1975 Greenlandic Provincial Council election

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16 April 1975 (1975-04-16)

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All 16 seats in the Provincial Council, plus compensatory seats

Turnout

66.84%

	Leader	Vote %	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 Independent	Lars Chemnitz Independent

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

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].


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Confederation of Trade Unions	1,438	9.31	1
	KNAPK [de]	1,061	6.87	1
	Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat [de]	410	2.65	0
	Mikiki & Pedersen List	155	1.00	0
	Independents	12,382	80.16	15
Total		15,446	100.00	17

Valid votes		15,446	95.16
Invalid/blank votes		786	4.84
Total votes		16,232	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		24,286	66.84
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
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.

References

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

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