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It had been considered to amend the election law to hold the election two weeks later to pass a number of important bills before the election, but in the end the negotiations on this failed and the election was called on 2007-12-07. Prior to this election, the electoral system was changed in 2007
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voting, to a system with a single constituency for the whole country in order to reduce disproportionality.
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got the majority of ministerial posts (including the newly created post of foreign minister). The
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Nýggja løgtingið valt - stór útskifting og fleiri kvinnur
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1015:on 19 January 2008, the latest possible date. The
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1397:The Copenhagen Post, 7 December 2007
605:Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark
1011:General elections were held in the
482:The Government of the Faroe Islands
18:2008 Faroese parliamentary election
1409:Election Resources on the Internet
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25:
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1892:January 2008 events in Europe
1060:referendum to be held in 2010
273:Politics of the Faroe Islands
28:2008 Faroese general election
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357:Purveyors to the Royal Court
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839:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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1882:2008 in the Faroe Islands
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1395:Faeroes to head to polls
1385:Norden, 10 December 2007
800:Administrative divisions
574:35th National Parliament
1174:Social Democratic Party
1040:Social Democratic Party
1025:Social Democratic Party
913:Arctic policy of the EU
613:69th Kingdom Parliament
1420:"New Coalition formed"
858:Diplomatic missions of
370:The unity of the Realm
257:Social Democratic
248:Social Democratic
161:Social Democratic
1216:Self-Government Party
1017:Self-Government Party
948:Politics of Greenland
470:Lene Moyell Johansen
1287:Invalid/blank votes
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943:Politics of Denmark
498:Aksel V. Johannesen
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1366:2008-02-08 at the
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1067:Kaj Leo Johannesen
541:Queen Margrethe II
519:Johannesen Cabinet
385:Kingdom of Denmark
253:Jóannes Eidesgaard
244:Jóannes Eidesgaard
166:Jóannes Eidesgaard
124:Kaj Leo Johannesen
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1195:Centre Party
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1056:Centre Party
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772:Independence
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296:Constitution
103:Høgni Hoydal
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1824:Referendums
1300:Total votes
1274:Valid votes
1132:Union Party
1048:Union Party
885:Visa policy
759:Referendums
556:Legislature
479:Landsstýri
446:Regeringen
1871:Categories
1856:See also:
1430:2008-10-02
1348:References
563:Løgtingið
958:Home rule
953:Unitarism
688:Elections
662:President
647:Judiciary
439:Executive
424:Greenland
333:The Crown
1364:Archived
1336:See also
1326:Source:
1111:Republic
1052:Republic
1046:and the
1019:and the
875:Passport
844:Minister
777:Alcohol
764:Alcohol
733:National
320:Taxation
140:People's
98:Republic
1328:Logting
1073:Results
808:Regions
706:Kingdom
634:Members
622:Speaker
595:Members
583:Speaker
492:Premier
411:Denmark
340:Monarch
79:Leader
1316:34,835
1306:100.00
1303:31,177
1277:31,112
1259:100.00
1256:31,112
779:(1973)
766:(1907)
675:Courts
421:
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233:before
182:Centre
170:19.3%
149:20.1%
128:21.0%
107:23.3%
87:Seats
1319:89.50
1280:99.79
1253:Total
1220:2,244
1199:2,610
1181:19.34
1178:6,018
1160:20.06
1157:6,240
1139:20.99
1136:6,529
1118:23.30
1115:7,250
1100:Seats
1094:Votes
1091:Party
818:Towns
212:7.2%
191:8.4%
119:Union
76:Party
1846:2012
1841:1973
1836:1946
1831:1907
1815:2022
1810:2019
1805:2015
1800:2011
1795:2008
1790:2004
1785:2002
1780:1998
1775:1994
1770:1990
1765:1988
1760:1984
1755:1980
1750:1978
1745:1974
1740:1970
1735:1966
1730:1962
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1690:1936
1685:1932
1680:1928
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1525:1863
1520:1861
1515:1859
1510:1857
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1500:1854
1495:1852
1293:0.21
1242:0.71
1223:7.21
1202:8.39
749:2011
744:2015
738:2019
722:2011
717:2015
711:2019
464:list
61:2011
51:2004
1248:New
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