2015 Faroese general election

2015 Faroese general election
Faroe Islands
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Turnout88.8%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Aksel V. Johannesen 25.1% 8 +2
Republic Høgni Hoydal 20.7% 7 +1
People's Jørgen Niclasen 18.9% 6 −2
Union Kaj Leo Johannesen 18.7% 6 −2
Progress Poul Michelsen 7.0% 2 0
Centre Jenis av Rana 5.5% 2 0
Self-Government Jógvan Skorheim 4.1% 2 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister
Kaj Leo Johannesen
Union		 Aksel V. Johannesen
Social Democratic
Politics of the Faroe Islands
Constitution
The Crown
The unity of the Realm
Executive
Regeringen
The Government of Denmark
Landsstýri
The Government of the Faroe Islands
Privy Council
Legislature
Løgtingið
Parliament of the Faroe Islands
(35th National Parliament)
Folketinget
Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark
(69th Kingdom Parliament)
Judiciary
Supreme Court
  • President
    • Poul Søgaard
Elections
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
Related topics

General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 1 September 2015.[1] Elections for the Danish Folketing were held beforehand on 18 June.

  1. ^ Samuelsen, Ingi (29 July 2015). "Løgtingsval 1. september" (in Faroese). Portal.fo. Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.