Republic ( ), formerly known as the Republican Party () is a pro-independence left-wing political party in the Faroe Islands.
History
The party was founded in 1948 as a reaction to the islands failing to gain independence despite the outcome of the 1946 independence referendum, after which independence was subsequently declared but annulled by the Danish King.
In 1998, Høgni Hoydal succeeded Heini O. Heinesen as party leader.
During the 20 January 2004 legislative elections, the party won 21.7% of the popular vote and eight out of 33 seats. However, after the passing of an amendment adding the term "sexual orientation" to paragraph 266b of the Anti-Discrimination Act, MP Karsten Hansen announced that he was leaving the party owing to a difference in opinion. He later joined the Centre Party.
At the elections on 19 January 2008, the party won 23.3% of the vote and eight out of 33 seats.
On 14 September 2007, the party changed its name from Tjóðveldisflokkurin to simply Tjóðveldi (i.e., from "the Republican Party" to just "Republic").
In the Danish parliamentary elections of 2007, the party received 25.4% of the Faroese vote, thereby retaining one of the two Faroese seats in the Danish national Folketing. In the 2011 election, however, its votes declined and it lost its seat to the Social Democrats. It regained its seat in the 2015 election, then lost it again in the 2019 election. Republic would not re-gain a seat in the Folketing in the 2022 or 2026 elections thereafter, with 2026 seeing its vote percentage reduced to its lowest level since 1994 (though its size in the Faroese Løgting would remain unchanged).
Leaders Party leaders Erlendur Patursson 1948–1971 Signar Hansen 1971–1994 Heini O. Heinesen 1994–1998 Høgni Hoydal 2000–2024 Sirið Stenberg 2024–present Parliamentarian leaders Signar Hansen 1986–1989 Heini O. Heinesen 1994–2004 Høgni Hoydal 2004–2008 Annita á Fríðriksmørk 2008 Bergtóra Høgnadóttir Joensen 2008 Sjúrður Skaale 2008–2009 Annita á Fríðriksmørk 2009–2011 Høgni Hoydal 2011–present
Current members of the Løgting
As of the 2022 general snap election:
Name Elected (E), Re-elected (R), or Appointed (A) Votes obtained in the general election Title Høgni Hoydal R 760 Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, & Minister of Trade and Industry Bjørt Samuelsen R 759 Speaker of the Logting Sirið Stenberg R 457 Minister of Social Affairs and Culture Hervør Pálsdóttir R 376 Member of the Logting Annika Olsena E 335 Member of the Logting Dennis Holm E 305 Minister of Fisheries Eirikur í Jákupsstovu A 295 Substitute Member of the Logting Liljan Weihe A 290 Substitute Member of the Logting Erling Eidesgaard A 216 Substitute Member of the Logting a. Formerly a member of the People's Party until mid-November 2022.
Election results
Faroese general election Year Votes Seats Position#%# ± 1950 1,145 9.8 New 4th 1954 3,028 23.8 4 2nd 1958 3,323 23.9 1 2nd 1962 3,281 21.6 1 2nd 1966 3,529 20.0 1 4th 1970 3,963 21.9 1 2nd 1974 4,461 22.5 0 2nd 1978 4,614 20.3 0 3rd 1980 4,415 19.0 0 3rd 1984 4,921 19.5 0 4th 1988 5,520 19.2 0 4th 1990 4,178 14.7 2 4th 1994 3,501 13.7 0 4th 1998 6,584 23.8 4 1st 2002 7,229 23.7 0 2nd 2004 6,890 21.7 0 3rd 2008 7,238 23.3 0 1st 2011 5,584 18.3 2 3rd 2015 6,681 20.7 1 2nd 2019 6,127 18.1 1 4th 2022 6,057 17.7 0 4th 2026 6,143 17.39 0 4th Danish general election Year Votes Members#% 1973 3,312 1975 3,563 1977 3,057 1979 3,886 20.8 1981 3,441 20.7 1984 3,646 19.9 1987 3,478 15.7 1988 4,690 20.5 1990 2,377 13.3 1994 1,798 9.4 1998 4,325 20.9 2001 6,578 24.9 2005 6,301 25.3 2007 5,849 25.4 2011 3,998 19.4 2015 5,730 24.5 2019 4,830 18.6 2022 4,927 18.1 2026 3,891 13.35
References
External links
Official site