Labour Party (Greenland)

Labour Party
Founded	1979
Dissolved	1983
Merged into	Inuit Ataqatigiit
Ideology	Social democracy Democratic socialism
Political position	Centre-left
Politics of Greenland Political parties Elections

The Labour Party (Greenlandic: Sulisartut Partiat (old spelling: Sulissartut Partîat), Danish: Arbejderpartiet) was a short-lived leftist political party in Greenland. The party was founded in early 1979 as the political wing of the Sulinermik Inuussutissarsiuteqartut Kattuffiat (SIK) trade union centre.[1][2] SIK had previously supported Siumut, but that cooperation had been terminated in the fall of 1978.[1]

Sulisartut was closely aligned to Siumut in major political issues.[3] Also, Sulisartut supported Siumut in elections to the European Parliament.[1]

In the 1979 election, Sulisartut did not win a presence in the Landsting.[4][5] The party also contested the 1979 Danish parliamentary election, obtaining 1,618 votes (which was insufficient to win any of the two Folketing seats allocated to Greenland).[6]

In the elections to municipal councils, Sulisartut obtained 550 votes across Greenland, 156 in Nuuk, 114 in Ilulissat, 81 in Maniitsoq, 76 in Aasiaat, 60 in Qaqortoq, 33 in Narsaq, 23 in Qasigiannguit and seven in Uummannaq.[7]

Ahead of the 1983 elections, Sulisartut merged into Inuit Ataqatigiit.[8]

References

1. Wende, Frank. Lexikon zur Geschichte der Parteien in Europa. Stuttgart: Kröner, 1981. p. 66
2. "Tidsskrift.dk". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
3. Martinez Cobo, José R. (24 May 1984). "STUDY OF THE PROBLEM OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS" (PDF). www.un.org. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
4. Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten, April 12, 1979, p. 6 scanned newspaper article
5. Greenland's Statistical Office
6. "Statistisk Årbog. Folketingsvalgene" (PDF). www.dst.dk. 1980. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
7. "Greenland Elections". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
8. "Tidsskrift.dk". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2010-06-10.