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
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
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
Constituency | Elected member |
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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
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
- ^ Axel Kjœr Sørensen (2007) Denmark-Greenland in the twentieth Century p176
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