1991 Greenlandic general election

General elections were held in Greenland on 5 March 1991.[1] Siumut emerged as the largest party in the Parliament, winning 11 of the 27 seats.[2]

5 March 1991 (1991-03-05)

All 27 seats in the Inatsisartut
14 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

69.64% (

2.15 pp)

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
Siumut	Lars-Emil Johansen	37.30%	11	0
Atassut	Konrad Steenholdt	30.11%	8	-3
Inuit Ataqatigiit	Aqqaluk Lynge	15.25%	5	+1
Akulliit	Bjarne Kreutzmann	9.49%	2	New
Issittup	Nikolaj Heinrich	2.82%	1	0

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Jonathan Motzfeldt Siumut	Lars-Emil Johansen Siumut

Politics of Greenland


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Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Siumut	9,336	37.30	11	0
	Atassut	7,536	30.11	8	–3
	Inuit Ataqatigiit	4,848	19.37	5	+2
	Centre Party	2,374	9.49	2	New
	Polar Party	706	2.82	1	0
	Independents	228	0.91	0	0
Total		25,028	100.00	27	+1

Valid votes		25,028	96.58
Invalid/blank votes		887	3.42
Total votes		25,915	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		38,396	67.49
Source: Election Passport, Parties & Elections

References

Nordic Statistical Yearbook 2002, p175
Greenland Archived 2013-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Parties and Elections

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