2015 Faroese general election

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

1 September 2015

Turnout

88.8%

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic	Aksel V. Johannesen	25.1%	8	+2
Republic	Høgni Hoydal	20.7%	7	+1
People's	Jørgen Niclasen	18.9%	6	−2
Union	Kaj Leo Johannesen	18.7%	6	−2
Progress	Poul Michelsen	7.0%	2	0
Centre	Jenis av Rana	5.5%	2	0
Self-Government	Jógvan Skorheim	4.1%	2	+1

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

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister
Kaj Leo Johannesen Union	Aksel V. Johannesen Social Democratic

Politics of the Faroe Islands


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