1987 Greenlandic general election

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26 May 1987 (1987-05-26)

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

Turnout

69.64% (

2.88 pp)

	Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
Atassut	Otto Steenholdt	40.07%	11	0
Siumut	Jonathan Motzfeldt	39.84%	11	0
Inuit Ataqatigiit	Aqqaluk Lynge	15.25%	4	+1
Issittup	Nikolaj Heinrich	4.46%	1	New

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

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Jonathan Motzfeldt Siumut	Jonathan Motzfeldt Siumut

Politics of Greenland


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General elections were held in Greenland on 26 May 1987. Siumut and Atassut both won 11 seats in the 27-seat Parliament.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Atassut	10,044	40.07	11	0
	Siumut	9,987	39.84	11	0
	Inuit Ataqatigiit	3,823	15.25	4	+1
	Polar Party	1,119	4.46	1	New
	Independents	95	0.38	0	New
Total		25,068	100.00	27	+2

Valid votes		25,068	97.30
Invalid/blank votes		696	2.70
Total votes		25,764	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		36,998	69.64
Source: DST, Parties & Elections

References

Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p393
Valg til Inatsisartut Greenland Statistics

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