1906 Faroese general election

none 1906 Faroese general election Faroe Islands 1905 1908 18 July 1906 yes Fríðrikur Petersen Union Party (Faroe Islands) 12 62.40 Jóannes Patursson Self-Government (Faroe Islands) 8 37.60 General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 18 July 1906.Faroe Islands Election Passport The result was a victory for the Union Party, which won 12 of the 20 seats in the Løgting. Electoral system A new electoral system was introduced and the number of elected seats increased from 18 to 20. 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 Previously voters could cast as many votes as there were seats in their constituency, but were now restricted to a single vote for a party list. The elections were also the first in which the secret ballot was used.https://www.logting.fo/media/be1d5ndb/logtingssogan-3-bind.pdf LØGTINGIÐ 150 Løgting Results File:Løgting 1906.svg Union Party 961 12 Self-Government Party 579 8 Election Passport, Løgting References Category:Elections in the Faroe Islands Faroe Islands General Faroe Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results