General elections were held in

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...

on 24 April 2018, electing all 31 members of

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. The elections were required to be held no later than 26 November 2018, four years after the previous elections on 27 November 2014, but

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

Kim Kielsen Kim Kielsen (born 30 November 1966) is a Greenlandic politician, who served as leader of the Siumut party and sixth prime minister of Greenland between 2014 and 2021. Careers Past careers Kielsen was originally a mariner, and then a police office ...

chose to call the elections seven months early. His

Siumut Siumut (, ) is a political party in Greenland in the social democratic tradition. Since the establishment of home rule in 1979, it has been the dominant party in Greenland. Siumut is led by Erik Jensen, who beat the then-incumbent Prime Ministe ...

party remained the largest in Parliament, but lost two seats, whilst

Inuit Ataqatigiit Inuit Ataqatigiit (, , da, Folkets Samfund) is a democratic socialist, separatist political party in Greenland that aims to make Greenland an independent state. The party, founded as a political organisation in 1976, was born out of the increas ...

, the second-largest party, lost three seats. The smaller Democrats and

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 Novem ...

gained seats, with the newly formed Cooperation Party and Nunatta Qitornai parties both entering Parliament.

Background

The 2014 general elections saw

receive a narrow plurality of the vote, but win the same number of seats as

(11). A coalition government was formed by

, Democrats and

Atassut Atassut ( en, Cohesion / Link / Togetherness / Solidarity; also referred to as Feeling of Community) is a liberal-conservative and unionist political party in Greenland. Founded on 29 April 1978, Atassut is an established partner of the Liber ...

which lasted until 2016, when Siumut formed a new coalition with Inuit Ataqatigiit and

. Kim Kielsen from Siumut has led both governments. During the 2014–2018 parliamentary term, both Atassut MPs defected to Simumut, while Michael Rosing left the Democrats to sit as an

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Electoral system

The 31 members of Parliament are elected by

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

in multi-member constituencies. Seats are allocated using the

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New parties

Two new parties contested the elections, the unionist and

socially liberal Cultural liberalism is a social philosophy which expresses the social dimension of liberalism and advocates the freedom of individuals to choose whether to conform to cultural norms. In the words of Henry David Thoreau, it is often expressed a ...

Cooperation Party (''Suleqatigiissitsisut'') founded by Michael Rosing, and the pro-independence Nunatta Qitornai (''Descendants of Our Country'') founded by former Minister of Finance and Interior, Minister of Industry, Labour, Trade, Tourism, Energy and Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance, Minerals and Foreign Affairs

Vittus Qujaukitsoq Vittus Qujaukitsoq (born October 5, 1971 in Qaanaaq, Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark) is a Greenlandic politician. Qujaukitsoq was appointed as Minister of Finance and Interior of Aleqa Hammond cabinet from May 2013 to November 2014. After Novembe ...

after a dispute over the government's approach toward Denmark. He eventually left Siumut following an unsuccessful leadership challenge to Kim Kielsen.Landets nyeste partier kan stille op til Inatsisartut-valget
Sermitsiaq, 16 March 2018

Opinion polls

Results

References

External links

General Election Results
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