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<h2 id="latest-elections">Latest elections</h2> <h3>General elections</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/2021_Greenlandic_general_election/8Qo7oHup">2021 Greenlandic general election</a></p> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="7"></th></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">+/–</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Inuit_Ataqatigiit/kmaAdF4v">Inuit Ataqatigiit</a></td><td>9,933</td><td>37.44</td><td>+11.66</td><td>12</td><td>+4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Siumut/1qdsn8f3">Siumut</a></td><td>7,986</td><td>30.10</td><td>+2.66</td><td>10</td><td>+1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Naleraq/FUaxBlmA">Naleraq</a></td><td>3,252</td><td>12.26</td><td>–1.29</td><td>4</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Democrats_(Greenland)/mS8GTCUG">Democrats</a></td><td>2,454</td><td>9.25</td><td>–10.44</td><td>3</td><td>–3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Atassut/8d0nXQrQ">Atassut</a></td><td>1,878</td><td>7.08</td><td>+1.12</td><td>2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Nunatta_Qitornai/XLkf9fYB">Nunatta Qitornai</a></td><td>639</td><td>2.41</td><td>–1.04</td><td>0</td><td>–1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Cooperation_Party/RBVRXlCu">Cooperation Party</a></td><td>376</td><td>1.42</td><td>–2.69</td><td>0</td><td>–1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independents</td><td>10</td><td>0.04</td><td>New</td><td>0</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Total</td><td>26,528</td><td>100.00</td><td>–</td><td>31</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" colspan="2">Valid votes</th><td>26,528</td><td>97.86</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" colspan="2">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>581</td><td>2.14</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" colspan="2">Total votes</th><td>27,109</td><td>100.00</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" colspan="2">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>41,126</td><td>65.92</td><td>–5.94</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">Source: <a href="https://qinersineq.gl/">Qinersineq.gl</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the election held on Tuesday, 11 March 2025 the centre-right opposition <a href="/facts/Demokraatit/mS8GTCUG">Demokraatit</a> achieved the largest share of the vote ahead of <a href="/facts/Naleraq/FUaxBlmA">Naleraq</a> (Point of Orientation independence party) and the two governing parties, the left-wing <a href="/facts/Inuit_Ataqatigiit/kmaAdF4v">Inuit Ataqatigiit</a> (Community of the People) and <a href="/facts/Siumut/1qdsn8f3">Siumut</a>. </p> <h3>Local elections</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/2021_Greenlandic_local_elections/bVA6smdI">2021 Greenlandic local elections</a></p> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="7">Sum of local elections – turnout 63.8% ( 2.7%)</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Party</th><th colspan="3">Vote totals</th><th colspan="2">Seats</th></tr><tr><th>Number</th><th>Percent</th><th>Change</th><th>Number</th><th>Change</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Inuit_Ataqatigiit/kmaAdF4v">Inuit Ataqatigiit</a></td><td>9,822</td><td>37.6%</td><td> 5.2%</td><td>32</td><td> 6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Siumut/1qdsn8f3">Siumut</a></td><td>9,454</td><td>36.2%</td><td> 5.3%</td><td>31</td><td> 8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Naleraq/FUaxBlmA">Naleraq</a></td><td>2,794</td><td>10.7%</td><td> 6.1%</td><td>8</td><td> 5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Atassut/8d0nXQrQ">Atassut</a></td><td>1,942</td><td>7.4%</td><td> 4.4%</td><td>6</td><td> 3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Democrats_(Greenland)/mS8GTCUG">Democrats</a></td><td>1,800</td><td>6.9%</td><td> 1.3%</td><td>4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Nunatta_Qitornai/XLkf9fYB">Nunatta Qitornai</a></td><td>243</td><td>0.9%</td><td><i>New</i></td><td>0</td><td><i>New</i></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Others</td><td>43</td><td>0.2%</td><td><i>New</i></td><td>0</td><td><i>New</i></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Blank/Void</td><td>518</td><td colspan="4"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Overall Totals</th><th>26,691</th><th>100.0%</th><th></th><th>81</th><th></th></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Danish elections</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/2019_Danish_general_election/6LxYdPET">2019 Danish general election</a></p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Electoral_calendar/WhpVGMUP">Electoral calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Electoral_system/e6zvx3Bo">Electoral system</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.qinersineq.gl">Election results from 2002-present (in English)</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050212030319/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/g/greenland/">Adam Carr's Election Archive</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.parties-and-elections.de/greenland.html">Parties and Elections in Europe</a></li> <li><a href="https://islandstudiesjournal.org/files/ISJZhangGreenlandElectoralPolitics.pdf">Electoral politics, party performance, and governance in Greenland: Parties, personalities, and cleavages in an autonomous subnational island jurisdiction</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Greenland Country Profile International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) ElectioGuide <a href="http://www.electionguide.org/country.php?ID=86" target="_blank">http://www.electionguide.org/country.php?ID=86</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Explainer: The Greenland Parliamentary Elections- 2021, 2021 <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>