IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands

49,692	7
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019)	Elections in our database
37,827	89.54%
Registered Voters (as of Sept. 3, 2019)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Faroese Parliament	Løgting	Assembly

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: Queen MARGRETHE II *
Head of Government: Prime Minister Aksel V. JOHANNESEN
Assembly: Faroe Islands has a unicameral Faroese Parliament (Løgting) with 33 seats.

* The Queen is represented by High Commissioner Lene Moyell JOHANSEN, chief administrative officer (since 1 November 2001).

Description of electoral system:

The Queen is the hereditary head of state.
The Prime Minister is elected by parliament.
In the Faroese Parliament (Løgting) 33 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.
- In 2007 the electoral system was switched from district-based PR (seven districts) to one, nationwide district for all 33 seats. Votes are tabulated using the D'Hondt method.

Elections

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Faroese Parliament	1998-04-30	27,876	31,609	88.19%
Faroese Parliament	2002-04-30	30,717	33,522	91.63%
Faroese Parliament	2004-01-20	31,788	34,426	92.34%
Faroese Parliament	2008-01-19	31,177	34,835	89.5%
Faroese Parliament	2011-10-29	30,713	35,447	86.64%
Faroese Parliament	2015-09-01	32,374	36,458	88.8%
Faroese Parliament	2019-08-31	33,929	37,827	89.7%

Voter Turnout