1971 Greenlandic Provincial Council election

1971 Greenlandic Provincial Council election
	16 April 1971
	All 16 seats in the Provincial Council (plus compensatory seats)
Turnout	67.69%
Erling Høegh; Independent	Lars Chemnitz; Independent

Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland on 16 April 1971.^[1]

Electoral system

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

As KNAPK received more than 6.25% of the valid vote, they were entitled to a compensatory seat.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	KNAPK	923	6.50	1
	Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat	402	2.83	0
	Blue Cross	354	2.49	0
	National Confederation of Trade Unions	339	2.39	0
	Greenland Business Association	155	1.09	0
	Independents	12,025	84.70	16
Total		14,198	100.00	17

Valid votes		14,198	97.09
Invalid/blank votes		426	2.91
Total votes		14,624	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		21,501	68.02
Source: Atuagagdliutit, Danmarks Statistik

By constituency

Aasiaat
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Otto Steenholdt	Independent	357	35.24
	Ado Lynge	Independent	264	26.06
	Jens Pavia Egede	Independent	143	14.12
	Lars Møller	Independent	136	13.43
	Mads Hendriksen	Blue Cross	50	4.94
	Lars Ostermann	Independent	42	4.15
	Søren Hansen	National Confederation of Trade Unions	21	2.07
Total			1,013	100.00

Valid votes			1,013	98.06
Invalid votes			7	0.68
Blank votes			13	1.26
Total votes			1,033	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,361	75.90

Angmagssalik
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Erinarteq Jonathansen	Independent	147	25.00
	Josva Maqe	Independent	116	19.73
	Jakob Maqe	Independent	109	18.54
	Karl Pivat	Independent	75	12.76
	Aron Davidsen	Independent	69	11.73
	Aage Chemnitz	Blue Cross	42	7.14
	Karline Motzfeldt	Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat	30	5.10
Total			588	100.00

Valid votes			588	97.51
Invalid votes			13	2.16
Blank votes			2	0.33
Total votes			603	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,042	57.87

Ilulissat
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lars Chemnitz	Independent	483	34.95
	Niels Svendsen	Independent	321	23.23
	Otto Sandgreen	Independent	262	18.96
	Wilhelm Olsen	Independent	202	14.62
	Lars Mathæussen	National Confederation of Trade Unions	67	4.85
	Arne Hansen	Greenland Business Association	47	3.40
Total			1,382	100.00

Valid votes			1,382	96.17
Invalid votes			47	3.27
Blank votes			8	0.56
Total votes			1,437	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,231	64.41

Ittoqqortoormiit
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Andreas Sanimuinaq	Independent	81	50.00
	Jakob Simonsen	Independent	81	50.00
Total			162	100.00

Valid votes			162	95.86
Invalid votes			4	2.37
Blank votes			3	1.78
Total votes			169	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			223	75.78

Kangaatsiaq
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nikolaj Karlsen	Independent	197	58.63
	Niels Siegstad	Independent	139	41.37
Total			336	100.00

Valid votes			336	97.11
Invalid votes			4	1.16
Blank votes			6	1.73
Total votes			346	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			413	83.78

Maniitsoq
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Alibak Josefsen	Independent	377	34.34
	Niels Carlo Heilmann^[2]	KNAPK	312	28.42
	Jens Heilmann	Independent	206	18.76
	Kristine Donadussen	Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat	110	10.02
	Ole Skifte	Independent	93	8.47
Total			1,098	100.00

Valid votes			1,098	96.91
Invalid votes			28	2.47
Blank votes			7	0.62
Total votes			1,133	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,791	63.26

Nanortalik
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Marius Abelsen	Independent	453	40.74
	Jens Adolfsen	KNAPK	250	22.48
	Otto Korneliussen	Independent	234	21.04
	Adam Nielsen	Independent	175	15.74
Total			1,112	100.00

Valid votes			1,112	98.15
Invalid/blank votes			21	1.85
Total votes			1,133	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,443	78.52

Narsaq
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Johan Knudsen	Independent	410	46.70
	Niels Holm	Independent	348	39.64
	Ole Egede	Independent	95	10.82
	Børge Brodersen	Greenland Business Association	25	2.85
Total			878	100.00

Valid votes			878	97.12
Invalid votes			12	1.33
Blank votes			14	1.55
Total votes			904	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,216	74.34

