Faroese general election, 2015

Faroese general election, 2015
Turnout	88.8%
Kaj Leo Johannesen ; Union	Aksel V. Johannesen ; Social Democratic

Last updated March 31, 2019

General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 1 September 2015.^[1] Elections for the Danish Folketing were held beforehand on 18 June.

The Faroe Islands, or the Faeroe Islands—a North Atlantic archipelago located 200 miles (320 km) north-northwest of the United Kingdom and about halfway between Norway and Iceland—are an autonomous country of the Kingdom of Denmark. Total area is about 1,400 square kilometres (540 sq mi) with a population of 50,322 in October 2017.

Background

On 4 August 2015 the Løgting passed a motion that criticized Prime Minister Kaj Leo Johannesen and former Minister of the Interior Kári P. Højgaard,^[2] accusing Johannesen of lying to the Løgting in connection with a 1 million kroner break fee clause in the contract led by the Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to build a sub-sea tunnel between Eysturoy and Streymoy.

The Løgting is the unicameral parliament of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous country within the Danish Realm.

Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen is a Faroese politician. He was the prime minister of the Faroe Islands, representing the Faroese Unionist Party (Sambandsflokkurin). He took office, succeeding Jóannes Eidesgaard on 26 September 2008 and left office on 15 September 2015, after his party and coalition with Fólkaflokkurin and Miðflokkurin lost the general election on 1 September 2015. Johannesen is also a former international football player; he was goalkeeper for the Faroe Islands national football team.

Kári Páll Højgaard is a Faroese politician. He was chairman of the Self-Government Party (Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) until April 2015 and is a former President of the West Nordic Council (2008-09) (2011-2012) (2017-2018).

Although Kaj Leo Johannesen had previously told the Løgting that he had no part of the break fee, a judicial inquiry led by Hans Gammeltoft-Hansen (the Danish ombudsman from 1987 until 2012) confirmed in June 2015 that Kaj Leo Johannesen had knowingly misled the Løgting on several occasions,^[3] thereby breaking the law.^[4]^[5] For some time not much happened, the Prime Minister refused to take any action but went on holiday for a month. The speaker of the Løgting refused to assemble parliament, which had no scheduled meeting before 29 July 2015.

An ombudsman, ombudsperson, ombud, or public advocate is an official who is charged with representing the interests of the public by investigating and addressing complaints of maladministration or a violation of rights. The ombudsman is usually appointed by the government or by parliament, but with a significant degree of independence. In some countries an inspector general, citizen advocate or other official may have duties similar to those of a national ombudsman, and may also be appointed by a legislature. Below the national level an ombudsman may be appointed by a state, local or municipal government. Unofficial ombudsmen may be appointed by, or even work for, a corporation such as a utility supplier, newspaper, NGO, or professional regulatory body.

On 29 July Kaj Leo Johannesen gave his annual Ólavsøka speech to the Løgting, ending it by calling general elections. A week later on 4 August, the Løgting assembled to discuss the Johannesen's speech, as the law requires. All 33 members of the Løgting voted yes, including Højgaard. Republic and Progress then demanded a vote of no confidence in Kaj Leo Johannesen, in which 14 MPs voted for the motion, 9 against it and 10 cast blank votes, short of the majority of 17 required to pass the motion. Only 9 of 20 MPs from Kaj Leo Johannesen’s coalition chose to back him and voted against the motion,^[6] including six from his own party, the Speaker Jógvan á Lakjuni from the People's Party and the two MPs from the Centre Party. However, three Union Party MPs cast blank votes, including Deputy Chairman Bárður Nielsen, whilst People's Party chairman Jákup Mikkelsen voted for the motion.

Ólavsøka is the biggest summer festival in the Faroe Islands, and by most Faroese considered as the national holiday of the Faroes along with Flagday on 25 April. Ólavsøka is celebrated for several days, but the day itself is on July 29. It is the day when the Faroese Parliament (Løgting), opens its session.

A republic is a form of government in which the country is considered a “public matter”, not the private concern or property of the rulers. The primary positions of power within a republic are not inherited, but are attained through democracy, oligarchy or autocracy. It is a form of government under which the head of state is not a monarch.

The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England.

Kaj Leo Johannesen maintains that he did not lie, but only gave incorrect information to the Løgting.^[7]

Electoral system

The 33 members of the Løgting were elected by open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with an electoral threshold of 3.03030%. Seats were allocated using to the d'Hondt method.^[8]

Open list describes any variant of party-list proportional representation where voters have at least some influence on the order in which a party's candidates are elected. This as opposed to closed list, which allows only active members, party officials, or consultants to determine the order of its candidates and gives the general voter no influence at all on the position of the candidates placed on the party list. Additionally, an open list system allows voters to select individuals rather than parties. Different systems give voter different amounts of influence. Voter's choice is usually called preference vote.

Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems in which divisions in an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. If n% of the electorate support a particular political party, then roughly n% of seats will be won by that party. The essence of such systems is that all votes contribute to the result - not just a plurality, or a bare majority. The most prevalent forms of proportional representation all require the use of multiple-member voting districts, as it is not possible to fill a single seat in a proportional manner. In fact, the implementations of PR that achieve the highest levels of proportionality tend to include districts with large numbers of seats.

The D'Hondt method or the Jefferson method is a highest averages method for allocating seats, and is thus a type of party-list proportional representation. The method described is named in the United States after Thomas Jefferson, who introduced the method for proportional allocation of seats in the United States House of Representatives in 1791, and in Europe after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt, who described it in 1878 for proportional allocation of parliamentary seats to the parties. There are two forms: closed list and an open list.

Opinion polls

The ruling centre-right coalition led by Johannesen was consistently behind in the polls, while the Social Democrats led by Aksel Johannesen were well ahead. However, polls closer to election day showed a tightening race.

Vote

Date	Source	PP	UP	SP	NS	R	P	CP
31 August 2015	Gallup	18.2%	19.0%	22.9%	3.1%	19.4%	10.6%	6.8%
31 August 2015	Fynd	20.4%	19.2%	19.3%	5.9%	16.5%	11.2%	7.4%
28 August 2015	Fynd	20.8%	19.6%	21.3%	4.9%	18.0%	8.7%	6.7%
20 August 2015	Fynd	18.3%	21.1%	21.3%	4.2%	17.6%	11.7%	5.9%
6 August 2015	Fynd	18.6%	19.0%	23.0%	2.9%	20.2%	11.6%	4.7%
22 April 2015	Fynd	16.2%	19.7%	25.8%	4.3%	18.2%	11.0%	4.8%
6 March 2015	Fynd	18.9%	18.1%	26.5%	3.1%	21.3%	6.1%	5.8%
5 December 2014	Gallup	18.9%	17.4%	28.3%	3.2%	21.3%	5.4%	5.5%
6 November 2014	Fynd	20.1%	22.4%	25.8%	2.4%	21.1%	3.3%	4.8%
5–11 September 2013	Gallup	17.2%	22.1%	21.7%	4.5%	23.6%	5.7%	5.2%
2011 election results		22.5%	24.7%	17.7%	4.2%	18.3%	6.3%	6.2%

Seats

Date	Source	PP	UP	SP	NS	R	P	CP
31 August 2015	Gallup	6	6	8	1	6	4	2
31 August 2015	Fynd	7	6	6	2	5	4	3
28 August 2015	Fynd	7	6	7	2	6	3	2
20 August 2015	Fynd	6	7	7	1	6	4	2
6 August 2015	Fynd	6	6	8	0	7	4	2
20–21 April 2015	Fynd	5	6	9	1	6	4	2
6 March 2015	Fynd	6	6	9	1	7	2	2
5 December 2014	Gallup	6	6	9	1	7	2	2
6 November 2014	Fynd	7	7	9	0	7	1	2
5–11 September 2013	Gallup	6	7	7	1	8	2	2
2011 election results		8	8	6	1	6	2	2

Results

The opposition parties made a major comeback from the 2011 elections, with the Social Democratic Party and Republic gaining two and one seats respectively. Progress regained its second seat, which it lost in 2011 when Janus Rein left the party. Despite a small reduction in their vote share, New Self-Government gained one seat.

Party	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	8,093	25.1	+7.3	8	+2
Republic	6,691	20.7	+2.5	7	+1
People's Party	6,102	18.9	–3.6	6	–2
Union Party	6,046	18.7	–5.9	6	–2
Progress	2,241	7.0	+0.7	2	0
Centre Party	1,779	5.5	–0.7	2	0
New Self-Government	1,305	4.1	–0.1	2	+1
Invalid/blank votes	117	–	–	–	–
Total	32,374	100	0	33	0
Registered voters/turnout	36,458	88.8	+2.2	–	–
Source: KVF

Of the 117 void votes, 76 were blank and 41 invalid.^[9]

By region and polling district

There were 58 polling districts (down from 60 in 2011), of which 56 were towns and two (Giljanes and Fossanes) were schools. Giljanes was one of the two polling places on the western island of Vágar, while Fossanes is located on the Norðoyar. There were two polling places in the capital area; Tórshavn, which includes the suburbs of Hvítanes and Hoyvík, and the southern suburb Argir. The Vágar region includes the neighbouring island Mykines and the Sandoy region includes Skúvoy, while the rest of Streymoy includes the polling places on the islets Nólsoy and Hestur.

