Election Name: | 1950 Faroese general election |
Country: | Faroe Islands |
Previous Election: | 1946 |
Next Election: | 1954 |
Election Date: | 8 November 1950 |
Leader1: | Thorstein Petersen |
Party1: | People's Party (Faroe Islands) |
Last Election1: | 8 |
Seats1: | 8 |
Percentage1: | 32.25 |
Leader2: | Johan Poulsen |
Party2: | Union Party (Faroe Islands) |
Last Election2: | 6 |
Seats2: | 7 |
Percentage2: | 27.26 |
Leader3: | Peter Mohr Dam |
Party3: | Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) |
Last Election3: | 4 |
Seats3: | 6 |
Percentage3: | 22.40 |
Leader4: | Erlendur Patursson |
Party4: | Republican Party (Faroe Islands) |
Last Election4: | New |
Seats4: | 2 |
Percentage4: | 9.85 |
Leader5: | Louis Zachariasen |
Party5: | Self-Government (Faroe Islands) |
Last Election5: | 2 |
Seats5: | 2 |
Percentage5: | 8.23 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Andrass Samuelsen |
Before Party: | Union Party (Faroe Islands) |
After Election: | Kristian Djurhuus |
After Party: | Union Party (Faroe Islands) |
General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 8 November 1950, the first after the granting of home rule two years earlier. The People's Party remained the largest party in the Løgting, winning 8 of the 25 seats.[1]