1958 Faroese general election

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8 November 1958

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Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic	Peter Mohr Dam	25.84	8	+3
Republic	Erlendur Patursson	23.93	7	+1
Union	Johan Poulsen	23.68	7	0
People's	Hákun Djurhuus	17.76	5	−1
Self-Government	Louis Zachariasen	5.88	2	0
Progress	Kjartan Mohr	2.91	1	New

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

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Kristian Djurhuus Union	Peter Mohr Dam Social Democratic

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General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 8 November 1958. The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party in the Løgting, winning 8 of the 30 seats.^[1]

Results[edit]



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party	3,589	25.84	8	+3
	Republican Party	3,323	23.93	7	+1
	Union Party	3,288	23.68	7	0
	People's Party	2,467	17.76	5	–1
	Self-Government Party	816	5.88	2	0
	Progress Party	404	2.91	1	New
Total		13,887	100.00	30	+3

Source: Election Passport (votes)

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