2012 Faroese municipal merger referendum

none A municipal merger referendum was held in the Faroe Islands on 3 May 2012. Proposals were put forward for merging the thirty existing municipalities into seven new municipalities, with voters in each of the proposed new areas voting on the merger. The proposition was rejected in six of the seven proposed new municipalities. As a result, none of the mergers went ahead.Beinta í Jákupsstovu (2017) "National goals and local values. Changes in the municipal structure and gender representation in the Faroe Islands" NORKOM Background Proposals for municipality mergers and delegating powers to municipalities had been discussed for 20–25 years prior to the referendum.http://www.tinganes.fo/Default.aspx?ID=11242&M=News&PID=24224&NewsID=4485 Kommunusamanlegging: Sterkari lokalt fólkaræði og økismenning Løgmansskrivstovan Faroese 2 May 2012 24 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140101030349/http://www.tinganes.fo/Default.aspx?ID=11242 1 January 2014 dead The Centre Party, People's Party and Social Democratic Party were in favour of voluntary mergers, whilst the Self-Government Party, Republic and Union Party favoured creating the mergers by legislation. Progress advocated for drafting legislation on the mergers and submitting it to voters through a referendum.http://www.framsokn.fo/?p=505 https://archive.today/20130724211639/http://www.framsokn.fo/?p=505 dead July 24, 2013 Tað er galið við spurningunum, ikki við føroyingum Progress 30 May 2012 Faroese 24 July 2013 In the autumn of 2011, the Faroese government announced that it would be transferring responsibility for elderly care and primary education from 1 January 2014, and that the number of municipalities would need to be reduced from the 30 that existed at the time.http://www.tinganes.fo/Admin/Public/DWSDownload.aspx?File=%2fFiles%2fFiler%2ffylgiskjoel+til+tidndi%2fSamgonguskjal+ABDH.pdf Samgonguskjal millum Sambandsflokkin, Fólkaflokkin, Miðflokkin og Sjálvstýrisflokkin Løgmansskrivstovan Faroese 24 July 2013 2011May 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes A referendum on the merger proposals was announced by Interior Minister Kári P. Højgaard on 20 December 2011, which was based on section 7 of the Act on Voluntary Municipal Mergers and Inter-municipal Cooperation on Statutory Services. Anyone eligible to vote in municipal elections was able to vote in the referendum.http://mexico.um.dk/da/~/media/Mexico/Documents/News/120330%20Orientering%20om%20vejledende%20folkeafstemning%20paa%20Faeroeerne%203%20%20maj%202012.pdf Vegleiðandi fólkaatkvøða um kommunusamanlegging Innlendismálaráðið 30 March 2012 Faroese 24 July 2013 29 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200929205351/https://mexico.um.dk/da/~/media/Mexico/Documents/News/120330%20Orientering%20om%20vejledende%20folkeafstemning%20paa%20Faeroeerne%203%20%20maj%202012.pdf dead Proposed mergers ProposedmunicipalityExisting municipalitiesPopulation(1 January 2012)EysturoyFuglafjørður, Eystur, Nes, Runavík, Sjóvar9,451NorðoyarFugloy, Húsar, Hvannasund, Klaksvík, Kunoy, Viðareiði5,821SandoyHúsavík, Sandur, Skálavík Skopun, Skúvoy1,325StreymoyKvívík, Tórshavn, Vestmanna21,601SuðuroyFámjin, Hov, Hvalba, Porkeri, Sumba, Tvøroyri, Vágur4,676SundalagiðEiði, Sunda2,334VágarSørvágur, Vágar3,076Source: Hagstovahttp://www.hagstova.fo/portal/page/portal/HAGSTOVAN/Hagstova_Foroya/Hagtalsgrunnur/ibugvav_val/FOLKBYGDAR Fólkatalið 1. januar skift á býir/bygdir og kyn Hagstova Føroya Faroese 24 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20120226025549/http://www.hagstova.fo/portal/page/portal/HAGSTOVAN/Hagstova_Foroya/Hagtalsgrunnur/ibugvav_val/FOLKBYGDAR 26 February 2012 dead Results Vágar, where the merger process was already underway, was the only proposed municipality area in which voters approved the proposals. Although there were majorities in some individual municipalities, these were largely areas that were expected to become the centre of the new municipality; only three of the peripheral municipalities voted in favour. ProposedmunicipalityForAgainstInvalidblankTotalRegisteredvotersTurnoutResultVotes%Votes%Eysturoy 36.3 63.7 2,9646,92942.8RejectedNorðoyar 47.6 52.4 1,1494,35126.4RejectedSandoy 47.6 52.4 5551,00855.1RejectedStreymoy 27.8 72.2 3,50815,76322.2RejectedSuðuroy 34.5 65.5 1,7293,55848.6RejectedSundalagið 41.1 58.9 5691,69033.7RejectedVágar 63.3 36.7 1,1632,22752.2AcceptedTotal 11,63735,52632.8Source: KVFhttp://kvf.fo/Archive_Articles/2012/05/03/327-atkvoddu-vegleidandi-folkaatkvoduni 32,7% atkvøddu á vegleiðandi fólkaatkvøðuni Kringvarp Føroya 3 May 2012 Faroese 24 July 2013 FolketingRigsombudsmanden på Færøerne: "Indberetning nr. 3/ 2012" (J.nr. 323-1-dmk) Folketing References Category:2012 in the Faroe Islands Faroes Category:Referendums in the Faroe Islands