Left-wing party pulls ahead in Greenland municipal elections

Left-wing party pulls ahead in Greenland municipal elections

Greenland's social-democratic party, Siumut, won three of the territory's five municipalities in local elections held in the shadow of US President Donald Trump's vows to annex the island, according to results published on Wednesday.

The social democratic Siumut party came first in three of Greenland's five municipalities (local governments) following municipal elections, according to final results released on Wednesday.

Inuit Ataqatigiit receives another voter slap in the municipal election, while Siumut is running for the most mayoral posts.

In Greenland, during the recent parliamentary elections, a large part of the island's 57 thousand inhabitants followed Valgaften with trepidation, a sort of news marathon... Read

The women won the Greenlandic municipal elections yesterday. In all five municipalities, one woman was the top scorer. Whether this means that Greenland will only have women as mayors for the next four years is doubtful, however, because some of them were not part of the largest party in the election. In Sermersooq municipality, which with the capital Nuuk is the largest municipality in population as well as in area, Martha Abelsen from Siumut b…

Copenhagen, 2 Apr 2025 (AFP) – The Greenland Social Democratic Party, Siumut, came first in three of the five Greenland municipalities in the municipal elections, according to the final results published on Wednesday. "My dear Siumut, you have gathered a lot of people across the country, you have created a great hope," congratulated the leader of the [...]