2008 Faroese general election

Danish territorial election 2008 Faroese general election Faroe Islands 2004 2011 19 January 2008 Høgni Hoydal Republic (Faroe Islands) 8 8 23.3% Kaj Leo Johannesen Union Party (Faroe Islands) 7 7 21.0% Jørgen Niclasen People's Party (Faroe Islands) 7 7 20.1% Jóannes Eidesgaard Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) 7 6 19.3% Jenis av Rana Centre Party (Faroe Islands) 2 3 8.4% Kári P. Højgaard Sjálvstýri 1 2 7.2% Prime Minister Prime Minister Jóannes Eidesgaard Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) Jóannes Eidesgaard Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 19 January 2008, the latest possible date. Sjálvstýri and the Centre Party gained a seat each while the Social Democratic Party lost a seat.Nýggja løgtingið valt - stór útskifting og fleiri kvinnur https://web.archive.org/web/20080208040613/http://www.uf.fo/les_tidindi.asp?Id=52299 2008-02-08 Kringvarp Føroya, 20 January 2008 fo It had been considered to amend the election law to hold the election two weeks later to pass a number of important bills before the election, but in the end the negotiations on this failed and the election was called on 2007-12-07.Faroese electionMay 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes Norden, 10 December 2007Faeroes to head to polls The Copenhagen Post, 7 December 2007 Prior to this election, the electoral system was changed in 2007 from a system with seven multi-member constituencies, which had some elements of mixed member proportional voting, to a system with a single constituency for the whole country in order to reduce disproportionality.Elections to the Faroese Løgting Election Resources on the Internet Prior to the election, the Social Democratic Party formed a centrist unionist government with the People's Party and the Union Party. After the elections, four days of negotiations saw a centre-left separatist government emerge; while the Social Democratic Party retained the PM's post, the strongly pro-independence Republic got the majority of ministerial posts (including the newly created post of foreign minister). The Centre Party also participated in the new government. Among the coalition agreement points was a plan to draft a constitution for the Faroe Islands, which would be approved in a referendum to be held in 2010. The coalition broke up in mid-2008, however, and a government consisting of the parties governing before the 2008 election was sworn in on 26 September 2008, with Kaj Leo Johannesen as PM instead.http://www.tinganes.fo/Default.aspx?ID=435&M=News&PID=1022&NewsID=1620 New Coalition formed 2008-10-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110524075557/http://www.tinganes.fo/Default.aspx?ID=435&M=News&PID=1022&NewsID=1620 2011-05-24 dead Results File:Faroe Islands Parliament 2008.svg Republic 7250 8 0 Union Party 6529 7 0 People's Party 6240 7 0 Social Democratic Party 6018 6 –1 Centre Party 2610 3 +1 Sjálvstýri 2244 2 +1 Students' Party fo Miðnámsflokkurin da Miðnámsflokkurin no Miðnámsflokkurin 221 0 New 65 +1 34835 Logting See also List of members of the Løgting, 2008–11 References Faroes Category:2008 in the Faroe Islands Category:Elections in the Faroe Islands Category:January 2008 in Europe Category:January 2008 elections