2019 Faroese general election

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31 August 2019

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All 33 members in the Løgting
17 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

89.70%

Party	Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
People's	Jørgen Niclasen	24.54	8	+2
Social Democratic	Aksel V. Johannesen	22.14	7	−1
Union	Bárður á Steig Nielsen	20.35	7	+1
Republic	Høgni Hoydal	18.14	6	−1
Centre	Jenis av Rana	5.37	2	0
Progress	Poul Michelsen	4.62	2	0
Self-Government	Jógvan Skorheim	3.43	1	−1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Map of the election, showing the largest party in each polling area.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister
Aksel V. Johannesen Social Democratic	Bárður á Steig Nielsen Union

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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]

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

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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

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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

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^ "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

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