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1975 Greenlandic Provincial Council election
Greenland
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All 16 seats in the Provincial Council, plus compensatory seats
Turnout66.84%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
GAS Odaq Olsen [ de] 9.31 1 +1
KNAPK [ de] Lamik Møller [ de] 6.87 1 0
Independents 80.16 15 −1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chairman before Chairman after
Lars Chemnitz [ de]
Independent
Lars Chemnitz [ de]
Independent

Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland on 16 April 1975. [1]

Electoral system

Members of the Provincial Council were elected by first-past-the-post voting in 16 single-member constituencies. Political parties or lists were entitled to compensatory seats if they received more than one-sixteenth of the valid votes cast (6.25%).

Results

KNAPK [ de] won a directly elected seat with Lamik Møller [ de] elected in Paamiut. As the National Confederation of Trade Unions also received over 6.25% of the vote, they were awarded a compensatory seat, taken by Odaq Olsen [ de].

PartyVotes%Seats
National Confederation of Trade Unions1,4389.311
KNAPK [ de]1,0616.871
Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat [ de]4102.650
Mikiki & Pedersen List1551.000
Independents12,38280.1615
Total15,446100.0017
Valid votes15,44695.16
Invalid/blank votes7864.84
Total votes16,232100.00
Registered voters/turnout24,28666.84
Source: Atuagagdliutit, Danmarks Statistik

Elected members

Constituency Elected member
Aasiaat Otto Steenholdt [ de]
Ammassalik Anders Andreassen [ de]
Ittoqqortoormiit Emil Arqe [ de]
Kangâtsiaq Nikolaj Karlsen [ de]
Maniitsoq Niels Carlo Heilmann [ de]
Nanortalik Hendrik Nielsen
Narsaq Lars Godtfredsen [ de]
Nuuk Lars Chemnitz [ de]
Paamiut Lamik Møller [ de]
Qaanaaq Asiajuk Sadorana [ de]
Qaqortoq Jonathan Motzfeldt
Qasigiannguit Konrad Steenholdt [ de]
Qeqertarsuaq Knud Kristiansen [ de]
Sisimiut Jørgen C. F. Olsen [ de]
Upernavik Bendt Frederiksen [ de]
Uummannaq Severin Johansen [ de]
Supplementary seat Odaq Olsen [ de]
Source: Kjœr Sørensen

Aftermath

Severin Johansen [ de] was replaced by Hans Johansen [ de] during sessions between autumn 1976 and spring 1977. [2]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Yearbook 1975 Danmarks Statistik
  2. ^ Axel Kjœr Sørensen (2007) Denmark-Greenland in the twentieth Century p177