Parliamentary election in Greenland 2013

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Turnout: 74.2% (+ 2.9% p)
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40
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34.7
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Independent
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-11.0
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Independent
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Remarks:
b The chairwoman of the Sorlaat Partiiat joined IA.
Distribution of seats
     
A total of 31 seats
  • PI : 2
  • IA : 11
  • S : 14
  • D : 2
  • A : 2

The 2013 parliamentary elections in Greenland took place on March 12th. All 31 seats in the Inatsisartut , Greenland's parliament, had to be filled .

Suffrage

The 31 members of the Inatsisartut are elected in multiple constituencies using proportional representation . In the allocation of seats, only parties or lists that overcome an explicit blocking clause amounting to 2% of the valid votes cast are taken into account . The seat assignment is done according to the D'Hondt method .

Starting position

As a result of the results of the last parliamentary election, the Kleist cabinet was formed in 2009 under the leadership of Kuupik Kleist (IA), which held office for the entire legislative period until the Inatsisartut was re-elected.

Participating parties

Six different parties ran for election:

Political party Abbreviation German meaning Alignment camp
Inuit Ataqatigiit IA Inuit community democratic-socialist government
Democracy D. Democrats social liberal
Kattusseqatigiit Partiiat KP Party of the united conservative
Siumut S. Forward social democratic opposition
Atassut A. Common sense right-wing liberal
Partii Inuit PI Inuit party separatist , eco-socialist

Result

Political party be right Seats
number % +/- number +/-
Siumut (S) 12,910 43.2 +16.4 14th +5
Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) 10,374 34.7 −9.4 11 −3
Atassut (A) 2,454 8.2 −2.7 2 −1
Partii Inuit (PI) 1,930 6.5 +6.5 2 +2
Democracy (D) 1,870 6.3 −6.5 2 −2
Kattusseqatigiit Partiiat (KP) 326 1.1 −2.7 - −1
Independent candidates 9 0.0 −0.2 - ± 0
total 29,873 100.0 31 ± 0
Valid votes 29,873 99.0
Empty and invalid votes 263 1.0
voter turnout 30,136 74.2
Eligible voters 40,613 100.0
Source: valg.gl

consequences

The last only second strongest party, Siumut , achieved its best result since the 1984 election and won the elections by a large margin over the strongest Inuit Ataqatigiit , which lost a significant amount of votes. The smaller parties Demokraatit , Atassut and Kattusseqatigiit Partiiat also lost noticeably. The latter is no longer represented in the Inatsisartut. The newly founded Partii Inuit moved into parliament with two seats. It is striving for independence from Denmark and had split off from the Inuit Ataqatigiit because the party had moved away from its original values ​​under government responsibility. In particular, the economically liberal exploitation of resources and the elimination of small communities by large communities remote from the citizenry was criticized.

Aleqa Hammond (Siumut) became the new Prime Minister of Greenland on April 5, 2013. The Siumut formed the new coalition government together with the Atassut and the Partii Inuit.

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