2017 Greenlandic local elections

2017 Greenlandic local elections

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5 municipal councils

Party Leader % Seats +/– Siumut Kim Kielsen 41.5 39 +1 Inuit Ataqatigiit Sara Olsvig 32.4 26 +6 Atassut Siverth K. Heilmann 11.8 9 0 Democrats Randi V. Evaldsen 8.2 4 +2 Partii Naleraq Has Enoksen 4.6 3 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The Greenlandic local elections of 2017 were held on 4 April 2017 for Greenland's 3 regional municipality councils, 2 transition committees, several settlement councils and parochial church councils.^[1] All seats will be contested for the 2018–21 term of office. In the previous election there were 70 seats.

Politics of Greenland
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Results

Results of municipal elections

Number of councillors and political parties in the regional Municipal Councils

Sum of local elections
Party		Share of vote		Seats
		Percent	Change	Number	Change
	Forward	41.5 %	6.0%	39	1
	Community of the People	32.4 %	3.0%	26	6
	Solidarity	11.8 %	1.1%	9
	Democrats	8.2 %	1.8%	4	2
	Point of Orientation Party	4.6 %	New	3	New
	Others	0%	0.2%	0	1

Mayors in the regional municipalities

The mayors (Greenlandic: Kommuneqarfiup Siulersortaa; plural: Kommuneqarfiup Siulersortai, Danish: Borgmester; plural: Borgmestre) of the 5 municipalities heads the council meetings and is the chairman of the finance committee in each of their respective municipalities.

Mayors after the election
Party		Number	Change
	Forward	3	1
	Community of the People	2	1
	Solidarity	0
	Democrats	0
	Point of Orientation Party	0	New
	Independents	0

Old and new mayors in the regional municipalities

The term of office for the mayors elected by the majority of councillors among its members in each municipal council is the same as for the councils elected, namely 2 April 2013 until 31 April 2017.

References

External links

• "Local Elections 17" on the Greenlandic English-speaking website The Arctic Journal
• Election results by Municipality