1875 Faroese general election

Danish territorial election Partial general elections were held in the Faroe Islands in 1875 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 membersNotesEysturoyClement JoensenGregers JoensenJohannes PetersenRe-electedPeter Christian WeiheRe-electedNorðurstreymoyJoen HansenSamuel Peter SamuelsenSuðurstreymoyHarald Emil HøstVágarMikkjal DanielsenZacharias NielsenRe-electedSource: Løgtinghttps://www.logting.fo/media/be1d5ndb/logtingssogan-3-bind.pdf LØGTINGIÐ 150 Løgting By constituency Norðurstreymoy Joen Hansen 9 Samuel Peter Samuelsen 7 Johannes Olsen 4 Daniel Jacob Jacobsen 4 Ole Jacobsen 3 Peter Hansen 2 Oliver Petræus Effersøe 1 155 Løgting Aftermath Harald Emil Høst left the country in 1878 and was replaced by Lütje Lützen. References Faroes General Category:Elections in the Faroe Islands Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results