| Country: | Faroe Islands |
| Previous Election: | 2019 |
| Election Date: | 8 December 2022 |
| Turnout: | 88.05% (1.65pp) |
| Seats For Election: | All 33 members in the Løgting |
| Majority Seats: | 17 |
| Leader1: | Aksel V. Johannesen |
| Party1: | Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) |
| Last Election1: | 7 |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Percentage1: | 26.58 |
| Leader2: | Bárður á Steig Nielsen |
| Party2: | Union Party (Faroe Islands) |
| Last Election2: | 7 |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Percentage2: | 19.98 |
| Leader3: | Beinir Johannesen |
| Party3: | People's Party (Faroe Islands) |
| Last Election3: | 8 |
| Seats3: | 6 |
| Percentage3: | 18.92 |
| Leader4: | Høgni Hoydal |
| Party4: | Republic (Faroe Islands) |
| Last Election4: | 6 |
| Seats4: | 6 |
| Percentage4: | 17.71 |
| Leader5: | Ruth Vang |
| Party5: | Progress (Faroe Islands) |
| Last Election5: | 2 |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Percentage5: | 7.52 |
| Leader6: | Jenis av Rana |
| Party6: | Centre Party (Faroe Islands) |
| Last Election6: | 2 |
| Seats6: | 2 |
| Percentage6: | 6.55 |
| Prime Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Prime Minister |
| Before Election: | Bárður á Steig Nielsen |
| Before Party: | Union Party (Faroe Islands) |
| After Election: | Aksel V. Johannesen |
| After Party: | Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) |
| Map: | Lagtingsvalg 2022.svg |
Early general elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 8 December 2022.[1] The opposition Social Democratic Party led by former Prime Minister Aksel V. Johannesen emerged as the largest party, receiving the largest vote share of any party since 1990, while Self-Government lost its Løgting representation for the first time since 1945.
Following the 2019 general elections a coalition government was formed by Union Party leader Bárður á Steig Nielsen, consisting of the Union Party, the People's Party and the Centre Party, which together won 17 of the 33 seats.[2]
During the campaign for the November 2022 Danish general election, Centre Party leader and Faroese Minister of Foreign Affairs Jenis av Rana stated that he could not support Søren Pape Poulsen, the leader of the Conservative People's Party, becoming Prime Minister of Denmark as Poulsen is gay.[1]
The opposition parties in the Løgting planned to call a motion of no confidence on 8 November, but Faroese Prime Minister Bárður á Steig Nielsen sacked av Rana the same day. The Centre Party subsequently withdrew from the government, resulting in it losing its majority and Nielsen calling early elections.[1]
The 33 members of the Løgting were elected by open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with an electoral threshold of of votes (%).[3] Seats were allocated using the largest remainder method.[4]
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| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | A | С | B | E | H | F | D | Others | Lead | Lead | |||||
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| 2022 election | – | 18.9 6 | 26.6 9 | 20.0 7 | 17.7 6 | 6.6 2 | 7.5 3 | 2.7 0 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 45.5 15 | 51.8 18 | 6.3 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 23.3 8 | 26.8 9 | 15.8 5 | 17.9 6 | 6.5 2 | 7.0 3 | 2.8 0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 45.6 15 | 51.7 18 | 6.1 | ||||
