1970 Faroese general election

General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 7 November 1970. The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party in the Løgting, winning 7 of the 26 seats.

7 November 1970

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic	J. F. Øregaard	27.21	7	0
Republic	Erlendur Patursson	21.94	6	+1
Union	Trygve Samuelsen	21.71	6	0
People's	Hákun Djurhuus	20.02	5	−1
Self-Government	Niels Poulsen	5.59	1	0
Progress	Kjartan Mohr	3.53	1	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Kristian Djurhuus Union	Atli Dam Social Democratic

Politics of the Faroe Islands


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