Municipal Election 2024

All residents in the Faroe Islands, who have the right to vote and are registered as voters can vote at the municipal elections. You are eligible to vote and run for office if you:

• Are 18 years or older and meet the requirements of voting rights and eligibility to run for national office
• Are registered in the national register (fólkayvirlitið) of your municipality at least two weeks ahead of election day
• Are registered as living in the municipality on election day. This means that if you move municipality 14 days before the election, you will have neither the right to vote in the municipality you are moving from nor in the municipality you are moving to

If you are not a Danish citizen, you must have been a permanent resident in the Faroe Islands for at least three years ahead of the election day to be eligible to vote in a municipal election.

If you are a non-Faroese citizen, you are eligible to vote and run for office in a municipal election if you have been a permanent resident in the Faroe Islands for the last three years prior to the election day.

You do not need to have Danish citizenship. However, to be eligible to vote, you need to be registered to vote in your municipality at least two weeks before election day and you need to be living in the municipality on election day too.

If you are a Faroese citizen, who is registered as living abroad, you are not eligible to vote in municipal elections. The same rule applies, if you are a Faroese student studying abroad. The reason is, that you do not meet the requirements of being registered as living in the municipality at least two weeks prior to the election and living in the municipality on election day.

The legislation regarding municipal elections is available in the link below:

Voting legislation for Faroese municipalities (logir.fo) - in Faroese

Your local municipal office will make the voting register available for public inspection at the least four weeks prior to election day. The voting register lists all registered voters to the municipal election, and public persons are entitled to check the register until two weeks prior to the election.

You will automatically receive a voting invitation by mail if you meet the requirements for voting in the municipal elections and you are registered to vote. Contact your local citizen service centre if you have not received your voting invitation two weeks prior to the election day.

Please note, that you will not be eligible to vote in any municipality if you move to a different municipality less than two weeks before election day.

• Residents in Tórshavn, Mjørkadalur, Norðradalur, Koltur, Hestur, Hvítanes and Sund cast their votes at Høllin á Hálsi in Tórshavn
• Residents in Hoyvík cast their votes at Hoyvíkshøllin
• Residents in Argir cast their votes at Skúlin á Argjahamri
• Residents in Kaldbak and Kaldbaksbotnur cast their votes at Høllin in Kaldbak
• Residents in Kollafjørður, Signabøur and Oyrareingir cast their votes at Skótahúsið in Kollafjørður
• Residents in Kirkjubøur, Velbastaður and Syðradalur cast their votes at Velbastaðar skúli
• Residents in Nólsoy cast their votes at Ungmannafelagshúsið í Nólsoy

Hoyvíkshøllin

Vegurin Langi 25
188 Hoyvík

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Høllin á Hálsi

Hallarheygur 4
100 Tórshavn

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Skúlin á Argjahamri

Glyvursvegur 44
160 Argir

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Høllin í Kaldbak

Krossgøta 11
180 Kaldbak

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Skótahúsið í Kollafirði

Botnavegur 3
410 Kollafjørður

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Skúlin á Velbastað  

Norðuri á Heyggi 19
176 Velbastaður

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Ungmannafelagshúsið í Nólsoy

Á Mýrini 8
270 Nólsoy

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All voting stations will open at 10:00 on election day and close at 20:00, or as soon as all voters in the queue have finished voting.

All eligible voters will receive a personal voting invitation by mail two weeks prior to the election day.The voting invitation is your personal proof of eligibility, and you must remember to bring it when you go to the voting station to vote.

Voting station

The voting invitation shows your designated voting station. You can find a list of all voting stations in the link below:

Voting stations

If you have not received your voting invitation

You need to contact your municapility's national register if you are eligible to vote and have not received your voting invitation, or if the voting invitation contains an error. If you are a resident in the Municipality of Tórshavn you can contact the Citizen Service Centre at +298 30 20 10 or write to torshavn@torshavn.fo.

If the Citizen Service Centre confirms that you are eligible to vote, then you need to find out what your voting station is by contacting the Citizen Service Centre on election day between 9:00 and 20:00. When you arrive at your designated voting station on election day, you will need to show your driver's licence or passport, and the election officials will issue a new voting invitation. You may then vote as usual.

If you loose your voting invitation

The election officials at your voting station can issue a new voting invitation on election day. You will need to show your drivers licence or your passport. You may then cast your vote as usual.

You will receive a voting invitation regardless of an early vote

You will still receive a voting invitation in the mail two weeks prior to the election even if you have voted early. This will not affect your early vote. You may change your mind and vote for a new candidate on election day even if you have previously voted early.If you vote in person on election day, the election committee will securely destroy your early vote, and the early vote will not count in the election result.

Your vote will only count if your ballot only contains one X and no other identifiable words or scribbles.

You may mark your X in the box next to the list of candidates you are voting for OR in the box next to the name of the specific candidate you are voting for.

The link below shows an example of a correctly filled out ballot:

You need to arrive at your voting station on election day between 10:00 and 20:00 and bring your voting invitation and a picture ID such as your drivers licence or passport.

If you have forgotten, lost or never received your voting invitation, the election officials will issue a new one to you at the voting station.

When you hand in your voting invitation, the poll worker will hand you a ballot with the names of all the candidates. You must enter the voting cubicle on your own without the presence of other people.

You cast your vote by writing one X in the box next to the name of the list you are voting for OR in the box next to the name of the candidate you are voting for. Your ballot may not contain any other mark or scribble. You can ask the poll worker to give you a new and empty ballot if you have made a mistake. Your old ballot will then be securely destroyed.

You can see an example of a correctly filled out ballot here:

How to write on your election ballot

After you have marked your ballot, you should fold your ballot so that the names are not visible and exit the voting cubicle. Put your ballot into the ballot box while an election official is watching. You have now cast your vote.

If you have cast an early ballot, you may still change your mind and instead vote in person on election day. In that case your early ballot will be securely destroyed and will not count in the election result.

If you need assistance 

If you need help with voting, you should inform the election committee or the assistants at the polling station. You can receive help from two people to vote in the polling booths or just outside the polling booth, for example, in a car. You can request that one of the people assisting you is someone you choose yourself. Even if you receive help to vote, you must clearly indicate or otherwise show who you want to vote for. You can only receive help to mark your ballot if you can immediately and unequivocally tell the person or persons assisting you which party or candidate you wish to vote for. It is not enough, for example, that it is written on a note you brought from home or that it is communicated through an interpreter.

If you are voting at Høllin á Hálsi, you are one of approximately 10,000 voters. Therefore, it is wise to prepare yourself for which voting table you should go to when you arrive at the hall.

Find your ballot paper, which you have received by mail, and locate the ballot number at the top left:

If your number is between 24776 and 26900, you should go to table 1
If your number is between 26901 and 29025, you should go to table 2
If your number is between 29026 and 31150, you should go to table 3
If your number is between 31151 and 33275, you should go to table 4
If your number is between 33276 and 35600, you should go to table 5