2013 Greenlandic general election

none gov April 2013 Greenland 2009 12 March 2013 2014 All 31 seats in the Inatsisartut 16 74.20% ( 2.91pp) Aleqa Hammond Siumut 9 14 43.22 Kuupik Kleist Inuit Ataqatigiit 14 11 34.73 Gerhardt Petersen Atassut 3 2 8.21 Nikku Olsen Inuit Party new 2 6.46 Jens B. Frederiksen Democrats (Greenland) 4 2 6.26 Prime Minister Kuupik Kleist Inuit Ataqatigiit Aleqa Hammond Siumut Greenland elections 2013.svg 0.7 Results by municipality General elections were held in Greenland on 12 March 2013.Mining question dominates Greenland poll BBC News, 12 March 2013 The opposition Siumut party emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 14 of the 31 seats.Mining proponents win Greenland election AP, 13 March 2013 On 26 March Siumut leader Aleqa Hammond became Greenland's first female Prime Minister.http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/female-premier-to-head-greenland_273024.html Female premier to head Greenland March 26, 2013 Europe Online Magazine 26 March 2013 30 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141230220408/http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/female-premier-to-head-greenland_273024.html dead Electoral system The 31 members of Parliament were elected by proportional representation in multi-member constituencies.Election Profile IFES In Nuuk there was just one polling station. Campaign The main campaign issue was exploitation of the island's mineral wealth. The ruling Inuit Ataqatigiit party supported allowing foreign workers, most of whom would be Chinese, into the country to work in the mining industry, whilst the Siumut party was opposed to the proposal. Rare-earth elements were of particular concern.Greenland Votes to Get Tough on Investors; New Ruling Party Campaigned to Backtrack on Country's Recent Opening to Investment From Foreign Mining Ventures, March 13, 2013, Wall Street Journal. Results File:2013 Inatsisartut.svg Siumut 12910 14 +5 Inuit Ataqatigiit 10374 11 –3 Atassut 2454 2 –1 Inuit Party 1930 2 New Democrats 1870 2 –2 Association of Candidates 326 0 –1 Independents 9 0 0 263 0 40613 Election Passport, Parties & Elections Government formation Following the election results, Siumut leader Aleqa Hammond claimed that she was "in no hurry to form a coalition" and would wait to hear the demands of the other parties.Greenland votes for change https://web.archive.org/web/20180213195607/http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674greenland_votes_for_change 2018-02-13 Nunatsiaq Online, 13 March 2013 Hammond ultimately formed a government with Atassut and the Inuit Party. Siumut took six of the eight cabinet posts, with Atassut taking the Health and Infrastructure portfolio and the Inuit Party taking the Environment portfolio. References Category:2013 elections in North America 2013 parliamentary General Greenland