1971 Greenlandic Provincial Council election

1971 Greenlandic Provincial Council election

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All 16 seats in the Provincial Council (plus compensatory seats)
Turnout	67.69%
Party Leader % Seats +/– KNAPK [de] Lamik Møller [de] 6.50 1 +1 Independents – 84.70 16 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Chairman before Chairman after Erling Høegh [de] Independent Lars Chemnitz [de] Independent

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

Electoral system[edit]

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[edit]

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

Elected members[edit]

Aftermath[edit]

Marius Abelsen [de] died in 1972 and was replaced by Jørgen Poulsen [de]. Poulsen died in 1973 and was replaced by Hendrik Nielsen. Johan Knudsen [de] also died in 1973 and was replaced by Lars Godtfredsen [de]. In 1973 Mathæus Tobiassen [de] replaced Ole Berglund [de].^[2]

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