Greenland 2021 General Election; 6 April

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There will be an early general election in Greenland on 6 April 2021 after the government collapsed. Siumut, which leads the government, has been plagued by internal battles, and in November 2020 Prime Minister Kim Kielsen lost the leadership election in the party to Erik Jensen. Jensen has tried to negotiate with coalition partners Democrats and Nunatta Qitornai about a continuation of the government with him as PM. However, these negotiations failed, and 8 February the Democrats announced that they were leaving the government, and a few days after joined the other opposition parties in supporting a vote of no confidence. Yesterday, parliament opened after the winter break, and here it was clear there was a majority against the government, and a new election was called on 6 April, where local elections are already taking place.

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This is tonight. Polls are open 9.00-20.00 local time (13.00-24.00 CET).
Polling suggests IA will increase significantly from 25.8% in 2018 to more than 35% this time, while the traditional governing party Siumut is expected to lose a fair bit from the 27.4% they won in 2018. Some of those voters will probably be lost to Naleraq, led by ex-Siumut PM Hans Enoksen. Democrats are expected to lose votes, Atassut to hold the line while both Cooperation Party and Nunatta Qitornai is expected to dance around the threshold.
The battle in Siumut is still not over with former leader and PM Kim Kielsen saying that he could try to win back the leadership if he ends up with more personal votes than the new leader Erik Jensen.
Some of the increased support for IA could be due to their opposition to the Kuannersuit mine project, which a recent poll showed 71% opposed.

KNR is broadcasting here from 24.00: https://knr.gl/da/tv/livetv-knr2
Election results should come here: https://www.valg.gl/
Newspaper Sermitsiaq will also have live updates: https://sermitsiaq.ag/