1946 Faroese general election

none 1946 Faroese general election Faroe Islands 1945 1950 8 November 1946 Thorstein Petersen People's Party (Faroe Islands) 11 8 40.92 Andrass Samuelsen Union Party (Faroe Islands) 6 6 28.69 Peter Mohr Dam JF–S Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) 6 6 28.10 Early general elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 8 November 1946. The elections were called after King Christian X dissolved the Løgting following the contentious aftermath of the Faroese independence referendum held in September. The People's Party remained the largest party in the Løgting, winning 8 of the 20 seats.Faroes/DK https://web.archive.org/web/20160216165152/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/faroes2.html 2016-02-16 Parties and elections in Europe They were the last elections held before the Faroe Islands were granted home rule on 30 March 1948. Results File:1946 Løgting.svg People's Party 5396 8 –3 Union Party 3783 6 0 Social Democratic–Self-Government 3705 6 0 Independents 302 0 New –3 Election Passport, Stjørnarskipanarmálið 1946 References Faroe General Category:Elections in the Faroe Islands Faroe Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results