1967 Greenlandic Provincial Council election

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28 April 1967 (1967-04-28)

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All 16 seats in the Provincial Council (plus compensatory seats)

Turnout

61.98%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
	Inuit Party [de]	Ulrik Rosing [de]	7.34	1	New
	Independents	–	85.58	16	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Chairman before	Chairman after
Vacant	Erling Høegh [de] Independent

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Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland on 28 April 1967.

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 the Inuit Party received more than 6.25% of the valid vote, they were entitled to a compensatory seat.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Inuit Party [de]	852	7.34	1
	KNAPK [de]	351	3.02	0
	Johansen, Lynge, Olsen & Godtfredsen List	286	2.46	0
	Mørch & Nielsen List	184	1.59	0
	Independents	9,931	85.58	16
Total		11,604	100.00	17

Valid votes		11,604	97.59
Invalid/blank votes		286	2.41
Total votes		11,890	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		19,184	61.98
Source: Atuagagdliutit, Danmarks Statistik

Elected members

The initial results in Nuuk showed independent candidates Peter K. S. Heilmann [de] receiving 672 votes, following by Inuit Party candidates Thomas Berthels and Kaj Narup [de] with 313 and 293 respectively. Berthels was declared elected, as the Inuit Party candidate with the most votes. However, the result was challenged and a recount showed Heilmann with 700 votes, Narup with 326 and Berthels with 324, resulting in Narup replacing Berthels in the Provincial Council.

Constituency	Elected member
Aasiaat	Karl Skou [de]
Angmagssalik	Aron Davidsen [de]
Ilulissat	Lars Chemnitz
Kangâtsiaq	Edvard Reimer [de]
Maniitsoq	Alibak Josefsen [de]
Nanortalik	Marius Abelsen [de]
Narsaq	Erik Egede [de]
Nuuk	Peter K. S. Heilmann [de]
Paamiut	Isboseth Petersen [de]
Qaqortoq	Erling Høegh [de]
Qeqertarsuaq	David Broberg [de]
Scoresbysund	Jakob Simonsen [de]
Sisimiut	Jørgen C. F. Olsen [de]
Thule	Qissunguaq Kristiansen [de]
Upernavik	Knud Kristiansen [de]
Uummannaq	Elisabeth Johansen
Supplementary seat	Kaj Narup [de]
Source: Kjœr Sørensen

Aftermath

Erik Egede [de] died in 1967 and was replaced by Niels Holm [de]. In 1968 Aron Davidsen [de] was replaced by Erinarteq Jonathansen [de]. In 1969 Kaj Narup was replaced by Peter Nielsen [de].

References

Landrådsvalget 1967 – Landrådimut kinersinek 1967 Atuagagdliutit
Tillægsmandatet gik til K. Narup
Axel Kjœr Sørensen (2007) Denmark-Greenland in the twentieth Century p176

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