2019 Faroese general election

2019 Faroese general election
Turnout	89.7%
Aksel V. Johannesen; Social Democratic	Bárður á Steig Nielsen; Union

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 Democratic Party, Republic, and Progress.^[2] Following the elections, a new 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 34 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

The 33 members of the Løgting were elected by open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with an electoral threshold of 3.03030%. Seats were allocated using the d'Hondt method.^[4]

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–

style="background-color: Template:People's Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color" \|	People's Party	8,290	24.5	5.6	8	2
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic Party	7,480	22.1	2.9	7	1
style="background-color: Template:Union Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color" \|	Union Party	6,874	20.3	1.6	7	1
style="background-color: Template:Republic (Faroe Islands)/meta/color" \|	Republic	6,127	18.1	2.6	6	1
style="background-color: Template:Centre Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color" \|	Centre Party	1,815	5.4	0.1	2	0
style="background-color: Template:Progress (Faroe Islands)/meta/color" \|	Progress	1,559	4.6	2.3	2	0
style="background-color: Template:New Self-Government/meta/color" \|	New Self-Government	1,157	3.4	0.6	1	1

	Cannabis Initiative	310	0.9	New	0	New
	Faroese Party	167	0.5	New	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		150	–	–	–	–
Total		33,929	100	0	33	0
Registered voters/turnout		37,827	89.7	0.9	–	–
Source: KVF

Of the 150 void votes, 85 were blank and 65 invalid.^[5]

References

^ "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. Retrieved 2019-10-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Borgerlig færøsk regering ændrer udskældt fiskerireform Jydske Vestkysten, 14 September 2019
^ Elections to the Faroese Løgting Election Resources
^ Løgtingsval 31. august 2019 KVF

[1] "Færøsk lagmand udskriver valg i åbningstale" (in Danish). Jyllands Posten. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

[:0-2] "What the Faroe Islands can tell us about small states, autonomy and climate change". EUROPP. 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2019-10-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] Borgerlig færøsk regering ændrer udskældt fiskerireform Jydske Vestkysten, 14 September 2019

[4] Elections to the Faroese Løgting Election Resources

[5] Løgtingsval 31. august 2019 KVF

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