Social Democratic Party Javnaðarflokkurin | |
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| Abbreviation | JF |
| Chairperson | Aksel V. Johannesen |
| Deputy Chairperson | Eyðgunn Samuelsen |
| General Secretary | Bjarni Arge |
| Founded | 25 September 1925; 100 years ago (1925-09-25) |
| Headquarters | Tórshavn,Faroe Islands |
| Youth wing | Socialist Youth |
| Ideology | Social democracy[1] Danish unionism[1] |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Social Democrats |
| Nordic affiliation | SAMAK The Social Democratic Group |
| Colours | Red |
| Løgting | 9 / 33 |
| Folketing (Faroe seats) | 1 / 2 |
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TheSocial Democratic Party[2] (Faroese:Javnaðarflokkurin,lit. 'Equality Party',JF) (Danish:Det socialdemokratiske parti,JF) is asocial democratic[3]political party on theFaroe Islands, led byAksel V. Johannesen.
The Social Democratic Party was founded on 25 September 1925 by members of Faroese trade unions.
Its youth organizationSosialistiskt Ungmannafelag (Socialist Youth) was founded in 1965.[4]
At the2004 general election on 20 January 2004, the party received 21.8% of the popular vote and therefore won 7 out of 33 seats in theLøgting.
At the2008 general election on 19 January 2008, the party received 19.3% of the popular vote and therefore won 6 out of 33 seats.[5]
In the2011 election for the DanishFolketing, the party improved its vote share to 21.0%, and took one of the two Faroese seats previously held byRepublic. The elected representative of the Social Democratic Party in the Folketing isSjúrður Skaale, who received 1539 personal votes.[6]
At the2011 general election on 29 October 2011, the party received 17.8% of the popular vote and therefore won 6 out of 33 seats.
At the2015 general election on 1 September 2015, the party received 25.1% of the vote, winning a plurality of 8 seats in the Løgting.
The party is officially neutral on the matter of independence fromDenmark, but generally leans towards remaining in the union. In the Danish Folketing, the Social Democratic Party supports the "Red Bloc" led by theSocial Democrats of Denmark.
As of the2022 general snap election:
| Name | Elected (E), Re-elected (R), or Appointed (A) | Votes obtained in the general election | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aksel V. Johannesen | R | 1,961 | Prime Minister |
| Ingilín Didriksen Strøm | R | 787 | Minister of Environment |
| Djóni Nolsøe Joensen | R | 495 | Minister of Children and Education |
| Bjarni Hammer | R | 445 | Member of the Logting |
| Jóhannis Joensen | R | 416 | First Vice-Chairman ("Deputy Speaker") of the Logting[7] |
| Eyðgunn Samuelsen | E | 405 | Member of the Logting |
| Uni Holm Johannesen | E | 344 | Member of the Logting |
| Henrik Old | R | 308 | Member of the Logting |
| Margit Stórá | E | 305 | Minister of Health |
| Súsanna Bertholdsen | A | 275 | Substitute Member of the Logting[7] |
| Kristianna Winther Poulsen | A | 205 | Substitute Member of the Logting[7] |
| Hans Jacob Thomsen | A | 189 | Substitute Member of the Logting[7] |
| Kim Durhuus | A | 161 | Substitute Member of the Logting[7] |
| Year | Votes | Seats | Position | ||
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| # | % | # | ± | ||
| 1928 | 671 | 10.6 | 2 / 23 | New |  3rd |
| 1932 | 825 | 10.5 | 2 / 21 |  0 | 3rd |
| 1936 | 1,891 | 24.0 | 6 / 24 | 4 | 3rd |
| 1940 | 2,012 | 23.9 | 6 / 24 | 0 | 3rd |
| 1943 | 1,919 | 19.9 | 5 / 25 |  1 | 3rd |
| 1945 | 3,305 | 22.8 | 6 / 23 | 1 | 3rd |
| 1946a. | 3,705 | 28.1 | 4 / 20 | 2 | 3rd |
| 1950 | 2,605 | 22.4 | 6 / 25 | 2 | 3rd |
| 1954 | 2,518 | 19.8 | 5 / 27 | 1 | 4th |
| 1958 | 3,589 | 25.8 | 8 / 30 | 3 | 1st |
| 1962 | 4,161 | 27.5 | 8 / 29 | 0 | 1st |
| 1966 | 4,751 | 27.0 | 7 / 26 | 1 | 1st |
| 1970 | 4,916 | 27.2 | 7 / 26 | 0 | 1st |
| 1974 | 5,125 | 25.8 | 7 / 26 | 0 | 1st |
| 1978 | 5,062 | 22.3 | 8 / 32 | 0 | 2nd |
| 1980 | 5,043 | 21.7 | 7 / 32 | 1 | 2nd |
| 1984 | 5,879 | 23.4 | 8 / 32 | 1 | 1st |
| 1988 | 6,233 | 21.6 | 7 / 32 | 1 | 2nd |
| 1990 | 7,805 | 27.5 | 10 / 32 | 3 | 1st |
| 1994 | 3,918 | 15.4 | 5 / 32 | 5 | 3rd |
| 1998 | 6,063 | 21.9 | 7 / 32 | 2 | 2nd |
| 2002 | 6,378 | 20.9 | 7 / 32 | 0 | 3rd |
| 2004 | 6,921 | 21.8 | 7 / 32 | 0 | 2nd |
| 2008 | 6,018 | 19.3 | 6 / 33 | 1 | 4th |
| 2011 | 5,428 | 17.8 | 6 / 33 | 0 | 4th |
| 2015 | 8,093 | 25.1 | 8 / 33 | 2 | 1st |
| 2019 | 7,480 | 22.1 | 7 / 33 | 1 | 2nd |
| 2022 | 9,094 | 26.6 | 9 / 33 | 2 | 1st |
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