Greenland has held parliamentary elections since 1979 when the Home-Rule act came into force. when this happened the islands were broken off into eight constituencies: Central Greenland, South Greenland, North Greenland, Ittoqqortoormiit, Qaanaaq, Tasiilaq, Upernavik and Uumannaq. However, in 1998, they were all remerged back into one constituency due to a want to consider Greenland's interests as a whole, instead of the regional interests. Due to the number of seats in Greenland's parliament it takes a minimum of sixteen seats to form a majority government. Also, terms can be cut short if a government finds a majority against it or if the sitting prime minister decides to call one, and this is fairly normal. For example, an election came unexpectedly in April 2021, as the administration that had been running since 2014 by Kim Kielsen of the Siumut Party, due to the withdrawal of one of its coalition partners, Demokraait.[2]
One of the major debates in Greenland politics is whether to unionise or be independent. This debate divides parties and politicians between two poles. Greenland is currently one of two autonomous territories of the Kingdom of Denmark. This means that Greenland is a part of Denmark's international territory that has a degree of autonomy and self-governance under a national government. Some politicians in Greenland want to become fully independent from Denmark and stand under the independence side of Greenland's politics. On the other hand, some politicians want to keep a strong union with Denmark and remain an autonomous territory.
^Greenland Country Profile International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) ElectioGuide
^Explainer: The Greenland Parliamentary Elections- 2021, 2021
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Election results from 2002-present (in English)
Parties and Elections in Europe
Electoral politics, party performance, and governance in Greenland: Parties, personalities, and cleavages in an autonomous subnational island jurisdiction
December 15, 2023
elections, greenland, greenland, elects, national, level, legislature, greenlandic, parliament, inatsisartut, greenlandic, members, parliament, elected, four, year, term, proportional, representation, greenland, multi, party, system, disputing, independence, u. Greenland elects on national level a legislature The Greenlandic Parliament Inatsisartut in Greenlandic has 31 members of parliament elected for a four year term by proportional representation 1 Greenland has 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 Greenland has held parliamentary elections since 1979 when the Home Rule act came into force when this happened the islands were broken off into eight constituencies Central Greenland South Greenland North Greenland Ittoqqortoormiit Qaanaaq Tasiilaq Upernavik and Uumannaq However in 1998 they were all remerged back into one constituency due to a want to consider Greenland s interests as a whole instead of the regional interests Due to the number of seats in Greenland s parliament it takes a minimum of sixteen seats to form a majority government Also terms can be cut short if a government finds a majority against it or if the sitting prime minister decides to call one and this is fairly normal For example an election came unexpectedly in April 2021 as the administration that had been running since 2014 by Kim Kielsen of the Siumut Party due to the withdrawal of one of its coalition partners Demokraait 2 One of the major debates in Greenland politics is whether to unionise or be independent This debate divides parties and politicians between two poles Greenland is currently one of two autonomous territories of the Kingdom of Denmark This means that Greenland is a part of Denmark s international territory that has a degree of autonomy and self governance under a national government Some politicians in Greenland want to become fully independent from Denmark and stand under the independence side of Greenland s politics On the other hand some politicians want to keep a strong union with Denmark and remain an autonomous territory Contents 1 Latest elections 1 1 General elections 1 2 Local elections 1 3 Danish elections 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksLatest elections editGeneral elections edit Main article 2021 Greenlandic general election nbsp PartyVotes Seats Inuit Ataqatigiit9 93337 44 11 6612 4Siumut7 98630 10 2 6610 1Naleraq3 25212 26 1 2940Democrats2 4549 25 10 443 3Atassut1 8787 08 1 1220Nunatta Qitornai6392 41 1 040 1Cooperation Party3761 42 2 690 1Independents100 04New0NewTotal26 528100 00 310Valid votes26 52897 86Invalid blank votes5812 14Total votes27 109100 00Registered voters turnout41 12665 92 5 94Source Qinersineq glLocal elections edit Main article 2021 Greenlandic local elections Sum of local elections turnout 63 8 nbsp 2 7 Party Vote totals SeatsNumber Percent Change Number ChangeInuit Ataqatigiit 9 822 37 6 nbsp 5 2 32 nbsp 6Siumut 9 454 36 2 nbsp 5 3 31 nbsp 8Naleraq 2 794 10 7 nbsp 6 1 8 nbsp 5Atassut 1 942 7 4 nbsp 4 4 6 nbsp 3Democrats 1 800 6 9 nbsp 1 3 4 nbsp Nunatta Qitornai 243 0 9 New 0 NewOthers 43 0 2 New 0 NewBlank Void 518Overall Totals 26 691 100 0 nbsp 81 nbsp Danish elections edit Main article 2019 Danish general electionSee also editElectoral calendar Electoral systemReferences edit Greenland Country Profile International Foundation for Electoral Systems IFES ElectioGuide Explainer The Greenland Parliamentary Elections 2021 2021External links editElection results from 2002 present in English Adam Carr s Election Archive Parties and Elections in Europe Electoral politics party performance and governance in Greenland Parties personalities and cleavages in an autonomous subnational island jurisdiction Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elections in Greenland amp oldid 1175286328, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
