Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in the Faroe Islands. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in the Faroe Islands.The Faroe Islands have a multi-party system (disputing on independence and unionism as well as left and right), with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. The Faroese Parliament (Løgting) has 33 seats. Members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms. For the Løgting elections there were seven electoral districts, each one comprehending asýslur, while Streymoy is divided in a northern and southern part (Tórshavn region), but since 2008, the Faroes constitute a single district.
| Parties | Votes | +/− | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin) | 7,545 | +1,016 | 24.7 | +3.7 | 8 | +1 | ||
| People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) | 6,882 | +642 | 22.5 | +2.4 | 8 | +1 | ||
| Republic (Tjóðveldi) | 5,584 | −1,666 | 18.3 | −5.0 | 6 | −2 | ||
| Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin) | 5,417 | −601 | 17.7 | −1.6 | 6 | ±0 | ||
| Progress (Framsókn) | 1,933 | New | 6.3 | New | 2 | New | ||
| Centre Party (Miðflokkurin) | 1,882 | −728 | 6.2 | −2.2 | 2 | −1 | ||
| Self-Government Party (Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) | 1,289 | −995 | 4.2 | −3.0 | 1 | −1 | ||
| Total (turnout 86.6%) | 30,532 | −580 | ||||||
| Source: Kringvarp Føroya (Faroese) | ||||||||
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