| Gallup | 536 | 19.8 7 | 25.9 9 | 18.3 6 | 19.8 7 | 6.2 2 | 7.8 2 | 2.2 0 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 44.3 15 | 53.6 18 | 9.3 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 19.2 7 | 25.4 9 | 18.9 6 | 20.7 7 | 6.8 2 | 6.6 2 | 2.5 0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 44.9 15 | 52.7 18 | 7.8 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 12.6 4 | 28.3 10 | 18.0 6 | 21.5 7 | 8.2 3 | 9.3 3 | 2.1 0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 38.8 13 | 59.1 20 | 20.3 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 16.4 6 | 27.3 9 | 20.7 7 | 19.0 6 | 8.0 3 | 7.0 2 | 1.6 0 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 45.1 16 | 53.3 17 | 8.2 | ||||
| 2022 Danish election | – | 15.5 | 28.2 | 30.2 | 18.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 50.2 | 49.8 | 0.4 | ||||
| Gallup | 543 | 20.9 7 | 29.7 10 | 18.1 6 | 16.4 5 | 6.1 2 | 5.7 2 | 3.1 1 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 45.1 15 | 54.9 18 | 9.8 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 16.1 5 | 30.0 10 | 18.0 6 | 19.5 7 | 6.5 2 | 7.9 3 | 2.1 0 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 40.6 13 | 57.4 20 | 16.8 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 19.5 6 | 31.5 11 | 15.0 5 | 20.2 7 | 6.8 2 | 5.1 2 | 1.3 0 | 0.6 | 11.3 | 41.3 13 | 56.8 20 | 15.5 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 17.9 6 | 31.0 10 | 14.2 5 | 21.1 7 | 5.2 2 | 8.2 3 | 2.4 0 | 0.0 | 9.9 | 37.3 13 | 60.3 20 | 23.0 | ||||
| Gallup | 561 | 18.4 6 | 28.5 10 | 21.0 7 | 19.0 6 | 4.5 2 | 6.0 2 | 2.6 0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 43.9 15 | 53.5 18 | 9.6 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 18.5 6 | 30.1 10 | 17.1 6 | 17.5 6 | 5.8 2 | 8.9 3 | 2.2 0 | 0.0 | 11.6 | 41.4 14 | 56.5 19 | 15.1 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 13.4 4 | 32.1 11 | 16.3 5 | 20.1 7 | 4.6 2 | 9.9 3 | 3.7 1 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 34.3 11 | 65.8 22 | 31.5 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 15.2 5 | 31.0 10 | 16.7 6 | 20.0 7 | 6.7 2 | 6.4 2 | 3.0 1 | 1.0 | 11.0 | 38.6 13 | 60.4 20 | 21.8 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 17.6 6 | 32.5 11 | 14.8 5 | 18.8 6 | 6.1 2 | 7.3 3 | 2.9 0 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 38.5 13 | 58.6 20 | 20.1 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 20.6 7 | 28.0 9 | 16.8 5 | 19.8 7 | 7.7 3 | 5.3 2 | 2.3 0 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 45.1 15 | 53.1 18 | 8.0 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 21.4 7 | 29.0 10 | 17.8 6 | 17.9 6 | 5.7 2 | 5.1 2 | 3.0 0 | 0.1 | 7.6 | 44.9 15 | 55.0 18 | 10.1 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 21.1 8 | 29.0 10 | 15.7 5 | 19.1 6 | 6.8 2 | 6.0 2 | 1.2 0 | 1.1 | 7.9 | 43.6 15 | 54.1 18 | 10.5 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 21.3 7 | 28.2 10 | 19.0 6 | 18.6 6 | 5.5 2 | 5.5 2 | 1.9 0 | 0.1 | 6.9 | 45.8 15 | 52.3 18 | 6.5 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 23.6 8 | 28.5 10 | 17.1 6 | 16.4 5 | 5.4 2 | 5.3 2 | 2.8 0 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 46.1 16 | 50.2 17 | 4.1 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 22.9 8 | 27.1 9 | 19.4 7 | 18.2 6 | 4.3 1 | 6.0 2 | 2.1 0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 46.6 16 | 51.3 17 | 4.7 | ||||
| Spyr.fo | – | 24.0 8 | 23.5 8 | 20.8 7 | 18.8 6 | 4.9 2 | 5.3 2 | 2.7 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 49.7 17 | 47.6 16 | 2.1 | ||||
| 2019 election | data-sort-value="2019-06-05" | – | 24.5 8 | 22.1 7 | 20.4 7 | 18.1 6 | 5.4 2 | 4.6 2 | 3.4 1 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 50.3 17 | 48.2 16 | 2.1 | |||
On 22 December 2022 Aksel V. Johannesen was elected prime minister of a coalition government between Social Democratic, Republic and Progress.[5]