2022 Faroese general election
Faroe Islands
← 2019 8 December 2022
All 33 members in the Løgting
17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout88.05% (Decrease1.65pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Aksel V. Johannesen 26.58 9 +2
Union Bárður á Steig Nielsen 19.98 7 0
People's Beinir Johannesen 18.92 6 −2
Republic Høgni Hoydal 17.71 6 0
Progress Ruth Vang 7.52 3 +1
Centre Jenis av Rana 6.55 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by polling area
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Early general elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 8 December 2022.[1] The opposition Social Democratic Party led by former Prime Minister Aksel V. Johannesen emerged as the largest party, receiving the largest vote share of any party since 1990, while Self-Government lost its Løgting representation for the first time since 1945.

Background

Following the 2019 general elections a 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 together won 17 of the 33 seats.[2]

During the campaign for the November 2022 Danish general election, Centre Party leader and Faroese Minister of Foreign Affairs Jenis av Rana stated that he could not support Søren Pape Poulsen, the leader of the Conservative People's Party, becoming Prime Minister of Denmark as Poulsen is gay.[1]

The opposition parties in the Løgting planned to call a motion of no confidence on 8 November, but Faroese Prime Minister Bárður á Steig Nielsen sacked av Rana the same day. The Centre Party subsequently withdrew from the government, resulting in it losing its majority and Nielsen calling early elections.[1]

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 1⁄33 of votes (3.03%).[3] Seats were allocated using the largest remainder method.[4]

