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style="background:#efefef;">Results</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:25em; margin:0 auto"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: var( --background-color-neutral, #eaecf0 ); color: var( --color-base, #202122 )"> <th style="width: 50%;"><div style="float:left;">Choice</div> </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 25%">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 25%">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><b>Independence</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;margin-right: 0.5em"><b>5,660</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;margin-right: 0.5em"><b><span data-sort-value="7001507213908056277♠" style="display:none"></span>50.72%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="nowrap">Home Rule with Denmark</span></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">5,499 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><span data-sort-value="7001492786091943722♠" style="display:none"></span>49.28% </td></tr> <tr 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title="Politics of the Faroe Islands">Executive</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Denmark">Regeringen <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The Government of Denmark</span></a></b></div> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Denmark,_T%C3%B3rshavn" title="High Commission of Denmark, Tórshavn">High Commissioner</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Danish_High_Commissioners_in_the_Faroe_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Danish High Commissioners in the Faroe Islands">list</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lene_Moyell_Johansen" title="Lene Moyell Johansen">Lene Moyell Johansen</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Faroe_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the Faroe Islands">Landsstýri <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The Government of the Faroe Islands</span></a></b></div> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_Lawmen_and_Prime_Ministers_of_the_Faroe_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Lawmen and Prime Ministers of the Faroe Islands">Premier</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aksel_V._Johannesen" title="Aksel V. Johannesen">Aksel V. Johannesen</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_Deputy_Prime_Ministers_of_the_Faroe_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Deputy Prime Ministers of the Faroe Islands">Deputy Premier</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B8gni_Hoydal" title="Høgni Hoydal">Høgni Hoydal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Aksel_V._Johannesen" title="Cabinet of Aksel V. Johannesen">Johannesen Cabinet</a></li></ul> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Danish_Council_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Danish Council of State">Privy Council</a></b></div> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Danish_Council_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Danish Council of State">Council of State</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Margrethe_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Margrethe II">Queen Margrethe II</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Faroe_Islands#Legislative_branch" title="Politics of the Faroe Islands">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/L%C3%B8gting" title="Løgting">Løgtingið <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Parliament of the Faroe Islands</span></a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_L%C3%B8gting,_2011%E2%80%9315" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the Løgting, 2011–15">35th National Parliament</a>)</span></div> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_L%C3%B8gting_of_the_Faroe_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the Løgting of the Faroe Islands">Speaker</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1ll_%C3%A1_Reynat%C3%BAgvu" title="Páll á Reynatúgvu">Páll á Reynatúgvu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_L%C3%B8gting,_2011%E2%80%9315" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the Løgting, 2011–15">Members</a></li></ul> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Folketing" title="Folketing">Folketinget <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark</span></a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Folketing" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the Folketing">69th Kingdom Parliament</a>)</small></div> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_Folketing" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the Folketing">Speaker</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pia_Kj%C3%A6rsgaard" title="Pia Kjærsgaard">Pia Kjærsgaard</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_parliament_of_Denmark#Greenland_.282.29" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the parliament of Denmark">Members</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_the_Faroe_Islands#Government_and_politics_of_the_Faroe_Islands#Judicial_branch_of_the_government_of_the_Faroe_Islands" title="Outline of the Faroe Islands">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Court of Denmark">Supreme Court</a></b></div> <hr /> <ul><li><b>President</b> <ul><li>Poul Søgaard</li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Denmark" title="Courts of Denmark">Courts</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_Faroe_Islands" title="Elections in the Faroe Islands">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_Faroe_Islands" title="List of political parties in the Faroe Islands">Political parties</a></li> <li>Recent elections <dl><dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Folketing" title="Folketing">Kingdom</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/2019_Danish_general_election" title="2019 Danish general election">2019</a></b></li><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Danish_general_election" title="2015 Danish general election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Danish_general_election" title="2011 Danish general election">2011</a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%B8gting" title="Løgting">National</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/2019_Faroese_general_election" title="2019 Faroese general election">2019</a></b></li><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Faroese_general_election" title="2015 Faroese general election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Faroese_general_election" title="2011 Faroese general election">2011</a></li></ul></div></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Referendums" class="mw-redirect" title="Referendums">Referendums</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1907_Faroese_alcohol_referendum" title="1907 Faroese alcohol referendum">Alcohol <span style="font-size:85%;">(1907)</span></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Faroese_alcohol_referendum" title="1973 Faroese alcohol referendum">Alcohol <span style="font-size:85%;">(1973)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Danish_Act_of_Succession_referendum" title="2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum">Act of Succession</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; 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Although a narrow majority of valid votes were cast in favour of the proposal (50.7%), the number of invalid votes exceeded the winning margin. Although independence was declared by the Speaker of the <a href="/wiki/L%C3%B8gting" title="Løgting">Løgting</a> on 18 September 1946, the declaration was not recognised by Denmark. <a href="/wiki/Christian_X_of_Denmark" title="Christian X of Denmark">King Christian X of Denmark</a> dissolved the Løgting and called <a href="/wiki/1946_Faroese_general_election" title="1946 Faroese general election">fresh elections</a>, which were won by unionist parties. The islands were subsequently given a <a href="/wiki/Devolution" title="Devolution">greater level of self-rule</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Faroese_independence_referendum&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Choice</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2">For</td><td style="text-align:right">5,660</td><td style="text-align:right">50.72</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Against</td><td style="text-align:right">5,499</td><td style="text-align:right">49.28</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">11,159</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="4" style="color:var( --color-base, #202122 );background:var( --background-color-neutral, #eaecf0 )"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>11,159</td><td>95.87</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>481</td><td>4.13</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>11,640</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>17,216</td><td>67.61</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="4" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sudd.ch/event.php?lang=en&id=fo011946">Direct Democracy</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_island">By island</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Faroese_independence_referendum&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: By island"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Island </th> <th colspan="2">Independence </th> <th colspan="2">Continued Union </th> <th rowspan="2">Invalid/<br />blank </th> <th rowspan="2">Total </th> <th rowspan="2">Registered<br />voters </th> <th rowspan="2">Turnout </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nor%C3%B0oyar" title="Norðoyar">Norðoyar</a></td> <td><b>956</b></td> <td><b>70.6</b></td> <td>398</td> <td>29.4</td> <td>64</td> <td>1,418</td> <td>2,220</td> <td>63.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Eysturoy" title="Eysturoy">Eysturoy</a></td> <td>1,052</td> <td>43.3</td> <td><b>1,376</b></td> <td><b>56.7</b></td> <td>99</td> <td>2,527</td> <td>3,854</td> <td>65.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nor%C3%B0urstreymoy" class="mw-redirect" title="Norðurstreymoy">Norðurstreymoy</a></td> <td><b>622</b></td> <td><b>53.4</b></td> <td>543</td> <td>46.6</td> <td>42</td> <td>1,207</td> <td>1,679</td> <td>71.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A1gar" title="Vágar">Vágar</a></td> <td><b>614</b></td> <td><b>58.6</b></td> <td>434</td> <td>41.4</td> <td>38</td> <td>1,086</td> <td>1,485</td> <td>73.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Su%C3%B0urstreymoy" class="mw-redirect" title="Suðurstreymoy">Suðurstreymoy</a></td> <td><b>1,308</b></td> <td><b>66.0</b></td> <td>674</td> <td>34.0</td> <td>145</td> <td>2,127</td> <td>3,323</td> <td>64.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sandoy" title="Sandoy">Sandoy</a></td> <td><b>465</b></td> <td><b>61.9</b></td> <td>286</td> <td>38.1</td> <td>32</td> <td>783</td> <td>1,053</td> <td>74.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Su%C3%B0uroy" title="Suðuroy">Suðuroy</a></td> <td>643</td> <td>26.5</td> <td><b>1,788</b></td> <td><b>73.5</b></td> <td>61</td> <td>2,492</td> <td>3,602</td> <td>69.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Total</b></td> <td><b>5,660</b></td> <td><b>50.7</b></td> <td><b>5,499</b></td> <td><b>49.3</b></td> <td><b>481</b></td> <td><b>11,640</b></td> <td><b>17,216</b></td> <td><b>67.6</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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