Area	People's Party		Union Party		Social Democratic Party		New Self-Government		Republic		Progress		Centre Party
Area	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
National	6,102	18.9	6,046	18.7	8,093	25.1	1,305	4.1	6,691	20.7	2,241	7.0	1,779	5.5
Capital Area	1,655	13.5	1,769	14.4	3,322	27.0	248	2.0	3,179	25.8	1,451	11.8	678	5.5
Rest of Streymoy	338	15.8	372	17.3	591	27.6	65	3.0	490	22.8	192	9.0	97	4.5
Eysturoy	1,462	18.5	2,147	27.2	1,461	18.5	581	7.4	1,305	16.5	403	5.1	537	6.8
Klaksvík	1,040	32.4	499	15.6	705	22.0	276	8.6	456	14.2	66	2.1	166	5.2
Rest of Norðoyar	285	38.2	93	12.4	135	18.1	43	5.8	114	15.3	22	2.9	55	7.4
Suðuroy	566	18.1	480	15.4	1,335	42.7	29	0.9	574	18.4	26	0.8	116	3.7
Vágar	521	26.6	460	23.5	440	22.5	56	2.9	317	16.2	63	3.2	102	5.2
Sandoy	235	26.9	226	25.9	104	11.9	7	0.8	256	29.3	18	2.1	28	3.2
Argir	195	14.6	207	15.5	366	27.5	26	2.0	306	23.0	153	11.5	80	6.0
Árnafjørður	15	41.7	4	11.1	2	5.6	1	2.8	10	27.8	0	0.0	4	11.1
Dalur	3	11.1	2	7.4	20	74.1	0	0.0	2	7.4	0	0.0	0	0.0
Eiði	73	16.2	86	19.1	80	17.8	22	4.9	129	28.7	25	5.6	35	7.8
Elduvík	3	23.1	3	23.1	6	46.2	0	0.0	1	7.7	0	0.0	0	0.0
Fámjin	8	10.7	19	25.3	29	38.7	0	0.0	19	25.3	0	0.0	0	0.0
Fossanes	91	35.4	37	14.4	48	18.7	10	3.9	38	14.8	3	1.2	30	11.7
Fuglafjørður	211	21.4	220	22.3	260	26.3	18	1.8	204	20.7	45	4.6	29	2.9
Funningsfjørður	9	20.5	2	4.5	9	20.5	2	4.5	12	27.3	5	11.4	5	11.4
Funningur	7	16.7	6	14.3	10	23.8	7	16.7	7	16.7	3	7.1	2	4.8
Giljanes	328	25.9	291	23.0	280	22.2	42	3.3	220	17.4	42	3.3	61	4.8
Gjógv	8	29.6	6	22.2	2	7.4	0	0.0	8	29.6	0	0.0	3	11.1
Gøta	213	28.9	124	16.8	136	18.5	43	5.8	117	15.9	63	8.5	41	5.6
Haldórsvík	7	5.6	19	15.2	56	44.8	12	9.6	13	10.4	15	12.0	3	2.4
Haraldssund	7	15.9	5	11.4	7	15.9	2	4.5	18	40.9	5	11.4	0	0.0
Hattarvík	6	50.0	0	0.0	2	16.7	1	8.3	3	25.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Hellurnar	0	0.0	4	30.8	5	38.5	1	7.7	3	23.1	0	0.0	0	0.0
Hestur	1	6.7	3	20.0	6	40.0	0	0.0	4	26.7	0	0.0	1	6.7
Hósvík	21	10.1	38	18.4	67	32.4	8	3.9	39	18.8	21	10.1	13	6.3
Hov	8	11.3	14	19.7	38	53.5	2	2.8	7	9.9	1	1.4	1	1.4
Húsar	1	2.9	10	29.4	14	41.2	1	2.9	4	11.8	4	11.8	0	0.0
Húsavík	33	55.0	13	21.7	5	8.3	0	0.0	7	11.7	2	3.3	0	0.0
Hvalba	145	34.4	76	18.1	122	29.0	3	0.7	53	12.6	4	1.0	18	4.3
Hvalvík	65	21.2	72	23.5	75	24.5	9	2.9	48	15.7	20	6.5	17	5.6
Kaldbak	42	27.1	13	8.4	21	13.5	9	5.8	41	26.5	11	7.1	18	11.6
Kirkja	4	17.4	6	26.1	1	4.3	10	43.5	1	4.3	0	0.0	1	4.3
Kollafjørður	132	21.7	111	18.2	168	27.6	11	1.8	122	20.0	41	6.7	24	3.9
Kunoy	3	6.4	4	8.5	17	36.2	5	10.6	15	31.9	1	2.1	2	4.3
Kvívík	31	8.9	76	21.8	103	29.5	10	2.9	87	24.9	34	9.7	8	2.3
Leirvík	125	22.4	110	19.7	120	21.5	19	3.4	110	19.7	37	6.6	37	6.6
Lopra	21	29.6	7	9.9	19	26.8	0	0.0	15	21.1	1	1.4	8	11.3
Mikladalur	11	34.4	0	0.0	4	12.5	2	6.3	12	37.5	1	3.1	2	6.3
