2015 Faroese general election

Danish territorial election 2015 Faroese general election Faroe Islands 88.8% 2011 2019 1 September 2015 Aksel V. Johannesen Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) 6 8 25.1% Høgni Hoydal Republic (Faroe Islands) 6 7 20.7% Jørgen Niclasen People's Party (Faroe Islands) 8 6 18.9% Kaj Leo Johannesen Union Party (Faroe Islands) 8 6 18.7% Poul Michelsen Progress (Faroe Islands) 2 2 7.0% Jenis av Rana Centre Party (Faroe Islands) 2 2 5.5% Jógvan Skorheim New Self-Government 1 2 4.1% Prime Minister Prime Minister Kaj Leo Johannesen Union Party (Faroe Islands) Aksel V. Johannesen Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 1 September 2015.http://portal.fo/logtingsval+1+september.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150730225312/http://portal.fo/logtingsval+1+september.html dead July 30, 2015 Løgtingsval 1. september Samuelsen Ingi 29 July 2015 Portal.fo Faroese 29 July 2015 Elections for the Danish Folketing were held beforehand on 18 June. Background On 4 August 2015 the Løgting passed a motion that criticized Prime Minister Kaj Leo Johannesen and former Minister of the Interior Kári P. Højgaard,Uppskot um misálit á løgmann fall KVF, 4 August 2015 accusing Johannesen of lying to the Løgting in connection with a 1 million kroner break fee clause in the contract led by the Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to build a sub-sea tunnel between Eysturoy and Streymoy. Although Kaj Leo Johannesen had previously told the Løgting that he had no part of the break fee, a judicial inquiry led by Hans Gammeltoft-Hansen (the Danish ombudsman from 1987 until 2012) confirmed in June 2015 that Kaj Leo Johannesen had knowingly misled the Løgting on several occasions,in.fo - Ein hjálpandi hond til løgtingið https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034211/http://www.in.fo/index.php?id=42&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=311036&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=9b089fe7febfbd22763371f1bcd193c3 2015-09-24 in.fo, 23 June 2015 thereby breaking the law.Uppskot um misálitisváttan https://web.archive.org/web/20150907213554/http://www.nordlysid.fo/uppskot+um+misalitisvattan.html 2015-09-07 Norðlysið, 4 August 2015To færøske toppolitikere brød lov i kontroversiel tunnelsag Business, 25 June 2015 For some time not much happened, the Prime Minister refused to take any action but went on holiday for a month. The speaker of the Løgting refused to assemble parliament, which had no scheduled meeting before 29 July 2015. On 29 July Kaj Leo Johannesen gave his annual Ólavsøka speech to the Løgting, ending it by calling general elections. A week later on 4 August, the Løgting assembled to discuss the Johannesen's speech, as the law requires. All 33 members of the Løgting voted yes, including Højgaard. Republic and Progress then demanded a vote of no confidence in Kaj Leo Johannesen, in which 14 MPs voted for the motion, 9 against it and 10 cast blank votes, short of the majority of 17 required to pass the motion. Only 9 of 20 MPs from Kaj Leo Johannesen's coalition chose to back him and voted against the motion, Soleiðis atkvøddu tingfólk um løgmann (Således stemte lagtingsmedlemmer om lagmanden) https://web.archive.org/web/20150806034340/http://www.in.fo/news-detail/news/soleidis-atkvoeddu-tingfolk-um-loegmann/ 2015-08-06 in.fo, 4 August 2015 including six from his own party, the Speaker Jógvan á Lakjuni from the People's Party and the two MPs from the Centre