2004 Faroese general election

Danish territorial election Faroe Islands 2002 2008 20 January 2004 92.3% Lisbeth L. Petersen Union Party (Faroe Islands) 8 7 23.7% Jóannes Eidesgaard Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) 7 7 21.8% Høgni Hoydal Republican Party (Faroe Islands) 8 8 21.7% Anfinn Kallsberg People's Party (Faroe Islands) 7 7 20.6% Jenis av Rana Centre Party (Faroe Islands) 1 2 5.2% Kári P. Højgaard Self-Government Party (Faroe Islands) 1 1 4.6% Prime Minister Prime Minister Anfinn Kallsberg People's Party (Faroe Islands) Jóannes Eidesgaard Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) Parliamentary elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 20 January 2004.Faroe Islands: Election for Løgting (Faroese Parliament) IFES Candidates Hin Stuttligi Flokkurin (English: The Funny Party), the joke political party founded in 2004 by Johan Dalsgaard, got 747 votes in the Faroese parliament election in 2004. The party is based upon political satire. Dalsgaard was mainly inspired by Jacob Haugaard, who pulled a similar prank in the Danish parliament.Politiken.dk, Færøsk valgslogan: »Jeg vil gøre ingenting« (in Danish - Faroese electoral slogan: "I will do nothing") Johan Dalsgaard was not the only candidate on the list. Rubek Lilaa was the candidate for Eysturoyar Valdømi.FF-Blaðið, page 9, KUNNGERÐ, Til løgtingsvalið tann 20. januar 2004 eru hesir listar innkomnir til valnevndina í Eysturoyar valdømi og góðkendir av henni. (in Faroese, it is an announcement with a list of all the candidates for the Eysturoy district/valdømi) https://web.archive.org/web/20120906104610/http://www.fiskimannafelag.fo/PDF_Blad/FF-pdf/FF309.pdf 2012-09-06 At that time the Faroe Islands had 7 districts, so people could only vote for a candidate from their own district (valdømi). Hin stuttliga Flokkurin had two candidates, Johan Dalsgaard was candidate for the South Streymoy district (Suðurstreymoyar valdømi) and Rubek Lilaa was candidate in Eysturoy. The party had no other candidates. Results File:2004 Løgting.svg Union Party  7501 7 –1 Social Democratic Party  6921 7 0 Republican Party 6890 8 0 People's Party  6530 7 0 Centre Party  1661 2 +1 Self-Government Party 1461 1 0 Hin Stuttligi Flokkurin 747 0 New blue 0 77 34426 IFES See also List of members of the Løgting, 2004–08 References Category:Elections in the Faroe Islands Faroes Category:2004 in the Faroe Islands Category:January 2004 in Europe