The Association of Candidates (''Kattusseqatigiit'') was a
conservative
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political party
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in
Greenland
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. The party was founded in late autumn 2005, when the chairman
Anthon Frederiksen
Anthon Frederikssen is a Greenland
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delivered 1,003 signatures to the
Home Rule
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domestic office.
In the
parliamentary elections in 2013, the party won 1.1% of the popular vote and no seats in the Greenlandic parliament.
and subsequently dissolved. Its founder Anthon Frederiksen later joined
Partii Naleraq
Naleraq (, ), previously known as Partii Naleraq, is a centrist-populist pro-independence political party in Greenland.
History
In January 2014 Hans Enoksen announced that he was forming a new political party after leaving Siumut. In the 2014 G ...
.
Election results*
Parliament of Greenland ('' Inatsiartut'')
* Originally entered into the Greenland Parliament as Independents.
Footnotes
External links
Official website
Defunct political parties in Greenland
Conservative parties in Greenland
Political parties established in 2005
2005 establishments in Greenland
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