Inuit Ataqatigiit

Community of the People
Inuit Ataqatigiit
Leader Sara Olsvig[1]
Founded 1976
Headquarters Nuuk, Sermersooq, Greenland
Youth wing Inuit Ataqatigiit Inuusuttaat
Ideology Greenlandic independence[2][3]
Democratic socialism[3][4]
Left-wing nationalism
Political position Left-wing[5]
Nordic affiliation Nordic Green Left Alliance
Colours Red and white
Inatsisartut
11 / 31
Municipalities
26 / 73
Folketing
(Greenland seats)
1 / 2
Website
http://www.ia.gl/

Inuit Ataqatigiit (Greenlandic for "Community of the People") is a democratic socialist separatist political party in Greenland[6][7] striving to make Greenland an independent state.[8] The party, founded in 1976, was born out of the increased youth radicalism in Denmark during the 1970s. Formerly a left-wing socialist party, it has developed towards supporting privatisation and market economy. It believes that an independent Greenland should be competitive.[9]

Inuit Ataqatigiit is represented in the Folketing (the Danish parliament) by Sara Olsvig, who is also the leader of the party.

Inuit Ataqatigiit made a major electoral breakthrough in the 2009 Greenlandic parliamentary election. Making gains from the 2005 Greenlandic parliamentary election, it doubled its total number of seats in the Parliament from 7 to 14 seats out of 31 – just two seats short of a majority – and nearly doubled its total vote share from 22.4% to 43.7%. It supplanted both its coalition partners, shifting the Forward party from first to second and the Democrats party from second to third.[6][8] At the 2014 elections the party obtained 11 members in the Greenlandic parliament.[10]

Election results

Parliament of Greenland (Inatsiartut)

Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 ±
1979 813 4.4 (#4)
0 / 21
 New
1983 2,612 10.6 (#3)
2 / 26
 Increase 2
1984 2,732 12.1 (#3)
3 / 25
 Increase 1
1987 3,823 15.3 (#3)
3 / 26
 Steady 0
1991 4,848 19.4 (#3)
5 / 27
 Increase 2
1995 5,180 20.3 (#3)
6 / 31
 Increase 1
1999 6,214 22.1 (#3)
7 / 31
 Increase 1
2002 7,244 25.3 (#2)
8 / 31
 Increase 1
2005 6,517 22.6 (#3)
7 / 31
 Decrease 1
2009 12,457 43.7 (#1)
14 / 31
 Increase 7
2013 10,374 34.4 (#2)
11 / 31
 Decrease 3
2014 9,783 33.2 (#2)
11 / 31
 Steady 0

Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark (Folketinget)*

Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 % of
Greenlandic vote		 # of
overall seats won		 # of
Greenlandic seats won		 ±
1984 2,972 13.9 (#3)
0 / 179
0 / 2
 New
1987 2,001 12.5 (#3)
0 / 179
0 / 2
 Steady 0
1988 3,628 17.3 (#3)
0 / 179
0 / 2
 Steady 0
1990 3,281 17.0 (#3)
0 / 179
0 / 2
 Steady 0
1998 4,988 21.4 (#3)
0 / 179
0 / 2
 Steady 0
2001 7,172 30.8 (#1)
1 / 179
1 / 2
 Increase 1
2005 5,774 25.5 (#2)
1 / 179
1 / 2
 Steady 0
2007 8,068 32.5 (#1) (Tied with the Siumut party)
1 / 179
1 / 2
 Steady 0
2011 9,780 42.7 (#1)
1 / 179
1 / 2
 Steady 0
2015 7,904 38.5 (#1)
1 / 179
1 / 2
 Steady 0

References

  1. ↑ "Time campaign". Arctic Journal. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  2. ↑ "Pro-independence party wins Greenland parliament election". Agence France-Presse. The Times of India. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. 1 2 Parties and Elections in Europe - The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
  4. ↑ "Greenland wakes up to first power shift in 30 years". The Copenhagen Post. 2009-06-03. Archived from the original on 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  5. ↑ Christina Bergqvist (1 January 1999). Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. p. 319. ISBN 978-82-00-12799-4.
  6. 1 2 "Opposition win Greenland election". BBC News. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  7. ↑ Ringstrom, Anna (2009-06-03). "Landslide win for Greenland opposition". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  8. 1 2 Olsen, Jan M. (2009-06-03). "Left-wing party set to take power in Greenland after winning parliamentary vote". Associated Press. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  9. ↑ Loukacheva, Natalia (2007). The Arctic Promise: Legal and Political Autonomy of Greenland and Nunavut. University of Toronto Press. p. 61.
  10. ↑ Valg.gl
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