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

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
	Atassut	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

References

↑ Dr.dk
↑ Greenland votes to hold parliamentary election in November Reuters, 1 October 2014
↑ Greenland calls election amid expenses scandal The Local, 26 November 2014
↑ Election Profile IFES

Elections and referendums in Greenland

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European elections	1979 1984

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See also: Elections and referendums in Denmark Elections and referendums in the Faroe Islands

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