1971 Greenlandic Provincial Council election
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{{Infobox legislative election
| country = Greenland
| seats_for_election = All 16 seats in the Provincial Council (plus compensatory seats)
| previous_election = 1967
| next_election = 1975
| election_date = {{Start date|1971|4|16|df=yes}}
| turnout = 67.69%
| leader1 = {{ill|Lamik Møller|de}}
| party1 = {{ill|KNAPK|de}}
| last_election1 = 0
| seats1 = 1
| percentage1 = 6.50
| leader2 = –
| party2 = Independents
| last_election2 = 16
| seats2 = 16
| percentage2 = 84.70
| title = Chairman
| before_election = {{ill|Erling Høegh|de}}
| before_party = Independent politician
| after_election = Lars Chemnitz
| after_party = Independent politician
}}{{Politics of Greenland}}
Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland on 16 April 1971.[http://www.dst.dk/pukora/epub/upload/13350/hele.pdf Statistical Yearbook 1975] Danmarks Statistik
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 {{ill|KNAPK|de}} received more than 6.25% of the valid vote, they were entitled to a compensatory seat.
{{Election results
|party1={{ill|KNAPK|de}}|votes1=923|seats1=1
|party2={{ill|Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat|de}}|votes2=402|seats2=0
|party3=Blue Cross|votes3=354|seats3=0|color3=#006fb9
|party4=National Confederation of Trade Unions|votes4=339|seats4=0
|party5={{ill|Greenland Business Association|de|Grønlands Erhverv}}|votes5=155|seats5=0|color5=#ef762d
|party6=Independents|votes6=12025|seats6=16
|invalid=426
|electorate=21501
|source=[https://timarit.is/page/3790568#page/n1/mode/2up Atuagagdliutit], [http://www.dst.dk/pukora/epub/upload/13350/hele.pdf Danmarks Statistik]
}}
=By constituency=
{{Election results
|caption=Aasiaat
|cand1={{ill|Otto Steenholdt|de}}|party1=Independent|votes1=357
|cand2=Ado Lynge|party2=Independent|votes2=264
|cand3=Jens Pavia Egede|party3=Independent|votes3=143
|cand4=Lars Møller|party4=Independent|votes4=136
|cand5=Mads Hendriksen|party5=Blue Cross|votes5=50
|cand6=Lars Ostermann|party6=Independent|votes6=42
|cand7=Søren Hansen|party7=National Confederation of Trade Unions|votes7=21
|blank=13
|invalid=7
|electorate=1361
}}
{{Election results
|caption=Angmagssalik
|cand1={{ill|Erinarteq Jonathansen|de|Erinartêĸ Jonathansen}}|party1=Independent|votes1=147
|cand2=Josva Maqe|party2=Independent|votes2=116
|cand3=Jakob Maqe|party3=Independent|votes3=109
|cand4=Karl Pivat|party4=Independent|votes4=75
|cand5={{ill|Aron Davidsen|de}}|party5=Independent|votes5=69
|cand6=Aage Chemnitz|party6=Blue Cross|votes6=42
|cand7=Karline Motzfeldt|party7=Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat|votes7=30
|blank=2
|invalid=13
|electorate=1042
}}
{{Election results
|caption=Ilulissat
|cand1=Lars Chemnitz|party1=Independent|votes1=483
|cand2=Niels Svendsen|party2=Independent|votes2=321
|cand3=Otto Sandgreen|party3=Independent|votes3=262
|cand4=Wilhelm Olsen|party4=Independent|votes4=202
|cand5=Lars Mathæussen|party5=National Confederation of Trade Unions|votes5=67
|cand6=Arne Hansen|party6=Greenland Business Association|votes6=47
|blank=8
|invalid=47
|electorate=2231
}}
{{Election results
|caption=Ittoqqortoormiit
|cand1={{ill|Andreas Sanimuinaq|de|Andreas Sanimuínaĸ}}|party1=Independent|votes1=81
|cand2={{ill|Jakob Simonsen|de}}|party2=Independent|votes2=81
|blank=3
|invalid=4
|electorate=223
}}
{{Election results
|caption=Kangaatsiaq
|cand1={{ill|Nikolaj Karlsen|de}}|party1=Independent|votes1=197
|cand2=Niels Siegstad|party2=Independent|votes2=139
|blank=6
|invalid=4
|electorate=413
}}
{{Election results
|caption=Maniitsoq
|cand1={{ill|Alibak Josefsen|de}}|party1=Independent|votes1=377
|cand2={{ill|Niels Carlo Heilmann|de}}Elected by compensatory seat.|party2=KNAPK|votes2=312
|cand3=Jens Heilmann|party3=Independent|votes3=206
|cand4=Kristine Donadussen|party4=Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat|votes4=110
|cand5=Ole Skifte|party5=Independent|votes5=93
|blank=7
|invalid=28
|electorate=1791
}}
{{Election results
|caption=Nanortalik
|cand1={{ill|Marius Abelsen|de}}|party1=Independent|votes1=453
|cand2=Jens Adolfsen|party2=KNAPK|votes2=250
|cand3=Otto Korneliussen|party3=Independent|votes3=234
