2004 Faroese general election
Danish territorial election
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Parliamentary elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 20 January 2004.[1]
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20 January 2004
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| Turnout | 92.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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.[2] Johan Dalsgaard was not the only candidate on the list. Rubek Lilaa was the candidate for Eysturoyar Valdømi.[3] 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
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| 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 | |||||