Faroe Islands Parliamentary Election - September 1, 2015

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At 50.7% Centre is down 0.4% with almost exclusively urban votes out.

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Torshavn will most likely be the last.

What about Progress?

Torshavn will definitely be last.

Progress is at -0.1%, but that is before the towns with the young folks in them.

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They do not show the results of 2011 for the towns that are not counted yet.

Nah, Klaksvik is pretty right wing, but I expect Progress to do well up there.

You can find the 2011 results here:

http://kvf.fo/val/l2011

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54.8% counted.

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54,8% upptalt (19961 av 36458)   Løgtingsval 1. september 2015, kl. 22:54
Flokkur   Val 2015   %   Val 2011   %   Munur
A   Fólkaflokkurin   3554   20,1   4048   23,5   -3,4
B   Sambandsflokkurin   3856   21,8   4516   26,2   -4,4
C   Javnaðarflokkurin   4326   24,5   3277   19,0   +5,4
D   Nýtt Sjálvstýri   790   4,5   694   4,0   +0,4
E   Tjóðveldi   3299   18,7   2817   16,4   +2,3
F   Framsókn   847   4,8   815   4,7   +0,1
H   Miðflokkurin   1011   5,7   1054   6,1   -0,4
Atkvøður   17782       17221      Blankar/Ógild.
Valrætt/Valluttøka   19961   89,1%           38/61

Only Torshavn, Klaksvik and one settlement out now.

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The left 15.2% up in Argir. If the rest of Torshavn goes like that..

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Klaksvik in.

Klaksvík

Løgtingsval 1. september 2015, kl. 22:57
Flokkur   Val 2015   %   Val 2011   %   Munur
A.    Fólkaflokkurin   1.036   32,5   1062   34,8   -2,3
B.    Sambandsflokkurin   492   15,5   595   19,5   -4,0
C.    Javnaðarflokkurin   700   22,0   417   13,7   +8,3
D.    Nýtt Sjálvstýri   273   8,6   223   7,3   +1,3
E.    Tjóðveldi   453   14,2   439   14,4   -0,2
F.    Framsókn   66   2,1   53   1,7   +0,4
H.    Miðflokkurin   163   5,1   265   8,7   -3,6
Atkvøður      3.227      3.054      Blankar/Ógild.
Valrætt/Valluttøka      3.606   89,5%         12/32

Disappointing for Progress. No break through. Left wing gain much smaller than in other towns. Only + 8.1%.

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Wonder what they are doing in Oyrarbakki, they are after the towns. Only Torshavn left otherwise. Maybe some technical problem.

EDIT: Oyrarbakki in.

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The left at 42% before Torshavn with 34.2% of the votes.

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Centre down 0.9% before Torshavn. The homophobes are losing.

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KJL only 5th in personal votes in UP. Bardur Nielsen 4th.

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Do you know the results of Torshavn in 2011?

I gave you a link to 2011 in a post above.

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It looks like Torshavn is strong for Republic, looking at the figures of 2008 and 2011.

Yeah.

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Centre fell from 8.7% to 5.1% in Klaksvik. Jenis av Rana has gone too far for townies.

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Yes, I mean, one thing is not passing same-sex marriage

Another thing is all that crazy thing about Sea Sehpherd and banning the parade and all that....

But Progress is not doing as well as expected so far. Would they dare to enter into a left-wing coalition?

Torshavn has a much younger and better educated population than the settlements and small towns, so they may still do decently all in all. Klaksvik is probably still too SoCon for them.

Progress doing badly lowers the odds for a "reform coalition".

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Jenis av Rana does not have the most personal votes in his party. Would they do better with the other guy?

Justinussen is more moderate - at least less homophobic, so maybe. Jenis av Rana also has a preacher style and has turned the party into more of a movement with "sect language" than a normal party. Perhaps going "square" would benefit them.

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with these results, would they go for progress (if progress wants to) or would they try their look with the Home Rule Party and CP (maybe with BJ as negotiator) ?

Not CP. Maybe Home Rule if Republic, SD and Home Rule gets a majority.

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It is past 1AM here in DK (and past midnight in the Faroes), so I am going to bed.

Lets discuss the result tomorrow.

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Seat count:

Javnaðarflokkurin -- 8 (+2)
Tjóðveldi -- 7 (+1)
Fólkaflokkurin -- 8 6 (-2)
Sambandsflokkurin -- 8 6 (-2)
Framsókn -- 2 (nc)
Miðflokkurin -- 2 (nc)
Nýtt Sjálvstýri -- 2 (+1)

Seat count is wrong. PP and UP got 6, which is -2 for both.

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Well, interesting result. Republic and SD have 15 and can get a majority with both Progress and Home Rule.

Seats:

Republic 7
SD 8
Home Rule 2
Centre 2
Progress 2
UP 6
PP 6

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Some personal votes:

UP

1   Edmund Joensen   636
2   Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen   603
3   Bárður á Steig Nielsen   592
4   Magnus Rasmussen   500
5   Bjørn Kalsø   486
6   Magni Laksáfoss   374

KJL finished marginally ahead of his rival Bardur Nielsen. Former PM Edmund Joensen became #1.


Home Rule

1   Jógvan Skorheim 386
2   Kári P. Højgaard   351

Party chairman Skorheim and current MP (and "scandalized" Minister of the Interior Højgaard (who had said he was going to retire, but changed his mind) are elected. The are both positioned to the right in the party.

Centre

1   Jenis av Rana   498
2   Bill Justinussen   369

Jenis av Rana, who is the municipal doctor in Torshavn, got the necessary votes in the capital to overtake Justinussen, so he is safely in charge.


SD

Party chairman Aksel Johannessen got 2 405, which is a new Faroese record. Rigor Dam finished fourth.


PP

Still have the two Torshavn based MPs ahead of their leaders.


Progress

Party co-founder Hanna Jensen will join Poul Michelsen.

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Aksel V. Johannesen will be the new PM, since only a theoretical coalition between all 5 centre-right parties (including Progress and Centre!) can prevent SD and Republic from forming a government. So the question is only who the two left wing parties will govern with.

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is that good or bad for Rigmor Dam?

Same position as last time, but she is up 122.

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Only one of the two SDs that voted against gay marriage in 2014 (Henrik Old) is reelected, but I dont know if there are any SoCons among the newly elected MPs.

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So apart from Alberta, the left has now also won Faroe

Well, 15 is good, but they were at 16-17 in some polls in spring, and the two parties have been at 15 before. It is not a sensation like Alberta. If they had gotten an outright majority that would have been a first.

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Question. I might be ignorant, but why are there so many people who want to leave the union with Denmark?

They are a nation with their own culture, traditions and language etc. (and fiercely proud of both). Plus they are much smaller than DK and unable to influence Danish political decisions.

They are also outside of the EU and have a completely different type of economy.