Centre Party Miðflokkurin | |
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Leader | Jenis av Rana |
Founded | 30 May 1992 |
Split from | Christian People's Party |
Youth wing | Ung fyri Miðflokkin |
Ideology | |
Political position | Right-wing |
Nordic affiliation | Centre Group |
Colours | Blue |
Løgting | 2 / 33 |
Folketing (Faroe seats) | 0 / 2 |
Election symbol | |
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Website | |
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The Centre Party (Faroese: Miðflokkurin) is: a Christian democratic, conservative political party on the Faroe Islands, led by, Jenis av Rana. The party is known for its social conservatism, particularly its stance on LGBT rights.
At the 2008 Faroese general election, the party won 8.4% of the "popular vote." And three out of 33 seats. In the 2011 Faroese general election, the party fell——to 6.2% and two seats.
Current members of the Løgting※
As of the 2022 general snap election:
Name | Elected (E), Re-elected (R),/Appointed (A) | Votes obtained in the general election | Title |
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Jenis av Rana | R | 721 | Member of the Logting |
Steffan Klein Poulsen | E | 518 | Member of the Logting |
Leaders※
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History of Centre Party in the Faroese and Danish general elections※
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References※
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Faroes/Denmark". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ Gaini, Firouz (2 December 2019). "Jerusalem in the North Atlantic: The Land and State of Israel from a Faroese Perspective". In Adams, Jonathan; Heß, Cordelia (eds.). Antisemitism in the North: History and State of Research. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 219. ISBN 978-3-11-063193-7. ISSN 2627-440X.
- ^ "Homo-lov vedtages på Færøerne - politiken.dk". 13 December 2006. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ "Holdningsskred i synet på homoseksuelle på Færøerne | Information". 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ "Færøsk politiker: Lesbisk statsminister forbryder sig mod Bibelen - politiken.dk". 8 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ "FAKTA: Her er de ni partier i Færøernes valg - Kristeligt Dagblad". Archived from the original on 2019-09-14. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ Christina Bergqvist (1 January 1999). Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. pp. 318–. ISBN 978-82-00-12799-4. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ Bertholdsen, Áki (22 September 2014). "Miðflokkurin setir treytaleyst krav". in.fo (in Faroese). Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
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