1879 Faroese general election

Danish territorial election Partial general elections were held in the Faroe Islands in 1879 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 membersNotesEysturoyPeter JacobsenGregers JoensenRe-electedGregorius JohannesenJohannes PetersenRe-electedNorðurstreymoyHans Emil Emanuel Madsen-HoffJacob PetersenSuðurstreymoyLütje LützenRe-electedVágarMikkjal DanielsenRe-electedZacharias NielsenRe-electedSource: Løgtinghttps://www.logting.fo/media/be1d5ndb/logtingssogan-3-bind.pdf LØGTINGIÐ 150 Løgting By constituency Norðurstreymoy Hans Emil Emanuel Madsen-Hoff 14 Jacob Petersen 14 Ole Jacobsen 13 Samuel Peter Samuelsen 4 Johan Olsen 3 Andreas Sigvald Reinert 2 25 Løgting Aftermath In 1880 Lütje Lützen left the country and was replaced by Lorentz Højer Buchwaldt, while Peter Jacobsen was replaced by Samuel Jacob Rasmussen in the same year. Hans Emil Emanuel Madsen-Hoff was replaced by Ole Jacobsen in 1881. Buchwaldt was replaced by Jacob Jacobsen in 1882. References Faroes General Category:Elections in the Faroe Islands Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results