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. 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

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• Parties and Elections in Europe