2017 Greenlandic local elections

2017 Greenlandic local elections

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5 municipal councils

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Siumut Kim Kielsen 41.5 39 +1 Inuit Ataqatigiit Sara Olsvig 32.4 26 +6 Atassut Siverth K. Heilmann 11.8 9 0 Democrats Randi V. Evaldsen 8.2 4 +2 Partii Naleraq Has Enoksen 4.6 3 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The Greenlandic local elections of 2017 were held on 4 April 2017 for Greenland's 3 regional municipality councils, 2 transition committees, several settlement councils and parochial church councils.^[1] All seats will be contested for the 2018–21 term of office. In the previous election there were 70 seats.

Politics of Greenland
Constitution Constitution Act of Succession Freedom of Speech and the Press Taxation
The Crown Monarch King Frederik X Privy Council Purveyors to the Royal Court
Realm Kingdom of Denmark (The unity of the Realm) Greenland Denmark Faroe Islands
Executive Regeringen The Government of the Kingdom of Denmark Government Frederiksen II Prime Minister (list) Mette Frederiksen Government Offices Ministries High Commissioner (list) Julie Præst Wilche Naalakkersuisut The Government of Greenland Government Egede II Premier (list) Múte Bourup Egede Government Offices Ministries Privy Council Council of State Queen Margrethe II
Legislature Inatsisartut Parliament of Greenland (20th National Parliament) Speaker Mimi Karlsen Members Folketinget Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark (72nd Kingdom Parliament) Speaker Søren Gade Members
Judiciary Supreme Court President Poul Søgaard High Court Courts
Elections Political parties Recent elections Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark: 2011 2015 2019 Greenlandic Parliament: 2013 2014 2018 2021 Local elections: 2017 2021 Referendums Act of Succession Self-government EEC membership Home rule Alcohol
Administrative divisions Municipalities Cities and towns Unincorporated Areas: National Park Pituffik Space Base (Pituffik)
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Steen Lynge Diplomatic missions of / to Greenland Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Arctic policy of the Kingdom Greenland–European Union relations Overseas countries and territories EU-OCT Association (OCTA) Politics of the European Union Arctic policy of the EU
Related topics Arctic Command Defence Command Politics of Denmark Politics of the Faroe Islands Unitarism Self rule
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