2018 Greenlandic general election

General elections were held in Greenland on 24 April 2018,^[1] electing all 31 members of Parliament. The elections were required to be held no later than 26 November 2018, four years after the previous elections on 27 November 2014, but Prime Minister Kim Kielsen chose to call the elections seven months early. His Siumut party remained the largest in Parliament, but lost two seats, whilst Inuit Ataqatigiit, the second-largest party, lost three seats. The smaller Democrats and Partii Naleraq gained seats, with the newly formed Cooperation Party and Nunatta Qitornai parties both entering Parliament.

2018 Greenlandic general election

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All 31 seats in the Inatsisartut 16 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Siumut Kim Kielsen 27.44 9 −2 Inuit Ataqatigiit Sara Olsvig 25.78 8 −3 Democrats Randi V. Evaldsen 19.69 6 +2 Naleraq Hans Enoksen 13.55 4 +1 Atassut Siverth K. Heilmann 5.96 2 0 Cooperation Party Michael Rosing 4.11 1 New Nunatta Qitornai Vittus Qujaukitsoq 3.45 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by municipality Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Kim Kielsen Siumut Kim Kielsen Siumut

Background

The 2014 general elections saw Siumut receive a narrow plurality of the vote, but win the same number of seats as Inuit Ataqatigiit (11). A coalition government was formed by Siumut, Democrats and Atassut which lasted until 2016, when Siumut formed a new coalition with Inuit Ataqatigiit and Partii Naleraq. Kim Kielsen from Siumut has led both governments.^[2]

During the 2014–2018 parliamentary term, both Atassut MPs defected to Siumut, while Michael Rosing left the Democrats to sit as an Independent.^[3]

Electoral system

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

New parties

Two new parties contested the elections, the unionist and socially liberal Cooperation Party (Suleqatigiissitsisut) founded by Michael Rosing, and the pro-independence Nunatta Qitornai (Descendants of Our Country) founded by former Minister of Finance and Interior, Minister of Industry, Labour, Trade, Tourism, Energy and Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance, Minerals and Foreign Affairs Vittus Qujaukitsoq after a dispute over the government's approach toward Denmark. He eventually left Siumut following an unsuccessful leadership challenge to Kim Kielsen.^[5]

Opinion polls

Polling Firm	Date	Siumut	IA	Democrats	Naleraq	Atassut	NQ	SA
HS Analyse[6][7]	21–24 March 2018	32.6 (11)	33.7 (11)	12.6 (4)	10.6 (3)	4.1 (1)	4.6 (1)	1.8 (0)
HS Analyse[6][7]	11–15 April 2018	27.4 (9)	31.0 (10)	18.8 (6)	11.1 (3)	5.2 (1)	3.6 (1)	2.9 (1)

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Siumut	7,959	27.44	9	–2
	Inuit Ataqatigiit	7,478	25.78	8	–3
	Democrats	5,712	19.69	6	+2
	Partii Naleraq	3,931	13.55	4	+1
	Atassut	1,730	5.96	2	0
	Cooperation Party	1,193	4.11	1	New
	Nunatta Qitornai	1,002	3.45	1	New
Total		29,005	100.00	31	0
Valid votes		29,005	99.01
Invalid/blank votes		291	0.99
Total votes		29,296	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		40,769	71.86
Source: Qinersineq.gl[8]