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.

The Faroe Islands elects on national level a legislature. The Faroese Parliament ("Løgtingið in Faroese") has up to 32 MPs (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.

Latest elections

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

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 members

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 MP

ee also

* Electoral calendar
* Electoral system

External links

* [http://www.hagstova.fo/portal/page?_pageid=33,354762&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Statistics Faroe Islands: Election results 1906-present (in English)]