 the faroe islands elects on national level a legislature. the faroese parliament (lÃ¸gtingiÃ° in faroese) has 33 members of parliament, elected for a four year term by proportional representation. the faroe islands have a multi-party system (disputing on independence and unionism as well as left and right), with numerous parties in which a single party normally does not have a chance of gaining power alone, and therefore the parties must work together in order to form a coalition government. ==latest elections==     ==past elections and referendums==  * jf - social-democrats (equality party) * sf - union party (have been in coalition with the labour front and the self-government party at some elections) * tf - republican party * ff - people's party * ssf - self-government party * mf - centre party * kff - christian people's party * vf - workers' movement * f - progress ===1984=== jf - 23.4%, 8 mps ff - 21.6%, 7 mps sf - 21.2%, 7 mps tf - 19.5%, 6 mps ssf - 8.5%, 2 mps kff - 5.8%, 2 mps ===1988=== ff - 23.2%, 8 mps jf - 21.6%, 7 mps sf - 21.2%, 7 mps tf - 16.2%, 6 mps ssf - 7.1%, 2 mps kff - 5.5%, 2 mps others - 2.2%, 0 mps ===1990=== jf - 27.5%, 10 mps ff - 21.9%, 7 mps sf - 18.9%, 6 mps tf - 14.7%, 4 mps ssf - 8.8%, 3 mps kff - 5.9%, 2 mps others - 2.3%, 0 mps ===1994=== sf - 23.4%, 8 mps ff - 16.0%, 6 mps jf - 15.4%, 5 mps tf - 13.7%, 4 mps vf - 9.5%, 3 mps kff - 6.3%, 2 mps mf - 5.8%, 2 mps ssf - 5.6%, 2 mps others - 4.3%, 0 mps ===1998=== tf - 23.8%, 8 mps jf - 21.9%, 7 mps ff - 21.3%, 8 mps sf - 18.0%, 6 mps ssf - 7.7%, 2 mps mf - 4.1%, 1 mps kff - 2.5%, 0 mps vf - 0.8%, 0 mps others - 0.8%, 0 mps ===2002=== sf - 26.0%, 8 mps tf - 23.7%, 8 mps jf - 20.9%, 7 mps ff - 20.8%, 7 mps ssf - 4.4%, 1 mps mf - 4.2%, 1 mp ===2004=== sf - 23.7%, 7 mps jf - 21.8%, 7 mps tf - 21.7%, 8 mps ff - 20.6%, 7 mps mf - 5.2%, 2 mps ssf - 4.6%, 1 mp ===2008=== tf - 23.3%, 8 mp
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