Party. However, three Union Party MPs cast blank votes, including Deputy Chairman Bárður Nielsen, whilst People's Party chairman Jákup Mikkelsen voted for the motion. Kaj Leo Johannesen maintains that he did not lie, but only gave incorrect information to the Løgting.Løgmaður : Eg havi ikki logið (Lagmanden: Jeg har ikke løjet) https://web.archive.org/web/20150928005448/http://portal.fo/logmadur+eg+havi+ikki+logid.html 2015-09-28 Portal.fo, 24 June 2015 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 of votes (~3.03%). Seats were allocated using the d'Hondt method.Elections to the Faroese Løgting Election Resources Opinion polls thumb|Hustings in Trongisvágur on 25 August 2015; from left to right: Kári P. Højgaard (D), Jákup Suni Lauritsen (H), Kristin Michelsen (C), Páll á Reynatúgvu (E), Elsebeth Mercedis Gunnleygsdóttur (A), Hanna Jensen (F) and Magni Laksáfoss (B). The ruling centre-right coalition led by Johannesen was consistently behind in the polls, while the Social Democrats led by Aksel Johannesen were well ahead. However, polls closer to election day showed a tightening race. Vote DateSourcePPUPSPNSRPCP31 August 2015Gallup 18.2%19.0%22.9%3.1%19.4%10.6%6.8%31 August 2015Fynd 20.4%19.2%19.3%5.9%16.5%11.2%7.4%28 August 2015Fynd https://web.archive.org/web/20150830102400/http://www.in.fo/news-detail/news/andstoedan-framvegis-meirilutan/ 2015-08-30 20.8%19.6%21.3%4.9%18.0%8.7%6.7%20 August 2015Fynd18.3%21.1%21.3%4.2%17.6%11.7%5.9%6 August 2015Fynd18.6%19.0%23.0%2.9%20.2%11.6%4.7%22 April 2015Fynd16.2%19.7%25.8%4.3%18.2%11.0%4.8%6 March 2015Fynd18.9%18.1%26.5%3.1%21.3%6.1%5.8%5 December 2014Gallup18.9%17.4%28.3%3.2%21.3%5.4%5.5%6 November 2014Fynd20.1%22.4%25.8%2.4%21.1%3.3%4.8%5–11 September 2013Gallup17.2%22.1%21.7%4.5%23.6%5.7%5.2%2011 election results22.5%24.7%17.7%4.2%18.3%6.3%6.2% Seats DateSourcePPUPSPNSRPCP31 August 2015Gallup668164231 August 2015Fynd766254328 August 2015Fynd https://web.archive.org/web/20150830102400/http://www.in.fo/news-detail/news/andstoedan-framvegis-meirilutan/ 2015-08-30 767263220 August 2015Fynd67716426 August 2015Fynd668074220–21 April 2015Fynd56916426 March 2015Fynd66917225 December 2014Gallup66917226 November 2014Fynd77907125–11 September 2013Gallup67718222011 election results8861622 Results The opposition parties made a major comeback from the 2011 elections, with the Social Democratic Party and Republic gaining two and one seats respectively. Progress regained its second seat, which it lost in 2011 when Janus Rein left the party. Despite a small reduction in their vote share, New Self-Government gained one seat. File:Løgting Samanseting 2.svg Social Democratic Party 8093 8 +2 Republic 6691 7 +1 People's Party 6102 6 –2 Union Party 6046 6 –2 Progress 2241 2 0 Centre Party 1779 2 0 Self-Government 1305 2 +1 117 0 36458 KVF Of the 117 void votes, 76 were blank and 41 invalid.Løgtingsval 1. september 2015 KVF By region and polling district 400px|thumbnail|Towns and settlements on the Faroes, the polling places Fossanes and Giljanes are schools and therefore not on the map. There were 58 polling districts (down from 60 in 2011), of which 56 were towns and two (Giljanes and Fossanes) were schools. Giljanes was one of the two polling places on the western island of Vágar, while Fossanes is located on the Norðoyar. There were two polling places in the capital area; Tórshavn, which includes the suburbs of Hvítanes and Hoyvík, and the southern suburb Argir. The Vágar region includes the neighbouring island Mykines and the Sandoy