Elections in Greenland

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Elections in Greenland have been taking place since 1979. Greenland elects on national level a legislature. The Diet (Inatsisartut) has 31 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation.^[1] Greenland has a multi-party system, with five parties currently represented in the legislature.

Latest elections

Main article: Greenlandic general election, 2014

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Siumut	10,102	34.6	11	–3
	Inuit Ataqatigiit	9,776	33.5	11	0
	Democrats	3,468	11.9	4	+2
	Partii Naleraq	3,423	11.7	3	New
	Solidarity	1,919	6.6	2	0
	Inuit Party	477	1.6	0	–2
	Independents	22	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		301	–	–	–
Total		29,488	100	31	0
Registered voters/turnout		40,424	72.9	–	–
Source: Valg

Past elections

Elections and referendums in Greenland

Inatsisartut elections	1951 1955 1959 1964 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1984 1987 1991 1995 1999 2002 2005 2009 2013 2014

Folketing elections	1953 1957 1960 1964 1966 1968 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1984 1987 1988 1990 1994 1998 2001 2005 2007 2011 2015

Local elections	1979 1983 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2008 2013

European elections	1979 1984

Referendums	1972 1978 1979 1982 2008 2009

See also: Elections and referendums in Denmark Elections and referendums in the Faroe Islands

References

↑ Greenland Country Profile International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) ElectioGuide

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