2011 Faroese general election

Danish territorial election Faroe Islands 2008 2015 29 October 2011 Kaj Leo Johannesen Union Party (Faroe Islands) 7 8 24.70 Jørgen Niclasen People's Party (Faroe Islands) 7 8 22.53 Høgni Hoydal Republic (Faroe Islands) 8 6 18.29 Aksel V. Johannesen Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) 6 6 17.77 Poul Michelsen Progress (Faroe Islands) New 2 6.33 Jenis av Rana Centre Party (Faroe Islands) 3 2 6.16 Kári P. Højgaard Self-Government Party (Faroe Islands) 2 1 4.22 Prime Minister Prime Minister Kaj Leo Johannesen Union Party (Faroe Islands) Kaj Leo Johannesen Union Party (Faroe Islands) Early general elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 29 October 2011. Faroese law states that new elections must be held at least once every four years; however, either the Prime Minister (Løgmaður) or a majority of the members of the Faroese Parliament (the Løgting) may call an election before the end of this period. The previous elections having been held on 20 January 2008, the latest date on which the next elections could have been held was 19 January 2012. However, the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands, Kaj Leo Johannesen, announced on 27 September 2011 that elections would be held on 29 October 2011. He gave no particular reason for his decision.http://www.sudurras.fo/5178 Sudurras.fo, Løgtingsval 29. oktober 2012-08-28 https://archive.today/20130412161133/http://www.sudurras.fo/5178 2013-04-12 dead Parliamentary elections must be held no earlier than four weeks and no later than five weeks after the announcement has been made.Logir.fo, LØGTINGSLÓG NR. 49 FRÁ 20. JULI 1978 UM VAL TIL LØGTINGIÐ, SUM SEINAST BROYTT VIÐ KUNNGERÐ NR. 114 FRÁ 5. SEPTEMBER 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20140201131343/http://www.logir.fo/foldb/llofo/1978/0000049.htm 2014-02-01 Results The centre-right parties gained significantly, with both the pro-union Union Party and pro-independence People's Party gaining a seat each, while the new Progress movement (classical liberal) – formed seven months earlier as a breakaway from the People's Party – entered the Løgting with two seats.Framsokn.fo (Formansfrágreiðing Endalig) The left-wing and centrist parties all lost ground in consequence.Kringvarp.fo, Valúrslit (The result of the election of 2011 compared with the results from 2008. On the bottom of the page, where the headline says "Mandatbýti" shows the people who were elected for the Løgting, which party they belong to and how many votes they got.) https://archive.today/20130106180232/http://www.kringvarp.fo/tidindi/eldri-tema/logtingsval2011/valurslit 2013-01-06 File:Faroe Islands Parliament 2011.svg Union Party  7546 8 +1 People's Party  6883 8 +1 Republic  5589 6 –2 Social Democratic Party  5428 6 0 Progress  1933 2 New Centre Party 1883 2 –1 Self-Government Party 1290 1 –1 0 161 35447 Logting See also List of members of the Løgting, 2011–15 References Faroes Category:2011 in the Faroe Islands Category:Elections in the Faroe Islands Category:October 2011 in Europe