in the Løgting 17 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout	92,1%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Høgni Hoydal	Lisbeth L. Petersen	Jóannes Eidesgaard
Party	Republic	Union	Social Democratic
Last election	8 seats, 23.7%	8 seats, 26.0%	7 seats, 20.9%
Seats won	8	7	7
Seat change	0	1	0
Popular vote	6,890	7,501	6,921
Percentage	21.7%	23.7%	21.8%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Anfinn Kallsberg	Jenis av Rana	Kári P. Højgaard
Party	People's	Centre	Self-Government
Last election	7 seats, 20.8%	1 seats, 4.2%	1 seats, 4.4%
Seats won	7	2	1
Seat change	0	1	0
Popular vote	6,530	1,661	1,461
Percentage	20.6%	5.2%	4.6%

Prime Minister before election

Anfinn Kallsberg
People's

Prime Minister

Jóannes Eidesgaard
Social Democratic

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 20 January 2004.

Results

**Summary of the 20 January 2004 Faroe Løgting election results**
Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Union Party (Sbfl, Sambandsflokkurin)	7,501	23.7	7
	Social Democratic Party (Jvfl, Javnaðarflokkurin)	6,921	21.8	7
	Republican Party (Tjfl, Tjóðveldisflokkurin)	6,890	21.7	8
	People's Party (Flfl, Fólkaflokkurin)	6,530	20.6	7
	Centre Party (Mfl, Miðflokkurin)	1,661	5.2	2
	Self-Government Party (Sjfl, Sjálvstýrisflokkurin)	1,461	4.6	1
	The Funny Party (Hin stuttligi flokkurin)	747	2.4	0
Total (turnout 92.1%)		31,711	100.0	32
Sources: Rulers.org, logting.fo, uf.fo

Elections and referendums in the Faroe Islands

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Referendums	1907 1946 1973 2009

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

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Faroese general election, 2004

Results

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