Greenland 2021 General Election; 6 April

[GM Team Member and Deputy PPT WB]

It's already been held, but here's the rundown:

PM Kim Kielsen was defeated in a leadership contest for the pro-independence Social Democratic Siumut party. However, they refused to step down as PM, causing the government to fall apart and new elections to be held.

The major issue this election, which also caused some of the government splits due to Kielsen's strong support of it, is mining. The Kvanefjeld deposit especially is an issue as the Chinese owned, Australian based company Greenland Minerals Limited is near to being cleared to mine it after planning over the past decade and a half. This is despite serious opposition from locals. It is unpopular in Greenland, with a survey showing 63% opposed to the project. [1]

As this is Greenland, it's hard to find info on the parties' stances on the mining issue since very few outside of the island's 56 thousand residents care.

The parties are: (English translations in parenthesis)
Siumut (Forward): Social Democratic, pro- gradual Independence, and split on the mining issue.
Inuit Ataqatigiit (Community of the People): Democratic Socialist, pro-Independence, very anti-mining.
Naleraq (Point of Orientation): Centrist-populist, pro-Independence.
Demokraatit (Democrats): Social Liberal, anti-Independence.
Atassut (Solidarity): Liberal-conservative, anti-Independence. Partnered with the Danish Liberals.
Nunatta Qitornai (Descendents of Our Land): Populist, pro-Independence.
Suleqatigiissitsisut (Cooperation): Economic Liberal, anti-Independence.

2021 Greenlandic general election - Results
Erinthecute, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Inuit Ataqatigiit
Siumut
Naleraq
Northeast Greenland National Park
Results by Municipality and City (Cities are in numbered circles, very, very few live outside of them.)

Resulting Parliament:

Inatsisartut 2021
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Inuit Ataqatgiit: 37.42%, 12 seats (+4)
Siumut: 30.10%, 10 seats (+1)
Naleraq: 12.27%, 4 seats (+/- 0)
Demokraatit: 9.26% 3 seats (-3)
Atassut: 7.09%, 2 seats (+/- 0)
Nunatta Qitnorai: 2.41%, 0 seats (-1)
Suleqatigiissitsisut: 1.42%, 0 seats (-1)

Thoughts? How do you think the next government will look? Is Kvanefjeld dead because of IA's surge, or will the remaining parties support it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Greenlandic_general_election

[GM Team Member and Deputy PPT WB]

Always good to see some centrist party called the Democrats come in 4th place behind 3 parties to their left.

Bruh

[GM Team Member and Deputy PPT WB]

I always find it weird that Greenland’s major parties are pro-independence yet no moves towards independence ever seem to happen, unlike say Scotland or Catalonia. There also doesn’t seem to be much of a unionist movement in Greenland unlike the other two (unionists won 5/31 seats in this election).

Since there's now a majority for independence without Siumut (who I understand have been more tepid in their pro-independence position than Inuit Ataqatigiit or Naleraq), I think for the first time, is it possible this election sets independence in motion?

IA are not particularly radical these days, for good reason... Have you seen the Greenlandic economy?

Yeah, Siumut’s main argument for mining is to increase self reliance.