2017 Greenlandic local elections

2017 Greenlandic local elections

4 April 2017

5 municipal councils

Party Leader Vote % 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 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.

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.

Mayors outgoing and incoming
Municipality	Incumbent mayor		Elected mayor		Municipality
Kujalleq Municipality	Jørgen Wæver Johansen			Kirsten P. Isaksen	Kujalleq Municipality
Qaasuitsup Municipality	Ole Dorph			Palle Jeremiassen	Avannaata Municipality
				Ane Hansen	Qeqertalik Municipality
Qeqqata Municipality	Hermann Berthelsen			Malik Berthelsen	Qeqqata Municipality
Sermersooq Municipality	Asii Chemnitz Narup			Asii Chemnitz Narup	Sermersooq Municipality

References

1. Local Elections, Sermersooq Municipality, accessed 2017-03-05

External links

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