Mykines	2	18.2	4	36.4	1	9.1	1	9.1	3	27.3	0	0.0	0	0.0
Nólsoy	19	13.6	14	10.0	39	27.9	1	0.7	38	27.1	23	16.4	6	4.3
Oyndarfjørður	12	11.4	28	26.7	23	21.9	8	7.6	21	20.0	8	7.6	5	4.8
Oyrarbakki	42	11.5	126	34.6	91	25.0	16	4.4	56	15.4	29	8.0	4	1.1
Porkeri	43	19.6	28	12.8	101	46.1	2	0.9	22	10.0	1	0.5	22	10.0
Runavík	355	19.5	528	29.1	215	11.8	306	16.9	159	8.8	58	3.2	195	10.7
Sandur	146	40.1	29	8.0	33	9.1	2	0.5	143	39.3	6	1.6	5	1.4
Sandvík	12	18.2	8	12.1	26	39.4	1	1.5	17	25.8	2	3.0	0	0.0
Skálabotnur	3	4.6	7	10.8	14	21.5	1	1.5	29	44.6	1	1.5	10	15.4
Skálavík	21	22.3	22	23.4	20	21.3	1	1.1	27	28.7	2	2.1	1	1.1
Skáli	58	13.5	119	27.7	104	24.2	36	8.4	64	14.9	15	3.5	34	7.9
Skopun	28	9.5	146	49.3	24	8.1	3	1.0	67	22.6	6	2.0	22	7.4
Skúvoy	4	12.1	14	42.4	2	6.1	1	3.0	10	30.3	2	6.1	0	0.0
Strendur	74	12.1	224	36.5	110	17.9	43	7.0	73	11.9	22	3.6	68	11.1
Sumba	17	10.0	20	11.8	70	41.2	5	2.9	56	32.9	0	0.0	2	1.2
Svínoy	8	38.1	3	14.3	2	9.5	1	4.8	6	28.6	0	0.0	1	4.8
Sørvágur	191	27.9	165	24.1	159	23.2	13	1.9	94	13.7	21	3.1	41	6.0
Tjørnuvík	2	3.9	6	11.8	23	45.1	4	7.8	11	21.6	3	5.9	2	3.9
Toftir	123	15.5	352	44.5	95	12.0	53	6.7	89	11.3	31	3.9	48	6.1
Tórshavn	1,460	13.3	1,562	14.2	2,956	26.9	222	2.0	2,873	26.2	1,298	11.8	598	5.5
Tvøroyri	168	14.5	111	9.6	669	57.6	12	1.0	150	12.9	12	1.0	39	3.4
Vágur	144	16.5	197	22.6	261	29.9	4	0.5	235	26.9	5	0.6	25	3.0
Velbastaður	18	9.6	20	10.6	33	17.6	1	0.5	87	46.3	24	12.8	5	2.7
Vestmanna	146	17.4	202	24.0	181	21.5	6	0.7	223	26.5	61	7.3	21	2.5
Viðareiði	139	57.7	24	10.0	38	15.8	10	4.1	7	2.9	8	3.3	15	6.2
Source: KVF

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References

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↑ Uppskot um misálit á løgmann fall KVF, 4 August 2015
↑ in.fo - Ein hjálpandi hond til løgtingið in.fo, 23 June 2015
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↑ Soleiðis atkvøddu tingfólk um løgmann (Således stemte lagtingsmedlemmer om lagmanden) in.fo, 4 August 2015
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[1] Samuelsen, Ingi (29 July 2015). "Løgtingsval 1. september" (in Faroese). Portal.fo. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

[2] Uppskot um misálit á løgmann fall KVF, 4 August 2015

[3] .fo - Ein hjálpandi hond til løgtingið in.fo, 23 June 2015

[4] Uppskot um misálitisváttan Norðlysið, 4 August 2015

[5] To færøske toppolitikere brød lov i kontroversiel tunnelsag Business, 25 June 2015

[6] Soleiðis atkvøddu tingfólk um løgmann (Således stemte lagtingsmedlemmer om lagmanden) in.fo, 4 August 2015

[7] Løgmaður : Eg havi ikki logið (Lagmanden: Jeg har ikke løjet) Portal.fo, 24 June 2015

[8] Elections to the Faroese Løgting Election Resources

[9] Løgtingsval 1. september 2015 KVF

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