1963 Greenlandic Provincial Council election

Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland on 28 June 1963. Independents won all 16 seats.

1963 Greenlandic Provincial Council election
Greenland
← 1959 28 June 1963 (1963-06-28) 1967 →

All 16 seats in the Provincial Council (plus compensatory seats)
Turnout54.05%
Party Seats +/–
Independents

16 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Electoral system

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Members of the Provincial Council were elected by first-past-the-post voting in 16 single-member constituencies. Political parties or lists were entitled to compensatory seats if they received more than one-sixteenth of the valid votes cast (6.25%).

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Independents16
Total16
Valid votes7,99697.51
Invalid/blank votes2042.49
Total votes8,200100.00
Registered voters/turnout15,17054.05
Source: Atuagagdliutit, Danmarks Statistik

Elected members

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Constituency Elected member
Aasiaat Hans Lynge
Angmagssalik Jørgen Borchersen [de]
Attu Lars Ostermann [de]
Ilulissat Ricard Petersen [de]
Ittoqqortoormiit Magtikalaat Arqe [de]
Maniitsoq Alibak Josefsen [de]
Narsaq Erik Egede [de]
Nuuk Peter K. S. Heilmann [de]
Paamiut Anthon Petersen [de]
Qaqortoq Oluf Høegh [de]
Qullissat Andreas Nielsen [de]
Sisimiut Jørgen C. F. Olsen [de]
Tasiusaq Jørgen Poulsen [de]
Thule Peter Jensen [de]
Upernavik Knud Kristiansen [de]
Uummannaq Elisabeth Johansen
Source: Kjœr Sørensen

Aftermath

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Ricard Petersen [de] and Magtikalaat Arqe [de] were unable to attend sessions in May 1965, with Marius Sivertsen [de] and Sivert Petersen [de] acting as substitutes; Petersen acted as a substitute for Arqe again in March 1966. Jørgen Borchersen [de] was replaced by Harald Ignatiussen [de] for sessions in autumn 1966.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Axel Kjœr Sørensen (2007) Denmark-Greenland in the twentieth Century p176