Summary
General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 31 August 2019.[1] The elections resulted in the defeat of Aksel V. Johannesen's coalition government consisting of the Social Democrats, Republic, and Progress.[2] Following the elections, a new coalition government was formed by Union Party leader Bárður á Steig Nielsen, consisting of the Union Party, the People's Party and the Centre Party, which won 17 of the 33 seats.[3]
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All 33 members in the Løgting 17 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 89.70% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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According to political scientist Lise Lyck, the main election issues were public finances (welfare, taxes and public coffers), recent reforms of the fishing sector and same-sex marriage.[2]
Electoral system edit
The 33 members of the Løgting were elected by open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with an electoral threshold of 1⁄33 of votes (~3.03%).[4] Seats were allocated using the d'Hondt method.[5]
Results edit
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| People's Party | 8,290 | 24.54 | 8 | +2 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 7,480 | 22.14 | 7 | –1 | |
| Union Party | 6,874 | 20.35 | 7 | +1 | |
| Republic | 6,127 | 18.14 | 6 | –1 | |
| Centre Party | 1,815 | 5.37 | 2 | 0 | |
| Progress | 1,559 | 4.62 | 2 | 0 | |
| Self-Government | 1,157 | 3.43 | 1 | –1 | |
| Cannabis Initiative | 310 | 0.92 | 0 | New | |
| Faroese Party | 167 | 0.49 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 33,779 | 100.00 | 33 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 33,779 | 99.56 | |||
| Invalid votes | 65 | 0.19 | |||
| Blank votes | 85 | 0.25 | |||
| Total votes | 33,929 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 37,827 | 89.70 | |||
| Source: KVF | |||||
References edit
- ^ "Færøsk lagmand udskriver valg i åbningstale" (in Danish). Jyllands Posten. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ a b "What the Faroe Islands can tell us about small states, autonomy and climate change". EUROPP. 2019-09-06. Archived from the original on 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ Borgerlig færøsk regering ændrer udskældt fiskerireform Jydske Vestkysten, 14 September 2019
- ^ "Løgtingslóg nr. 49 frá 20. juli 1978 um val til Løgtingið, sum seinast broytt við løgtingslóg nr. 137 frá 22. september 2020". logir.fo. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ Elections to the Faroese Løgting Election Resources