1963 Greenlandic Provincial Council election
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All 16 seats in the Provincial Council (plus compensatory seats) | |||||||
| Turnout | 54.05% | ||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||
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Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland on 28 June 1963. Independents won all 16 seats.
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]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| Independents | 16 | |||
| Total | 16 | |||
| Valid votes | 7,996 | 97.51 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 204 | 2.49 | ||
| Total votes | 8,200 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 15,170 | 54.05 | ||
| Source: Atuagagdliutit, Danmarks Statistik | ||||
Elected members
[edit]Aftermath
[edit]Ricard Petersen and Magtikalaat Arqe were unable to attend sessions in May 1965, with Marius Sivertsen and Sivert Petersen acting as substitutes; Petersen acted as a substitute for Arqe again in March 1966. Jørgen Borchersen was replaced by Harald Ignatiussen for sessions in autumn 1966.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Axel Kjœr Sørensen (2007) Denmark-Greenland in the twentieth Century p176
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