region includes Skúvoy, while the rest of Streymoy includes the polling places on the islets Nólsoy and Hestur. AreaPeople's PartyUnion PartySocial Democratic PartyNew Self-GovernmentRepublicProgressCentre PartyVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%National6,10218.96,04618.78,09325.11,3054.16,69120.72,2417.01,7795.5 Capital Area1,65513.51,76914.43,32227.02482.03,17925.81,45111.86785.5 Rest of Streymoy33815.837217.359127.6653.049022.81929.0974.5Eysturoy1,46218.52,14727.21,46118.55817.41,30516.54035.15376.8Klaksvík1,04032.449915.670522.02768.645614.2662.11665.2Rest of Norðoyar28538.29312.413518.1435.811415.3222.9557.4Suðuroy56618.148015.41,33542.7290.957418.4260.81163.7Vágar52126.646023.544022.5562.931716.2633.21025.2 Sandoy23526.922625.910411.970.825629.3182.1283.2Argir19514.620715.536627.5262.030623.015311.5806.0Árnafjørður1541.7411.125.612.81027.800.0411.1Dalur311.127.42074.100.027.400.000.0Eiði7316.28619.18017.8224.912928.7255.6357.8Elduvík323.1323.1646.200.017.700.000.0Fámjin810.71925.32938.700.01925.300.000.0Fossanes9135.43714.44818.7103.93814.831.23011.7Fuglafjørður21121.422022.326026.3181.820420.7454.6292.9Funningsfjørður920.524.5920.524.51227.3511.4511.4 Funningur716.7614.31023.8716.7716.737.124.8Giljanes32825.929123.028022.2423.322017.4423.3614.8Gjógv829.6622.227.400.0829.600.0311.1Gøta21328.912416.813618.5435.811715.9638.5415.6Haldórsvík75.61915.25644.8129.61310.41512.032.4Haraldssund715.9511.4715.924.51840.9511.400.0Hattarvík650.000.0216.718.3325.000.000.0 Hellurnar00.0430.8538.517.7323.100.000.0 Hestur16.7320.0640.000.0426.700.016.7Hósvík2110.13818.46732.483.93918.82110.1136.3Hov811.31419.73853.522.879.911.411.4Húsar12.91029.41441.212.9411.8411.800.0Húsavík3355.01321.758.300.0711.723.300.0Hvalba14534.47618.112229.030.75312.641.0184.3Hvalvík6521.27223.57524.592.94815.7206.5175.6Kaldbak4227.1138.42113.595.84126.5117.11811.6Kirkja417.4626.114.31043.514.300.014.3Kollafjørður13221.711118.216827.6111.812220.0416.7243.9Kunoy36.448.51736.2510.61531.912.124.3Kvívík318.97621.810329.5102.98724.9349.782.3Leirvík12522.411019.712021.5193.411019.7376.6376.6Lopra2129.679.91926.800.01521.111.4811.3Mikladalur1134.400.0412.526.31237.513.126.3Mykines218.2436.419.119.1327.300.000.0Nólsoy1913.61410.03927.910.73827.12316.464.3Oyndarfjørður1211.42826.72321.987.62120.087.654.8Oyrarbakki4211.512634.69125.0164.45615.4298.041.1Porkeri4319.62812.810146.120.92210.010.52210.0Runavík35519.552829.121511.830616.91598.8583.219510.7Sandur14640.1298.0339.120.514339.361.651.4Sandvík1218.2812.12639.411.51725.823.000.0Skálabotnur34.6710.81421.511.52944.611.51015.4Skálavík2122.32223.42021.311.12728.722.111.1Skáli5813.511927.710424.2368.46414.9153.5347.9Skopun289.514649.3248.131.06722.662.0227.4Skúvoy412.11442.426.113.01030.326.100.0Strendur7412.122436.511017.9437.07311.9223.66811.1Sumba1710.02011.87041.252.95632.900.021.2Svínoy838.1314.329.514.8628.600.014.8Sørvágur19127.916524.115923.2131.99413.7213.1416.0Tjørnuvík23.9611.82345.147.81121.635.923.9Toftir12315.535244.59512.0536.78911.3313.9486.1Tórshavn1,46013.31,56214.22,95626.92222.02,87326.21,29811.85985.5Tvøroyri16814.51119.666957.6121.015012.9121.0393.4Vágur14416.519722.626129.940.523526.950.6253.0Velbastaður189.62010.63317.610.58746.32412.852.7Vestmanna14617.420224.018121.560.722326.5617.3212.5Viðareiði13957.72410.03815.8104.172.983.3156.2Source: KVF See also List of members of the Løgting, 2015–19 References Category:Elections in the Faroe Islands Faroes Category:2015 in the Faroe Islands Category:September 2015 in Europe