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1971 Greenlandic Provincial Council election
Greenland
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All 16 seats in the Provincial Council (plus compensatory seats)
Turnout67.69%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
KNAPK [ de] Lamik Møller [ de] 6.50 1 +1
Independents 84.70 16 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chairman before Chairman after
Erling Høegh [ de]
Independent
Lars Chemnitz [ de]
Independent

Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland on 16 April 1971. [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

As KNAPK [ de] received more than 6.25% of the valid vote, they were entitled to a compensatory seat.

PartyVotes%Seats
KNAPK [ de]9236.501
Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat [ de]4022.830
Blue Cross3542.490
National Confederation of Trade Unions3392.390
Greenland Business Association [ de]1551.090
Independents12,02984.7016
Total14,202100.0017
Valid votes14,20297.09
Invalid/blank votes4262.91
Total votes14,628100.00
Registered voters/turnout21,61067.69
Source: Atuagagdliutit, Danmarks Statistik

Elected members

Constituency Elected member
Aasiaat Otto Steenholdt [ de]
Ammassalik Erinarteq Jonathansen [ de]
Ilulissat Lars Chemnitz [ de]
Ittoqqortoormiit Andreas Sanimuinaq [ de]
Kangaatsiaq Nikolaj Karlsen [ de]
Maniitsoq Alibak Josefsen [ de]
Nanortalik Marius Abelsen [ de]
Narsaq Johan Knudsen [ de]
Nuuk Lars-Emil Johansen
Paamiut Ole Berglund [ de]
Qaqortoq Jonathan Motzfeldt
Qeqertarsuaq David Broberg [ de]
Sisimiut Jørgen C. F. Olsen [ de]
Thule Qissunguaq Kristiansen [ de]
Upernavik Knud Kristiansen [ de]
Uummannaq Elisabeth Johansen
Supplementary seat Niels Carlo Heilmann [ de]
Source: Kjœr Sørensen

Aftermath

Marius Abelsen [ de] died in 1972 and was replaced by Jørgen Poulsen [ de]. Poulsen died in 1973 and was replaced by Hendrik Nielsen. Johan Knudsen [ de] also died in 1973 and was replaced by Lars Godtfredsen [ de]. In 1973 Mathæus Tobiassen [ de] replaced Ole Berglund [ de]. [2]

References

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