1975 Greenlandic Provincial Council election

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1975 Greenlandic Provincial Council election
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  1971 16 April 1975 (1975-04-16) 1979  

All 16 seats in the Provincial Council, plus compensatory seats
Turnout66.84%
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
GAS Odaq Olsen  [ de ]9.311+1
KNAPK  [ de ] Lamik Møller  [ de ]6.8710
Independents 80.1615−1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chairman beforeChairman after
Lars Chemnitz  [ de ]
Independent
Lars Chemnitz  [ de ]
Independent

Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland on 16 April 1975. [1]

Contents

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

KNAPK  [ de ] won a directly elected seat with Lamik Møller  [ de ] elected in Paamiut. As the National Confederation of Trade Unions also received over 6.25% of the vote, they were awarded a compensatory seat, taken by Odaq Olsen  [ de ].

PartyVotes%Seats
National Confederation of Trade Unions 1,4389.311
KNAPK  [ de ]1,0616.871
Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat  [ de ]4102.650
Mikiki & Pedersen List1551.000
Independents12,38280.1615
Total15,446100.0017
Valid votes15,44695.16
Invalid/blank votes7864.84
Total votes16,232100.00
Registered voters/turnout24,28666.84
Source: Atuagagdliutit, Danmarks Statistik

Elected members

ConstituencyElected member
Aasiaat Otto Steenholdt  [ de ]
Ammassalik Anders Andreassen  [ de ]
Ittoqqortoormiit Emil Arqe  [ de ]
Kangâtsiaq Nikolaj Karlsen  [ de ]
Maniitsoq Niels Carlo Heilmann  [ de ]
Nanortalik Hendrik Nielsen
Narsaq Lars Godtfredsen  [ de ]
Nuuk Lars Chemnitz  [ de ]
Paamiut Lamik Møller  [ de ]
Qaanaaq Asiajuk Sadorana  [ de ]
Qaqortoq Jonathan Motzfeldt
Qasigiannguit Konrad Steenholdt  [ de ]
Qeqertarsuaq Knud Kristiansen  [ de ]
Sisimiut Jørgen C. F. Olsen  [ de ]
Upernavik Bendt Frederiksen  [ de ]
Uummannaq Severin Johansen  [ de ]
Supplementary seat Odaq Olsen  [ de ]
Source: Kjœr Sørensen

Aftermath

Severin Johansen  [ de ] was replaced by Hans Johansen  [ de ] during sessions between autumn 1976 and spring 1977. [2]

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References

  1. Statistical Yearbook 1975 Danmarks Statistik
  2. Axel Kjœr Sørensen (2007) Denmark-Greenland in the twentieth Century p177