1975 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 = 1971
| next_election = 1979
| election_date = {{Start date|1975|4|16|df=yes}}
| turnout = 66.84%
| leader2 = {{ill|Lamik Møller|de}}
| party2 = {{ill|KNAPK|de}}
| last_election2 = 1
| seats2 = 1
| percentage2 = 6.87
| leader1 = {{ill|Odaq Olsen|de|Ôdâĸ Olsen}}
| party1 = National Confederation of Trade Unions of Greenland
| last_election1 = 0
| seats1 = 1
| percentage1 = 9.31
| leader3 = –
| party3 = Independents
| last_election3 = 16
| seats3 = 15
| percentage3 = 80.16
| title = Chairman
| before_election = Lars Chemnitz
| 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 1975.[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
{{ill|KNAPK|de}} won a directly elected seat with {{ill|Lamik Møller|de}} elected in Paamiut. As the National Confederation of Trade Unions also received over 6.25% of the vote, they were awarded a compensatory seat, taken by {{ill|Odaq Olsen|de|Ôdâĸ Olsen}}.
{{Election results
|party1=National Confederation of Trade Unions|votes1=1438|seats1=1
|party2={{ill|KNAPK|de}}|votes2=1061|seats2=1
|party3={{ill|Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat|de}}|votes3=410|seats3=0
|party4=Mikiki & Pedersen List|votes4=155|seats4=0
|party6=Independents|votes6=12382|seats6=15
|valid=15446
|invalid=786
|electorate=24286
|source=[https://timarit.is/page/3794482#page/n7/mode/2up Atuagagdliutit], [https://www.dst.dk/pukora/epub/upload/16642/helt.pdf Danmarks Statistik]
}}
=Elected members=
| class=wikitable
!Constituency !Elected member | |
| Aasiaat | {{ill|Otto Steenholdt|de}} |
| Ammassalik | {{ill|Anders Andreassen|de}} |
| Ittoqqortoormiit | {{ill|Emil Arqe|de|Emil Ârĸê}} |
| Kangâtsiaq | {{ill|Nikolaj Karlsen|de}} |
| Maniitsoq | {{ill|Niels Carlo Heilmann|de}} |
| Nanortalik | Hendrik Nielsen |
| Narsaq | {{ill|Lars Godtfredsen|de}} |
| Nuuk | Lars Chemnitz |
| Paamiut | {{ill|Lamik Møller|de}} |
| Qaanaaq | {{ill|Asiajuk Sadorana|de}} |
| Qaqortoq | Jonathan Motzfeldt |
| Qasigiannguit | {{ill|Konrad Steenholdt|de}} |
| Qeqertarsuaq | {{ill|Knud Kristiansen|de|Knud Kristiansen (Politiker, 1932)}} |
| Sisimiut | {{ill|Jørgen C. F. Olsen|de}} |
| Upernavik | {{ill|Bendt Frederiksen|de}} |
| Uummannaq | {{ill|Severin Johansen|de}} |
| Supplementary seat | {{ill|Odaq Olsen|de|Ôdâĸ Olsen}} |
| colspan=2|Source: [https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/34944/342354.pdf?sequence=1 Kjœr Sørensen] |
Aftermath
{{ill|Severin Johansen|de}} was replaced by {{ill|Hans Johansen (politician)|de|Hans Johansen|lt=Hans Johansen}} during sessions between autumn 1976 and spring 1977.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