General elections were held in the
Faroe Islands on 31 August 2019. The elections resulted in the defeat of
Aksel V. Johannesen
Aksel Vilhelmsson Johannesen (born 8 November 1972 in Klaksvík, Faroe Islands) is a Faroese lawyer and politician for the Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin) and the current prime minister of the Faroe Islands and also served as prime ...
's coalition government consisting of the
Social Democrats,
Republic
A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...
, and
Progress.
Following the elections, a new coalition government was formed by
Union Party leader
Bárður á Steig Nielsen
Bárður á Steig Nielsen (; born 16 April 1972) is a Faroese politician and businessman who serves as leader of the Union Party since 2015 and was prime minister from 2019 to 2022. He is also goalkeeper of the VÍF Vestmanna handball team and ...
, consisting of the
Union Party, the
People's Party and the
Centre Party, which won 17 of the 33 seats.
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.
Electoral system
The 33 members of the
Løgting
The Løgting (pronounced ; da, Lagtinget) is the unicameral parliament of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous territory within the Danish Realm.
The name literally means "''Law Thing''"—that is, a law assembly—and derives from Old Norse ''l ...
were elected by
open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with an electoral threshold of of votes (~3.03%). Seats were allocated using the
d'Hondt method.
Elections to the Faroese Løgting
Election Resources
Results
References
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Elections in the Faroe Islands
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