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Elections in the Faroe Islands

Elections in the Faroe Islands gives information on election and election results in the Faroe Islands. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.

See election for a more comprehensive discussion and the List of democracy and elections-related topics for an overview on related topics.

The Faroe Islands elects on national level a legislature. The Faroese Parliament (Løgtingið in Faroese) has up to 32 MP's(member 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 no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

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Elections

  • 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

1984

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

1988

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

1990

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

1994

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

1998

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

2002

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

2004

SF - 23.7%, 7 MP's
JF - 21.8%, 7 MP's
TF - 21.7%, 8 MP's
FF - 20.6%, 7 MP's
MF - 5.2%, 2 MP's
SSF - 4.6%, 1 MP's
Others - 2.4%, 0 MP's

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Last updated: 10-24-2005 15:57:22
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