The Greenlandic local elections of 2017 were held on 4 April 2017 for Greenland's 3 regional municipality councils, 2 transition committees, several settlement councils and parochial church councils.[1] All seats will be contested for the 2018–21 term of office. In the previous election there were 70 seats.
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5 municipal councils | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
editResults of municipal elections
editNumber of councillors and political parties in the regional Municipal Councils
edit| Sum of local elections | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Share of vote | Seats | |||
| Percent | Change | Number | Change | ||
| Forward | 41.5 % |  6.0% | 39 |  1 | |
| Community of the People | 32.4 % | 3.0% | 26 | 6 | |
| Solidarity | 11.8 % | 1.1% | 9 |  | |
| Democrats | 8.2 % | 1.8% | 4 | 2 | |
| Point of Orientation Party | 4.6 % | New | 3 | New | |
| Others | 0% | 0.2% | 0 | 1 | |
Mayors in the regional municipalities
editThe mayors (Greenlandic: Kommuneqarfiup Siulersortaa; plural: Kommuneqarfiup Siulersortai, Danish: Borgmester; plural: Borgmestre) of the 5 municipalities heads the council meetings and is the chairman of the finance committee in each of their respective municipalities.
| Mayors after the election | |||
| Party | Number | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 3 | 1 | |
| Community of the People | 2 | 1 | |
| Solidarity | 0 | | |
| Democrats | 0 | | |
| Point of Orientation Party | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 0 | | |
Old and new mayors in the regional municipalities
editThe term of office for the mayors elected by the majority of councillors among its members in each municipal council is the same as for the councils elected, namely 2 April 2013 until 31 April 2017.
References
edit- ^ Local Elections, Sermersooq Municipality, accessed 2017-03-05
External links
edit- "Local Elections 17" on the Greenlandic English-speaking website The Arctic Journal
- Election results by Municipality