| Parliament of Greenland Kalaallit Nunaanni Inatsisartut Grønlands Landsting |
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| Type | |
| Type | Unicameral |
| Leadership | |
| Chairman | Josef Motzfeldt, Inuit Ataqatigiit since June 2009 |
| Members | 31 |
| Political groups |
5
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| Elections | |
| Last election | 2 June 2009 |
| Meeting place | |
| Building in Nuuk, Sermersooq | |
| Website | |
| www.landstinget.gl | |
The Parliament of Greenland (Kalaallisut: Kalaallit Nunaanni Inatsisartut; Danish: Grønlands Landsting) is the legislature (in this case, a parliament) in the government of Greenland, an autonomous province of Denmark. The government of Greenland is also called Home Rule of Greenland. 16 seats are needed for a majority.
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The word Landsting comes from an ancient Scandinavian term meaning council. It first came into being during Viking times and was formed by the freemen of the community. In those times it was called a 'ting,' which numbered a hundred men. These tings would be for the whole country or 'land' thus the phrase 'landsting'.
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It succeeded the Landsråd on May 1, 1979, the Parliament is led by a Presidency comprising four members of the Parliament and the Chairman. There are 31 members in the Assembly.
Chairmen of the Parliament:
The current standing of Greenland's Parliamentary Assembly:
| Parties | Votes 2009 |
% 2009 | Seats 2009 | % 2005 | Seats 2005 | % +/− | Seats +/− | |
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| Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit) | 12,457 | 43.7 | 14 | 22.4 | 7 | +19.3 | +7 | |
| Forward (Siumut) | 7,567 | 26.5 | 9 | 30.4 | 10 | −3.9 | −1 | |
| Democrats (Demokraatit) | 3,620 | 12.7 | 4 | 22.6 | 7 | −9.9 | −3 | |
| Feeling of Community (Atassut) | 3,094 | 10.9 | 3 | 19.0 | 6 | −9.0 | −3 | |
| Association of Candidates (Kattusseqatigiit) | 1.084 | 3.8 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | −0.2 | ±0 | |
| Roots (Sorlaat Partiiat) | 383 | 1.3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |
| Others | 70 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | −0.5 | ±0 | |
| Valid votes cast (turnout 74.9%, +0.3%) | 28,275 | 99.2 | 31 | 99.1 | 31 | — | — | |
| Source: The Greenlandic Electoral System - Parliament Election June 2nd 2009 | ||||||||
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