Opinion polls

  A
  C
  B
  E
  H
  F
  D
Parties Government v. Opposition (Total)[a]
Polling
firm 		Fieldwork
date 		Sample
size 		A С B E H F D Others Lead Government Opposition Lead
2022 election 8 December 2022 (2022-12-08) – 18.9
6 		26.6
9 		20.0
7 		17.7
6 		6.6
2 		7.5
3 		2.7
0 		0.0 6.6 45.5
15 		51.8
18 		6.3
Spyr.fo 5 December 2022 (2022-12-05) – 23.3
8 		26.8
9 		15.8
5 		17.9
6 		6.5
2 		7.0
3 		2.8
0 		0.0 3.5 45.6
15 		51.7
18 		6.1
Gallup 1–3 December 2022 (2022-12-01 – 2022-12-03) 536 19.8
7 		25.9
9 		18.3
6 		19.8
7 		6.2
2 		7.8
2 		2.2
0 		0.0 6.1 44.3
15 		53.6
18 		9.3
Spyr.fo 24 November 2022 (2022-11-24) – 19.2
7 		25.4
9 		18.9
6 		20.7
7 		6.8
2 		6.6
2 		2.5
0 		0.0 4.7 44.9
15 		52.7
18 		7.8
Spyr.fo 14 November 2022 (2022-11-14) – 12.6
4 		28.3
10 		18.0
6 		21.5
7 		8.2
3 		9.3
3 		2.1
0 		0.0 6.8 38.8
13 		59.1
20 		20.3
Spyr.fo 8 November 2022 (2022-11-08) – 16.4
6 		27.3
9 		20.7
7 		19.0
6 		8.0
3 		7.0
2 		1.6
0 		0.0 6.6 45.1
16 		53.3
17 		8.2
2022 Danish election 31 October 2022 (2022-10-31) – 15.5 28.2 30.2 18.1 4.5 3.5 0.0 0.0 2.0 50.2 49.8 0.4
Gallup 8–16 September 2022 (2022-09-08 – 2022-09-16) 543 20.9
7 		29.7
10 		18.1
6 		16.4
5 		6.1
2 		5.7
2 		3.1
1 		0.0 8.8 45.1
15 		54.9
18 		9.8
Spyr.fo 24 August 2022 (2022-08-24) – 16.1
5 		30.0
10 		18.0
6 		19.5
7 		6.5
2 		7.9
3 		2.1
0 		0.0 10.5 40.6
13 		57.4
20 		16.8
Spyr.fo 14 June 2022 (2022-06-14) – 19.5
6 		31.5
11 		15.0
5 		20.2
7 		6.8
2 		5.1
2 		1.3
0 		0.6 11.3 41.3
13 		56.8
20 		15.5
Spyr.fo 17 May 2022 (2022-05-17) – 17.9
6 		31.0
10 		14.2
5 		21.1
7 		5.2
2 		8.2
3 		2.4
0 		0.0 9.9 37.3
13 		60.3
20 		23.0
Gallup 10–16 May 2022 (2022-05-10 – 2022-05-16) 561 18.4
6 		28.5
10 		21.0
7 		19.0
6 		4.5
2 		6.0
2 		2.6
0 		0.0 7.5 43.9
15 		53.5
18 		9.6
Spyr.fo 16 March 2022 (2022-03-16) – 18.5
6 		30.1
10 		17.1
6 		17.5
6 		5.8
2 		8.9
3 		2.2
0 		0.0 11.6 41.4
14 		56.5
19 		15.1
Spyr.fo 6 January 2022 (2022-01-06) – 13.4
4 		32.1
11 		16.3
5 		20.1
7 		4.6
2 		9.9
3 		3.7
1 		0.0 12.0 34.3
11 		65.8
22 		31.5
Spyr.fo 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21) – 15.2
5 		31.0
10 		16.7
6 		20.0
7 		6.7
2 		6.4
2 		3.0
1 		1.0 11.0 38.6
13 		60.4
20 		21.8
Spyr.fo 1 December 2021 (2021-12-01) – 17.6
6 		32.5
11 		14.8
5 		18.8
6 		6.1
2 		7.3
3 		2.9
0 		0.0 13.7 38.5
13 		58.6
20 		20.1
Spyr.fo 24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) – 20.6
7 		28.0
9 		16.8
5 		19.8
7 		7.7
3 		5.3
2 		2.3
0 		0.0 7.4 45.1
15 		53.1
18 		8.0
Spyr.fo 29 June 2021 (2021-06-29) – 21.4
7 		29.0
10 		17.8
6 		17.9
6 		5.7
2 		5.1
2 		3.0
0 		0.1 7.6 44.9
15 		55.0
18 		10.1
Spyr.fo 30 March 2021 (2021-03-30) – 21.1
8 		29.0
10 		15.7
5 		19.1
6 		6.8
2 		6.0
2 		1.2
0 		1.1 7.9 43.6
15 		54.1
18 		10.5
Spyr.fo 26 November 2020 (2020-11-26) – 21.3
7 		28.2
10 		19.0
6 		18.6
6 		5.5
2 		5.5
2 		1.9
0 		0.1 6.9 45.8
15 		52.3
18 		6.5
Spyr.fo 31 August 2020 (2020-08-31) – 23.6
8 		28.5
10 		17.1
6 		16.4
5 		5.4
2 		5.3
2 		2.8
0 		0.9 4.9 46.1
16 		50.2
17 		4.1
Spyr.fo 29 May 2020 (2020-05-29) – 22.9
8 		27.1 9 19.4
7 		18.2
6 		4.3
1 		6.0
2 		2.1
0 		0.0 4.2 46.6
16 		51.3
17 		4.7
Spyr.fo 15 November 2019 (2019-11-15) – 24.0
8 		23.5
8 		20.8
7 		18.8
6 		4.9
2 		5.3
2 		2.7
0 		0.0 0.5 49.7
17 		47.6
16 		2.1
2019 election 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) – 24.5
8 		22.1
7 		20.4
7 		18.1
6 		5.4
2 		4.6
2 		3.4
1 		1.5 2.4 50.3
17 		48.2
16 		2.1
  1. ^ Excluding the percentages of any political party that does not meet the electoral threshold as stated on this page.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party9,09426.589+2
Union Party6,83419.9870
People's Party6,47318.926–2
Republic6,05717.7160
Progress2,5717.523+1
Centre Party2,2426.5520
Self-Government9382.740–1
Total34,209100.00330
Valid votes34,20999.57
Invalid votes520.15
Blank votes950.28
Total votes34,356100.00
Registered voters/turnout39,02088.05
Source: kvf.fo

Aftermath

On 22 December 2022 Aksel V. Johannesen was elected prime minister of a coalition government between Social Democratic, Republic and Progress.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Faroese Minister Fired After Statements Against Queer People High North News, 10 November 2022
  2. ^ Borgerlig færøsk regering ændrer udskældt fiskerireform Jydske Vestkysten, 14 September 2019
  3. ^ "Løgtingslóg nr. 49 frá 20. juli 1978 um val til Løgtingið, sum seinast broytt við løgtingslóg nr. 137 frá 22. september 2020". logir.fo. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  4. ^ Elections to the Faroese Løgting Election Resources
  5. ^ Samuelsen, Ingi (22 December 2022). "Hesi manna nýggja landsstýrið". portal.fo. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
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