Faroese general election, 1940

30 January 1940

Party	Leader	%	Seats	±
Union	Andrass Samuelsen	32.3%	8	0
People's	Jóannes Patursson	24.7%	6	New
Social Democratic	Peter Mohr Dam	23.9%	6	0
Self-Government	Louis Zachariasen	16.2%	4	-4

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 30 January 1940.^[1] The Union Party emerged as the largest party in the Løgting, winning 8 of the 24 seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Union Party	2,722	32.29	8	0
People's Party	2,084	24.72	6	New
Social Democratic Party	2,012	23.86	6	0
Self-Government Party	1,365	16.19	4	–4
Separatist Party	139	1.65	0	New
Independent	109	1.29	0	New
Total	8,431	100	24	0
Source: Election Passport

References

↑ Faroe Islands Election Passport

Elections and referendums in the Faroe Islands

Løgting elections	1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1943 1945 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1980 1984 1988 1990 1994 1998 2002 2004 2008 2011 2015

Folketing elections	1920 (Apr) 1920 (Jul) 1920 (Sep) 1924 1926 1929 1932 1935 1939 1943 1945 1947 1950 1953 (Apr) 1953 (Sep) 1957 1960 1964 1966 1968 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1984 1987 1988 1990 1994 1998 2001 2005 2007 2011 2015

Referendums	1907 1946 1973 2009

See also: Elections and referendums in Denmark Elections and referendums in Greenland

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