Inuit Ataqatigiit

Community of the People

*Inuit Ataqatigiit*
Community of the People Inuit Ataqatigiit
	Party logo
Leader	Sara Olsvig
Founded	1976
Headquarters	Nuuk, Sermersooq, Greenland
Youth wing	Inuit Ataqatigiit Inuusuttaat
Ideology	Greenlandic independence; Social liberalism; Left-wing nationalism; Formerly:; Democratic socialism
Political position	Left-wing
Nordic affiliation	Nordic Green Left Alliance
Colours	Red and white
Inatsisartut	11 / 31
Municipalities	18 / 70
Folketing; (Greenland seats)	1 / 2
Website
	http://www.ia.gl/
	Politics of Greenland; Political parties; Elections;

Inuit Ataqatigiit (Greenlandic for "Community of the People") is a social liberal separatist political party in Greenland^[7]^[8] striving to make Greenland an independent state.^[9] The party, founded in 1976, was born out of the increased youth radicalism in Denmark during the 1970s. Formerly a left-wing socialist party, it has developed towards supporting privatisation and market economy. It believes that an independent Greenland should be competitive.^[4]

Inuit Ataqatigiit is represented in the Folketing (the Danish parliament) by Sara Olsvig, who is also the leader of the party.

Inuit Ataqatigiit made a major electoral breakthrough in the 2009 Greenlandic parliamentary election. Making gains from the 2005 Greenlandic parliamentary election, it doubled its total number of seats in the Parliament from 7 to 14 seats out of 31 – just two seats short of a majority – and nearly doubled its total vote share from 22.4% to 43.7%. It supplanted both its coalition partners, shifting the Forward party from first to second and the Democrats party from second to third.^[7]^[9] At the 2014 elections the party obtained 11 members in the Greenlandic parliament.^[10]

Election results

Parliament of Greenland (Inatsiartut)

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	±
1979	813	4.4 (#4)	0 / 21	New
1983	2,612	10.6 (#3)	2 / 26	2
1984	2,732	12.1 (#3)	3 / 25	1
1987	3,823	15.3 (#3)	3 / 26	0
1991	4,848	19.4 (#3)	5 / 27	2
1995	5,180	20.3 (#3)	6 / 31	1
1999	6,214	22.1 (#3)	7 / 31	1
2002	7,244	25.3 (#2)	8 / 31	1
2005	6,517	22.6 (#3)	7 / 31	1
2009	12,457	43.7 (#1)	14 / 31	7
2013	10,374	34.4 (#2)	11 / 31	3
2014	9,783	33.2 (#2)	11 / 31	0

Parliament of Denmark (Folketinget)*

Election year	# of overall votes	% of Greenlandic vote	# of overall seats won	# of Greenlandic seats won	±
1984	2,972	13.9 (#3)	0 / 179	0 / 2	New
1987	2,001	12.5 (#3)	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
1988	3,628	17.3 (#3)	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
1990	3,281	17.0 (#3)	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
1998	4,988	21.4 (#3)	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
2001	7,172	30.8 (#1)	1 / 179	1 / 2	1
2005	5,774	25.5 (#2)	1 / 179	1 / 2	0
2007	8,068	32.5 (#1) (Tied with the Siumut party)	1 / 179	1 / 2	0
2011	9,780	42.7 (#1)	1 / 179	1 / 2	0
2015	7,904	38.5 (#1)	1 / 179	1 / 2	0

In the Danish general election, 1994, an independent won a seat in the Danish Parliament, but the Inuit Ataqatigiit party didn't seem to contest^[clarify] that particular election.

References

^ "Time campaign". Arctic Journal. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
^ "Pro-independence party wins Greenland parliament election". Agence France-Presse. The Times of India. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-04. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ ^a ^b Parties and Elections in Europe - The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
^ ^a ^b Loukacheva, Natalia (2007). The Arctic Promise: Legal and Political Autonomy of Greenland and Nunavut. University of Toronto Press. p. 61.
^ "Greenland wakes up to first power shift in 30 years". The Copenhagen Post. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-04. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Christina Bergqvist (1 January 1999). Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. p. 319. ISBN 978-82-00-12799-4.
^ ^a ^b "Opposition win Greenland election". BBC News. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ Ringstrom, Anna (2009-06-03). "Landslide win for Greenland opposition". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ ^a ^b Olsen, Jan M. (2009-06-03). "Left-wing party set to take power in Greenland after winning parliamentary vote". Associated Press. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-06-04. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link‍]}
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[arcticjournal-1] "Time campaign". Arctic Journal. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2014-05-30.

[india-2] "Pro-independence party wins Greenland parliament election". Agence France-Presse. The Times of India. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-04. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[parties-and-elections.eu-3] Parties and Elections in Europe - The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck

[loukacheva-4] Loukacheva, Natalia (2007). The Arctic Promise: Legal and Political Autonomy of Greenland and Nunavut. University of Toronto Press. p. 61.

[copenhagen-5] "Greenland wakes up to first power shift in 30 years". The Copenhagen Post. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-04. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[Bergqvist1999-6] Christina Bergqvist (1 January 1999). Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. p. 319. ISBN 978-82-00-12799-4.

[bbcnews-7] "Opposition win Greenland election". BBC News. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

[reuters-8] Ringstrom, Anna (2009-06-03). "Landslide win for Greenland opposition". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

[latimes-9] Olsen, Jan M. (2009-06-03). "Left-wing party set to take power in Greenland after winning parliamentary vote". Associated Press. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-06-04. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link‍]}

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