1963 Greenlandic Provincial Council election

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1963 Greenlandic Provincial Council election
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  1959 28 June 1963 (1963-06-28) 1967  

All 16 seats in the Provincial Council (plus compensatory seats)
Turnout54.05%
PartySeats+/–
Independents 160
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland on 28 June 1963. Independents won all 16 seats.

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Electoral system

Members of the Provincial Council were elected by first-past-the-post voting in 16 single-member constituencies. Political parties or lists were entitled to compensatory seats if they received more than one-sixteenth of the valid votes cast (6.25%).

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents16
Total16
Valid votes7,99697.51
Invalid/blank votes2042.49
Total votes8,200100.00
Registered voters/turnout15,17054.05
Source: Atuagagdliutit, Danmarks Statistik

Elected members

ConstituencyElected member
Aasiaat Hans Lynge
Angmagssalik Jørgen Borchersen  [ de ]
Attu Lars Ostermann  [ de ]
Ilulissat Ricard Petersen  [ de ]
Ittoqqortoormiit Magtikalaat Arqe  [ de ]
Maniitsoq Alibak Josefsen  [ de ]
Narsaq Erik Egede  [ de ]
Nuuk Peter K. S. Heilmann  [ de ]
Paamiut Anthon Petersen  [ de ]
Qaqortoq Oluf Høegh  [ de ]
Qullissat Andreas Nielsen  [ de ]
Sisimiut Jørgen C. F. Olsen  [ de ]
Tasiusaq Jørgen Poulsen  [ de ]
Thule Peter Jensen  [ de ]
Upernavik Knud Kristiansen  [ de ]
Uummannaq Elisabeth Johansen
Source: Kjœr Sørensen

Aftermath

Ricard Petersen  [ de ] and Magtikalaat Arqe  [ de ] were unable to attend sessions in May 1965, with Marius Sivertsen  [ de ] and Sivert Petersen  [ de ] acting as substitutes; Petersen acted as a substitute for Arqe again in March 1966. Jørgen Borchersen  [ de ] was replaced by Harald Ignatiussen  [ de ] for sessions in autumn 1966. [1]

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References

  1. Axel Kjœr Sørensen (2007) Denmark-Greenland in the twentieth Century p176