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Turnout | 74.86% ( 0.27 pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Greenland on 22 November 2005. [1] The result was a victory for Siumut, whose leader Hans Enoksen remained Prime Minister.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Siumut | 8,861 | 30.68 | 10 | 0 | |
Democrats | 6,595 | 22.83 | 7 | +2 | |
Inuit Ataqatigiit | 6,516 | 22.56 | 7 | –1 | |
Atassut | 5,528 | 19.14 | 6 | –1 | |
Association of Candidates | 1,169 | 4.05 | 1 | New | |
Independents | 216 | 0.75 | 0 | –1 | |
Total | 28,885 | 100.00 | 31 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 28,885 | 99.13 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 254 | 0.87 | |||
Total votes | 29,139 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 38,924 | 74.86 | |||
Source: Qinersineq |
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