Parliamentary election in Greenland in 1999

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Turnout: 76.0% (+ 6.4% p)

%

40

30th

20th

10

0

35.2%

25.2%

22.1%

12.3%

n. k.

5.3%

Independent

Gains and losses

compared to 1995

% p

14th

12

10

8th

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-8th

-3.2 % p

-4.9 % p

+1.8 % p

+ 12.3 % p

-6.4 % p

-0.4 % p

+ 0.6 % p

Independent

Distribution of seats

7th

11

8th

4th

1

7th 11 8th 4th 1

A total of 31 seats

IA : 7
S : 11
A : 8
CP : 4
Independent: 1

In the parliamentary elections in Greenland in 1999 on February 16, all 31 seats in the Inatsisartut or Landsting, the Greenland parliament , had to be filled.

Starting position

In 1995, as a result of the parliamentary election, the Johansen II cabinet was formed under the leadership of the Siumut . When Prime Minister Lars-Emil Johansen was replaced by his party colleague and predecessor Jonathan Motzfeldt on September 19, 1997 , the Motzfeldt VI cabinet was formed , which held office until the end of the legislative period .

Result

The social democratic party Siumut was again the strongest faction in the Inatsisartut, followed by the Atassut and the Inuit Ataqatigiit . The center party Akulliit Partiiat did not run again. The conservative Kattusseqatigiit Partiiat moved into parliament for the first time and won four seats straight away.

Political party		German meaning	Alignment	be right			Seats
Political party		German meaning	Alignment	number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Siumut	Forward	Social democracy	9,899	35.2	−3.2	11	−1
	Atassut	Common sense	Legal liberalism	7,100	25.2	−4.9	8th	−2
	Inuit Ataqatigiit	Inuit community	Democratic socialism	6.217	22.1	+1.8	7th	+1
	Kattusseqatigiit Partiiat	Party of the united	conservatism		12.3	+12.3	4th	+4
	Independent candidates				5.3	+0.6	1	± 0
	Akulliit Partiiat	Party of the Middle	liberalism	0	0.0	−6.4	-	−2
	Issittup Partiia	Party of the Icy	conservatism	0	0.0	−0.4	-	± 0
Valid votes				28,155	100.0		31	± 0
Empty and invalid				335
Votes cast				28,490
Turnout: 76.0% (+ 6.4% p), source: Statistics Greenland

consequences

Jonathan Motzfeldt (Siumut) was confirmed as Prime Minister by parliament and formed the Motzfeldt VII cabinet after taking over the office in 1997 from his party colleague Lars-Emil Johansen . Motzfeldt was Greenland’s Prime Minister from 1979 to 1991.