Nuuk
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lars-Emil Johansen	Independent	747	31.47
	Peter K. S. Heilmann	Independent	445	18.74
	Hansepaajuk Gabrielsen	Independent	226	9.52
	Guldborg Chemnitz	Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat	223	9.39
	Hans Holm I	KNAPK	141	5.94
	Ulrik Rosing	KNAPK	135	5.69
	Thomas Berthels	Blue Cross	134	5.64
	Odaak Olsen	National Confederation of Trade Unions	129	5.43
	Peter Nielsen	Independent	66	2.78
	Apollo H. K. J. Lynge	Greenland Business Association	61	2.57
	Knud Kleist	Independent	32	1.35
	Alibak Johansen	Independent	26	1.10
	Laarseeraq Svendsen	Independent	9	0.38
Total			2,374	100.00

Valid votes			2,374	96.90
Invalid votes			53	2.16
Blank votes			23	0.94
Total votes			2,450	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			4,254	57.59

Paamiut
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ole Berglund	Independent	288	32.62
	Karl M. Josefsen	Independent	240	27.18
	Lars Petersen	Independent	150	16.99
	Isboseth Petersen	Independent	102	11.55
	Akvillas Larsen	Independent	64	7.25
	Ane Sofie Hegelund	Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat	39	4.42
Total			883	100.00

Valid votes			883	96.61
Invalid votes			21	2.30
Blank votes			10	1.09
Total votes			914	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,396	65.47

Qaqortoq
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jonathan Motzfeldt	Independent	573	47.55
	Erling Høegh	Independent	560	46.47
	Anda Amassen	National Confederation of Trade Unions	48	3.98
	Hanning Høegh	KNAPK	24	1.99
Total			1,205	100.00

Valid votes			1,205	98.37
Invalid votes			11	0.90
Blank votes			9	0.73
Total votes			1,225	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,529	80.12

Qeqertarsuaq
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	David Broberg	Independent	436	77.30
	Ulrik Møller	Blue Cross	128	22.70
Total			564	100.00

Valid votes			564	93.07
Invalid votes			27	4.46
Blank votes			15	2.48
Total votes			606	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			846	71.63

Sisimiut
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jørgen C. F. Olsen	Independent	418	42.96
	Moses Olsen	Independent	371	38.13
	Jonas Jeremiassen	Independent	81	8.32
	Kristen Olsen	KNAPK	61	6.27
	Simon Thomassen	National Confederation of Trade Unions	42	4.32
Total			973	100.00

Valid votes			973	97.30
Invalid votes			22	2.20
Blank votes			5	0.50
Total votes			1,000	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,635	61.16

Thule
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Qissunguaq Kristiansen	Independent	124	61.39
	Peter Jensen	Independent	78	38.61
Total			202	100.00

Valid votes			202	99.02
Invalid votes			0	0.00
Blank votes			2	0.98
Total votes			204	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			280	72.86

Upernavik
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Knud Kristiansen	Independent	255	42.50
	Karl Elias Olsen	Independent	157	26.17
	Wilhelm Kristiansen	Independent	81	13.50
	Rasmus Jørgensen	Independent	55	9.17
	Jørgen Nielsen	Independent	52	8.67
Total			600	100.00

Valid votes			600	98.68
Invalid votes			4	0.66
Blank votes			4	0.66
Total votes			608	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			781	77.85

Uummannaq
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Elisabeth Johansen	Independent	222	26.81
	Valdemar Petersen	Independent	212	25.60
	Pavia Nielsen	Independent	162	19.57
	Hans Zeeb	Independent	157	18.96
	Uvdloriaq Løvstrøm	National Confederation of Trade Unions	32	3.86
	Ib Regnar Overballe	Greenland Business Association	22	2.66
	David Gbrielsen	Independent	21	2.54
Total			828	100.00

Valid votes			828	96.39
Invalid votes			24	2.79
Blank votes			7	0.81
Total votes			859	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,060	81.04

Aftermath

Marius Abelsen died in 1972 and was replaced by Jørgen Poulsen. Poulsen died in 1973 and was replaced by Hendrik Nielsen. Johan Knudsen also died in 1973 and was replaced by Lars Godtfredsen. In 1973 Mathæus Tobiassen replaced Ole Berglund.^[3]

References

^ Statistical Yearbook 1975 Danmarks Statistik
^ Elected by compensatory seat.
^ Axel Kjœr Sørensen (2007) Denmark-Greenland in the twentieth Century p177

[1] Statistical Yearbook 1975 Danmarks Statistik

[2] Elected by compensatory seat.

[3] Axel Kjœr Sørensen (2007) Denmark-Greenland in the twentieth Century p177

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