Greenlandic Provincial Council election, 1951

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Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland for the first time on 29 June 1951, alongside district council elections. [1] Voter turnout was 73%. [1]

The Greenland Provincial Council was the provincial government of Greenland between 1950, when it was formed from the union of the earlier North and South Greenland Provincial Councils, and 1 May 1979, when it was replaced by the Greenland Home Rule Government and its Parliament.

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Background

The Provincial Council was created after the Danish Parliament passed a law on 27 May 1950. It replaced two provincial councils covering the north and south of the island, which had been indirectly elected. [1]

Folketing Parliament of Denmark

The Folketing, also known as the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national parliament (legislature) of Denmark. Established in 1849, until 1953 the Folketing was the lower house of a bicameral parliament, called the Rigsdag; the upper house was Landstinget. It meets in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen.

Electoral system

All Danish citizens over the age of 23 who had lived on the island for at least six months were eligible to vote or run for election. Candidates required nomination from 5-10 supporters. [1] The 13 members of the Provincial Council were elected in single-member constituencies

The election had to be re-run in two constituencies; in Upernavik icy conditions had prevented distribution of election materials, whilst a measles outbreak in Nanortalik meant that most voters were ill on election day. [1]

Upernavik Place in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark

Upernavik is a small town in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on a small island of the same name. With 1,055 inhabitants as of 2017, it is the thirteenth-largest town in Greenland. It contains the Upernavik Museum. It is the northern-most town in Greenland with a population of over 1,000.

Nanortalik Place in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark

Nanortalik, formerly Nennortalik, is a town in Nanortalik Island, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. With 1,337 inhabitants as of 2013, it is the tenth-largest town in the country. The name Nanortalik means "Place of Polar Bears" or "Place Where the Polar Bears Go". It is the southernmost town in Greenland, with a population of over 1,000.

Results

ConstituencyWinning candidateVotes received%Total votes
Disko Jens Olsen 12420.60602
Disko Bugt Marius Sivertsen 14126.76527
Egedesminde Frederik Lynge 14936.08413
Frederikshaab Abel Kristiansen 17632.96534
Godthåb Augo Lynge 56778.97718
Holsteinsborg Knud Olsen 9725.13386
Julianehaab Frederi Nielsen 18443.50423
Kangaatsiaq Nikolai Rosing 23963.56376
Nanortalik Jacob Nielsen 13022.00591
Narsaq Gerhard Egede 20775.55274
Sukkertoppen Peter Egede 21037.37562
Upernavik Hendrik Olsen 14735.85410
Uummannaq Peter Fleischer 12322.40549
Source: Arctic

Aftermath

The Provincial Council met for the first time on 25 September 1951. [1]

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