Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland on 28 April 1967.
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All 16 seats in the Provincial Council (plus compensatory seats) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 61.98% | |||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Electoral system
editMembers 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
editAs the Inuit Party received more than 6.25% of the valid vote, they were entitled to a compensatory seat.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Inuit Party | 852 | 7.34 | 1 | |
KNAPK | 351 | 3.02 | 0 | |
Johansen, Lynge, Olsen & Godtfredsen List | 286 | 2.46 | 0 | |
Mørch & Nielsen List | 184 | 1.59 | 0 | |
Independents | 9,931 | 85.58 | 16 | |
Total | 11,604 | 100.00 | 17 | |
Valid votes | 11,604 | 97.59 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 286 | 2.41 | ||
Total votes | 11,890 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 19,184 | 61.98 | ||
Source: Atuagagdliutit, Danmarks Statistik |
Elected members
editThe initial results in Nuuk showed independent candidates Peter K. S. Heilmann receiving 672 votes, following by Inuit Party candidates Thomas Berthels and Kaj Narup with 313 and 293 respectively.[1] Berthels was declared elected, as the Inuit Party candidate with the most votes. However, the result was challenged and a recount showed Heilmann with 700 votes, Narup with 326 and Berthels with 324, resulting in Narup replacing Berthels in the Provincial Council.[2]
Aftermath
editErik Egede died in 1967 and was replaced by Niels Holm . In 1968 Aron Davidsen was replaced by Erinarteq Jonathansen . In 1969 Kaj Narup was replaced by Peter Nielsen .[3]
References
edit- ^ Landrådsvalget 1967 – Landrådimut kinersinek 1967 Atuagagdliutit
- ^ Tillægsmandatet gik til K. Narup
- ^ Axel Kjœr Sørensen (2007) Denmark-Greenland in the twentieth Century p176