1883 Faroese general election

Danish territorial election Partial general elections were held in the Faroe Islands in 1883 to elect nine of the eighteen elected members of the Løgting. The Danish administrator (Amtmaður) and the local dean (Próstur) were also members, with the administrator serving as the speaker.The Rise of Faroese Separatism: Danish-Faroese relations from 1906–1925 and the radicalization of the national- and home rule question Hans Andrias Sølvará Faroe University Press 2016 https://ojs.setur.fo/index.php/frodskapur/article/download/189/275 Electoral system Members of the Løgting were elected by first-past-the-post voting, with voters having as many votes as there were seats available in their constituency. Nine of the 18 seats were elected every two years. Voting was restricted to men aged 25 or over who met certain tax-paying criteria. Results ConstituencyElected membersNotesEysturoyGregers JoensenRe-electedJohannes PetersenRe-electedJógvan PoulsenSamuel Jacob RasmussenNorðurstreymoyOle JacobsenRe-electedOle Jacob PetersenSuðurstreymoyJacob JacobsenVágarMikkjal DanielsenRe-electedZacharias NielsenRe-electedSource: Løgtinghttps://www.logting.fo/media/be1d5ndb/logtingssogan-3-bind.pdf LØGTINGIÐ 150 Løgting By constituency Norðurstreymoy Ole Jacobsen 36 Ole Jacob Petersen 29 Joen Hansen 6 Daniel Jacob Jacobsen 3 Peter Petersen 2 Hans Joensen 1 Samuel Jacob Hansen 1 39 230 Løgting Aftermath Ole Jacob Petersen died in 1885. In a by-election held on 29 June Thomas Debes was elected as his replacement with 14 votes to one received by Ivar Petersen Dall. 1885 Norðurstreymoy by-election Thomas Debes 14 Ivar Petersen Dall 1 15 230 Løgting References Faroes General Category:Elections in the Faroe Islands Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results