Greenlandic general election, 2014

Greenlandic general election, 2014

28 November 2014

All 31 seats in the Parliament of Greenland. 16 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Kim Kielsen Sara Olsvig Anda Uldum Party Forward (Siumut) Inuit Ataqatigiit Democrats Leader since 18 October 2014 30 May 2014 30 May 2014 Last election 42.8% 34.4% 6.2% Seats before 14 11 2 Seats won 11 11 4 Seat change 3 0 2 Popular vote 10,102 9,776 3,468 Percentage 34.3% 33.2% 11.8% Swing 8.5% 1.2% 5.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Hans Enoksen Knud Kristiansen[1] Nikku Olsen Party Partii Naleraq Atassut Inuit Leader since 9 January 2014 27 September 2014 24 January 2013 Last election N/A 8.1% 6.4% Seats before New party 2 2 Seats won 3 2 0 Seat change 3 0 2 Popular vote 3,423 1,919 477 Percentage 11.6% 6.5% 1.6% Swing 11.6% 1.6% 4.8%

Prime Minister before election Aleqa Hammond Forward (Siumut) Elected Prime Minister Kim Kielsen Forward (Siumut)

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Early general elections were held in Greenland on 28 November 2014.^[2] They were called after Prime Minister Aleqa Hammond resigned following a spending scandal.^[3] Siumut and Inuit Ataqatigiit emerged as the largest parties both winning 11 of the 31 seats. A three party coalition government was formed consisting of the incumbent Siumut and Solidarity parties alongside the Democrats.

Electoral system

The 31 members of Parliament were elected by proportional representation in multi-member constituencies. Seats were allocated using the d'Hondt method.^[4]

Results

References

Elections and referendums in Greenland Inatsisartut elections 1951 1955 1959 1964 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1984 1987 1991 1995 1999 2002 2005 2009 2013 2014 Folketing elections 1953 1957 1960 1964 1966 1968 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1984 1987 1988 1990 1994 1998 2001 2005 2007 2011 2015 Local elections 1979 1983 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2008 2013 European elections 1979 1984 Referendums 1972 1978 1979 1982 2008 2009 See also: Elections and referendums in Denmark Elections and referendums in the Faroe Islands