General elections were held in the
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
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
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,
Republic, and
Progress
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.
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.
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 were elected by
open list
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proportional representation
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in a single nationwide constituency with an electoral threshold of of votes (~3.03%). Seats were allocated using the
d'Hondt method
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.
Elections to the Faroese Løgting
Election Resources
Results
References
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Elections in the Faroe Islands
Faroes
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They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway betw ...
General
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Faroes
The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway betw ...