2022 Faroese general election

2022 Faroese general election

← 2019 8 December 2022
All 33 members in the Løgting 17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	88.05% (1.65pp)
Party Leader Vote % 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 Prime Minister before Prime Minister Bárður á Steig Nielsen Union Aksel V. Johannesen Social Democratic

Politics of the Faroe Islands
Constitution Constitution Act of Succession Freedom of Speech and the Press Taxation
The Crown Monarch King Frederik X Privy Council Purveyors to the Royal Court
The unity of the Realm  Kingdom of Denmark  Faroe Islands  Denmark  Greenland
Executive Regeringen The Government of Denmark High Commissioner (list) Lene Moyell Johansen Landsstýri The Government of the Faroe Islands Premier Aksel V. Johannesen Deputy Premier Høgni Hoydal Johannesen Cabinet Privy Council Council of State Queen Margrethe II
Legislature Løgtingið Parliament of the Faroe Islands (35th National Parliament) Speaker Páll á Reynatúgvu Members Folketinget Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark (69th Kingdom Parliament) Speaker Pia Kjærsgaard Members
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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.