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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.

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Past elections and referendums

  • 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

    References

    Elections in the Faroe Islands Wikipedia