Greenlandic general election, 2014

Greenlandic general election, 2014

28 November 2014
All 31 seats in the Parliament of Greenland. 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Kim Kielsen Sara Olsvig Anda Uldum Party Siumut Inuit Ataqatigiit Democrats Leader since 18 October 2014 30 May 2014 30 May 2014 Last election 42.8% 34.4% 6.2% Seats before 14 11 2 Seats won 11 11 4 Seat change 3 0 2 Popular vote 10,102 9,776 3,468 Percentage 34.3% 33.2% 11.8% Swing 8.5% 1.2% 5.6%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Hans Enoksen Knud Kristiansen[1] Party Partii Naleraq Atassut Leader since 9 January 2014 27 September 2014 Last election N/A 8.1% Seats before New party 2 Seats won 3 2 Seat change 3 0 Popular vote 3,423 1,919 Percentage 11.6% 6.5% Swing 11.6% 1.6%
Prime Minister before election Aleqa Hammond Siumut Elected Prime Minister Kim Kielsen Siumut

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Early general elections were held in Greenland on 28 November 2014.^[2] They were called after Prime Minister Aleqa Hammond resigned following a spending scandal.^[3] Siumut and Inuit Ataqatigiit emerged as the largest parties both winning 11 of the 31 seats. A three party coalition government was formed consisting of the incumbent Siumut and Solidarity parties alongside the Democrats.

Electoral system

The 31 members of Parliament were elected by proportional representation in multi-member constituencies. Seats were allocated using the d'Hondt method.^[4]

Results

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