Faroese general election, 1918
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General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 24 April 1918,Faroe Islands
Election Passport the first in which women had the right to vote. Although the Union Party narrowly received the most votes, the result was a victory for the
Self-Government Party Sjálvstýri (previously Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) (English: referred to interchangeably as ''Independence'', ''Self-Government'', or ''Home Rule'') is a liberal, autonomist political party on the Faroe Islands. It is currently led by the Mayor of ...
, which won 11 of the 20 seats in 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 ...
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