1979 Greenlandic general election

none 1979 Greenlandic general election Greenland no All 21 seats in the Inatsisartut 11 1975 1983 1979 4 4 yes 69.58% Jonathan Motzfeldt Siumut New 13 46.12% Lars Chemnitz Atassut New 8 41.69% 1979 Greenland general election - Results (by constituency).svg Results by constituency Governor Prime Minister Hans Lassen Independent politician Jonathan Motzfeldt Siumut General elections were held in Greenland on 4 April 1979,Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p393 the first election to the new Inatsisartut after the introduction of home rule. The result was a victory for the separatist and left wing Siumut, which won 13 of the 21 seats in the Parliament, over the unionist and moderate Atassut.Greenland https://web.archive.org/web/20130722042650/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/greenland2.html 2013-07-22 Parties and Elections The difference in seats won became relatively large because of the use of first past the post in five constituencies in northern and eastern Greenland, which were all won by Siumut, while the two parties split the 16 seats in the multi member constituencies in Western Greenland evenly. As a result of the election Jonathan Motzfeldt from Siumut became the first head of government in Greenland. No party has won a majority of seats in the Inatsisartut since. Results File:1979 Inatsisartut.svg Siumut 8505 13 Atassut 7688 8 Labour Party 1041 0 Inuit Ataqatigiit 813 0 Independents 396 0 1508 28672 Election Passport, Parties & Elections References Category:Elections in Greenland Greenland General