All 21 seats in the Inatsisartut 11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
69.58%
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
Siumut
Jonathan Motzfeldt
46.12%
13
New
Atassut
Lars Chemnitz
41.69%
8
New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Governor before
Prime Minister
Hans Lassen Independent
Jonathan Motzfeldt Siumut
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
Other countries
v
t
e
General elections were held in Greenland on 4 April 1979,[1] the first election to the new Parliament after the introduction of home rule. The result was a victory for the separatist and left wing Siumut, which won 13 of the 21 seats in the Parliament, over the unionist and moderate Atassut.[2] The difference in seats won became relatively large because of the use of first past the post in five constituencies in northern and eastern Greenland, which were all won by Siumut, while the two parties split the 16 seats in the multi member constituencies in Western Greenland evenly. As a result of the election Jonathan Motzfeldt from Siumut became the first head of government in Greenland.
^Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p393
^Greenland Archived 2013-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Parties and Elections
and 26 Related for: 1979 Greenlandic general election information
Generalelections were held in Greenland on 4 April 1979, the first election to the new Parliament after the introduction of home rule. The result was...
of home rule for Greenland in January 1979, the party won 13 of 21 seats in the 1979Greenlandicgeneralelection for the newly formed Parliament of Greenland...
Generalelections were held in Greenland in April 1983. Siumut and Atassut both won 12 seats in the 26-seat Parliament. Tom Lansford (2014) Political...
The Inatsisartut (Greenlandic: Inatsisartut, lit. 'those who make the law'; Greenlandic pronunciation: [inatt͡sisɑtːʉt] Danish: Landstinget, lit. 'the...
Greenland elects on national level a legislature. The Greenlandic Parliament (Inatsisartut in Greenlandic) has 31 members of parliament, elected for a four-year...
Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, pronounced [kalaːɬːit nʉnaːt]; Danish: Grønland, pronounced [ˈkʁɶnˌlænˀ]) is a North American autonomous territory...
Nuuk (Greenlandic pronunciation: [nuːk] ; Danish: Nuuk, formerly Godthåb [ˈkʌtˌhɔˀp]) is the capital of and most populous city in Greenland, an autonomous...
Greenland. The name was used by Danish and Greenlandic authorities in the negotiations for home rule introduced in 1979, and has become popular since the beginning...
the Red–Green Alliance, the Faroese Social Democratic Party and the Greenlandic Siumut, won 93 of the 179 seats, securing a parliamentary majority. Meanwhile...
programme from January 1977 stated that its purpose was to "promote Greenlandic home rule within the Unity of the Realm" and "work against secession...
Jakob Edvard Kuupik Kleist (born 31 March 1958) is a Greenlandic politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Greenland between 2009 and 2013...
Overseas Countries and territories (OCT) status. In recent years, the Greenlandic withdrawal from the European Communities has marginally been referred...
former colonial centers in Europe. A notable example is the sizable Greenlandic Inuit community in Denmark. In the 20th and 21st centuries, Indigenous...
Icelandic explorers settled on its southwestern coast. The ancestors of the Greenlandic Inuit who live there today appear to have migrated there later, around...
almost 12 years. The 31-member Inatsisartut was sworn in as the first Greenlandic parliament. Malacañang Palace, the presidential residence of the Philippines...
2018 she announced that she would be running in the 2018 Greenlandic parliamentary election for the Siumut breakaway Nunatta Qitornai. Born in Narsaq...
introducing separate Greenlandic banknotes. The Act entered into force on 1 June 2007. In the autumn of 2010, a new Greenlandic government indicated that...
Sofia Johanna Geisler (born 23 January 1963) is a Greenlandic politician (Inuit Ataqatigiit) and journalist. Geisler is the second of three daughters...
the Greenlandic Inuit, encouraging them to adopt the majority language, culture and religion. Denmark has been greatly criticised by the Greenlandic community...
Islands. Generalelections must be held every four years, but it is within the powers of the prime minister to ask the monarch to call for an election before...
Nonetheless, due to Greenland's small and scattered population, many Greenlandic LGBT people have moved to Copenhagen in Denmark. As is the case with...
through a number of elections and parliaments. For example, Margaret Thatcher was only ever appointed prime minister on one occasion, in 1979. She remained...
or simply the Constitution (Danish: Grundloven, Faroese: Grundlógin, Greenlandic: Tunngaviusumik inatsit), is the constitution of the Kingdom of Denmark...
Archived from the original on 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2019-08-30. Faroese and Greenlandic are seen as official regional languages in the self-governing territories...
of Finland Duke of Finland Governor-General of Finland King of Kvenland List of Danish monarchs List of Greenlandic rulers List of Norwegian monarchs List...
island and in tapping the expected vast amount of hydrocarbons off the Greenlandic coast. Time columnist Mark Thompson suggested that Haiti had effectively...
Global Information