|cand4=Adam Nielsen|party4=Independent|votes4=175
|invalid=21
|electorate=1443
}}
{{Election results
|caption=Narsaq
|cand1={{ill|Johan Knudsen|de}}|party1=Independent|votes1=410
|cand2=Niels Holm|party2=Independent|votes2=348
|cand3=Ole Egede|party3=Independent|votes3=95
|cand4=Børge Brodersen|party4=Greenland Business Association|votes4=25
|blank=14
|invalid=12
|electorate=1216
}}
{{Election results
|caption=Nuuk
|cand1=Lars-Emil Johansen|party1=Independent|votes1=747
|cand2={{ill|Peter K. S. Heilmann|de}}|party2=Independent|votes2=445
|cand3=Hansepaajuk Gabrielsen|party3=Independent|votes3=226
|cand4=Guldborg Chemnitz|party4=Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat|votes4=223
|cand5=Hans Holm I|party5=KNAPK|votes5=141
|cand6=Ulrik Rosing|party6=KNAPK|votes6=135
|cand7=Thomas Berthels|party7=Blue Cross|votes7=134
|cand8=Odaak Olsen|party8=National Confederation of Trade Unions|votes8=129
|cand9=Peter Nielsen|party9=Independent|votes9=66
|cand10=Apollo H. K. J. Lynge|party10=Greenland Business Association|votes10=61
|cand11=Knud Kleist|party11=Independent|votes11=32
|cand12=Alibak Johansen|party12=Independent|votes12=26
|cand13=Laarseeraq Svendsen|party13=Independent|votes13=9
|blank=23
|invalid=53
|electorate=4254
}}
{{Election results
|caption=Paamiut
|cand1={{ill|Ole Berglund|de}}|party1=Independent|votes1=288
|cand2=Karl M. Josefsen|party2=Independent|votes2=240
|cand3=Lars Petersen|party3=Independent|votes3=150
|cand4={{ill|Isboseth Petersen|de}}|party4=Independent|votes4=102
|cand5=Akvillas Larsen|party5=Independent|votes5=64
|cand6=Ane Sofie Hegelund|party6=Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat|votes6=39
|blank=10
|invalid=21
|electorate=1396
}}
{{Election results
|caption=Qaqortoq
|cand1=Jonathan Motzfeldt|party1=Independent|votes1=573
|cand2={{ill|Erling Høegh|de}}|party2=Independent|votes2=560
|cand3=Anda Amassen|party3=National Confederation of Trade Unions|votes3=48
|cand4=Hanning Høegh|party4=KNAPK|votes4=24
|blank=9
|invalid=11
|electorate=1529
}}
{{Election results
|caption=Qeqertarsuaq
|cand1={{ill|David Broberg|de}}|party1=Independent|votes1=436
|cand2=Ulrik Møller|party2=Blue Cross|votes2=128
|blank=15
|invalid=27
|electorate=846
}}
{{Election results
|caption=Sisimiut
|cand1={{ill|Jørgen C. F. Olsen|de}}|party1=Independent|votes1=418
|cand2=Moses Olsen|party2=Independent|votes2=371
|cand3=Jonas Jeremiassen|party3=Independent|votes3=81
|cand4=Kristen Olsen|party4=KNAPK|votes4=61
|cand5=Simon Thomassen|party5=National Confederation of Trade Unions|votes5=42
|blank=5
|invalid=22
|electorate=1635
}}
{{Election results
|caption=Thule
|cand1={{ill|Qissunguaq Kristiansen|de|K'issúnguaĸ Kristiansen}}|party1=Independent|votes1=124
|cand2=Peter Jensen|party2=Independent|votes2=78
|blank=2
|invalid=0
|electorate=280
}}
{{Election results
|caption=Upernavik
|cand1={{ill|Knud Kristiansen|de|Knud Kristiansen (Politiker, 1918)}}|party1=Independent|votes1=255
|cand2=Karl Elias Olsen|party2=Independent|votes2=157
|cand3=Wilhelm Kristiansen|party3=Independent|votes3=81
|cand4=Rasmus Jørgensen|party4=Independent|votes4=55
|cand5=Jørgen Nielsen|party5=Independent|votes5=52
|blank=4
|invalid=4
|electorate=781
}}
{{Election results
|caption=Uummannaq
|cand1=Elisabeth Johansen|party1=Independent|votes1=222
|cand2=Valdemar Petersen|party2=Independent|votes2=212
|cand3=Pavia Nielsen|party3=Independent|votes3=162
|cand4=Hans Zeeb|party4=Independent|votes4=157
|cand5=Uvdloriaq Løvstrøm|party5=National Confederation of Trade Unions|votes5=32
|cand6=Ib Regnar Overballe|party6=Greenland Business Association|votes6=22
|cand7=David Gbrielsen|party7=Independent|votes7=21
|blank=7
|invalid=24
|electorate=1060
}}
Aftermath
{{ill|Marius Abelsen|de}} died in 1972 and was replaced by {{ill|Jørgen Poulsen|de|Jørgen Poulsen (Politiker, 1920)}}. Poulsen died in 1973 and was replaced by Hendrik Nielsen. {{ill|Johan Knudsen|de}} also died in 1973 and was replaced by {{ill|Lars Godtfredsen|de}}. In 1973 {{ill|Mathæus Tobiassen|de}} replaced {{ill|Ole Berglund|de}}.Axel Kjœr Sørensen (2007) [https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/34944/342354.pdf?sequence=1 Denmark-Greenland in the twentieth Century] p177