| Republic Tjóðveldi |
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| Leader | Høgni Hoydal |
| Founded | 22.-23. May 1948 |
| Ideology | Faroese separatism Democratic socialism Eco-socialism Republicanism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Nordic affiliation | Nordic Green Left Alliance |
| Løgting |
6 / 33
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| Folketing (Faroe seats) |
0 / 2
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| http://www.tjodveldi.fo/ | |
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The Republic (Faroese: Tjóðveldi, also known as the Republican Party) is a left-wing political party in the Faroe Islands committed to Faroese Independence. It was founded in 1948 as a reaction to independence not being proclaimed after a public vote on the matter showed a significant plurality (almost a majority) for it in 1946.
In 1998 Høgni Hoydal succeeded Heini O. Heinesen as party leader. Høgni Hoydal represents the Republican party in both the Danish and Faroese parliaments.
At the legislative elections, held on 20 January 2004, the party won 21.7% of the popular vote and 8 out of 33 seats. However, after the passing of an amendment adding the phrase 'sexual orientation' to paragraph 266b of the Anti-Discrimination Act, MP Karsten Hansen announced that he was leaving the party owing to a difference in opinion. He later joined the Centre Party.
At the elections on 19 January 2008, the party won 23.3% of the vote and 8 out of 33 seats.
In 2007, the party changed its name from Tjóðveldisflokkurin to simply Tjóðveldi (i.e., from "Republican Party" to just "Republic").
In the Danish parliamentary elections of 2007, the party received 25.4% of the Faroese vote, thereby retaining one of the two Faroese seats in the Danish national Folketing. In the 2011 election, however, its votes declined and it lost its seat to the Social Democrats.
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