Elections in Greenland
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Elections in Greenland have been taking place since 1979. Greenland elects on national level a legislature. The Diet (Inatsisartut) has 31 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation. Greenland has a multi-party system, with five parties currently represented in the legislature.
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[edit] Latest elections
Main article: Greenlandic parliamentary election, 2009
| Parties | Votes 2009 |
% 2009 | Seats 2009 | % 2005 | Seats 2005 | % +/− | Seats +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit) | 12,457 | 43.7 | 14 | 22.4 | 7 | +19.3 | +7 | |
| Forward (Siumut) | 7,567 | 26.5 | 9 | 30.4 | 10 | −3.9 | −1 | |
| Democrats (Demokraatit) | 3,620 | 12.7 | 4 | 22.6 | 7 | −9.9 | −3 | |
| Feeling of Community (Atassut) | 3,094 | 10.9 | 3 | 19.0 | 6 | −9.0 | −3 | |
| Association of Candidates (Kattusseqatigiit) | 1.084 | 3.8 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | −0.2 | ±0 | |
| Roots (Sorlaat Partiiat) | 383 | 1.3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |
| Others | 70 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | −0.5 | ±0 | |
| Valid votes cast (turnout 74.9%, +0.3%) | 28,275 | 99.2 | 31 | 99.1 | 31 | — | — | |
| Source: The Greenlandic Electoral System - Parliament Election June 2nd 2009 | ||||||||
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