2004 Faroese general election

2004 Faroese general election

20 January 2004
Turnout	92.3%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Union Lisbeth L. Petersen 23.7% 7 −1 Social Democratic Jóannes Eidesgaard 21.8% 7 0 Republic Høgni Hoydal 21.7% 8 0 People's Anfinn Kallsberg 20.6% 7 0 Centre Jenis av Rana 5.2% 2 +1 Self-Government Kári P. Højgaard 4.6% 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister Anfinn Kallsberg People's Jóannes Eidesgaard Social Democratic

Parliamentary elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 20 January 2004.

Candidates

Hin Stuttligi Flokkurin (English: The Funny Party), the joke political party founded in 2004 by Johan Dalsgaard, got 747 votes in the Faroese parliament election in 2004. The party is based upon political satire. Dalsgaard was mainly inspired by Jacob Haugaard, who pulled a similar prank in the Danish parliament. Johan Dalsgaard was not the only candidate on the list. Rubek Lilaa was the candidate for Eysturoyar Valdømi. At that time the Faroe Islands had 7 districts, so people could only vote for a candidate from their own district (valdømi). Hin stuttliga Flokkurin had two candidates, Johan Dalsgaard was candidate for the South Streymoy district (Suðurstreymoyar valdømi) and Rubek Lilaa was candidate in Eysturoy. The party had no other candidates.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Union Party	7,501	23.65	7	–1
	Social Democratic Party	6,921	21.83	7	0
	Republican Party	6,890	21.73	8	0
	People's Party	6,530	20.59	7	0
	Centre Party	1,661	5.24	2	+1
	Self-Government Party	1,461	4.61	1	0
	Hin Stuttligi Flokkurin	747	2.36	0	New
Total		31,711	100.00	32	0
Valid votes		31,711	99.76
Invalid/blank votes		77	0.24
Total votes		31,788	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		34,426	92.34
Source: IFES

See also

• List of members of the Løgting, 2004–08