2022 Faroese general election Løgting Turnout 88.05% (
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by polling area
Early general elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 8 December 2022.[ 1] 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 03 %).[ 3] largest remainder method .[ 4]
Opinion polls
Parties
Government v. Opposition (Total)[ a]
Polling
Fieldwork
Sample
A
С
B
E
H
F
D
Others
Lead
Lead
2022 election
8 December 2022 (2022-12-08 )
–
18.96
26.6 9
20.07
17.76
6.62
7.53
2.70
0.0
6.6
45.515
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
^ Excluding the percentages of any political party that does not meet the electoral threshold as stated on this page.
Results
Party Votes % Seats +/– Social Democratic Party 9,094 26.58 9 +2 Union Party 6,834 19.98 7 0 People's Party 6,473 18.92 6 –2 Republic 6,057 17.71 6 0 Progress 2,571 7.52 3 +1 Centre Party 2,242 6.55 2 0 Self-Government 938 2.74 0 –1 Total 34,209 100.00 33 0 Valid votes 34,209 99.57 Invalid votes 52 0.15 Blank votes 95 0.28 Total votes 34,356 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 39,020 88.05 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
