2015 American Parliament election in Greenland
The 2015 American Parliament election in Greenland was held on 18 May 2015, to elect the members of the 11th Greenlandic delegation to the American Parliament, as part of the transnational elections across the member states of the Conference of American States (CAS). A total of 7 MAPs were elected in four Greenlandic regional constituencies.
Electoral system
The Kingdom of Greenland has seven seats allocated to it in the American Parliament and elections occur in three single-member constituencies and one four-member constituency. In the three single-member regions, Members of the American Parliament (MAPs) are elected using proportional representation. In the Godthåb constituency, party-list proportional representation is used to elect the four MAPs assigned for the region.
Parties and leaders
Outgoing MAPs
| Regional constituency | MAP(s) | Inhabitants |
|---|---|---|
| Godthåb (4) | Christian Bojsen-Møller (DKF) Valdemar Hald (DKF) Sigurd Egede (SD) Bjarne Grindvold (SD) |
19,523 |
| West Greenland (1) | Jonas Liebert (DKF) | 27,945 |
| East Greenland (1) | Ernst Fredriksen (DKF) | 16,652 |
| North Greenland (1) | Reidar Føyen (DKF) | 972 |
Summary of parties
| Party | Main ideology | American party |
2010 seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative People's Party | National conservatism | ACC | 5 / 7
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| Social Democratic Party | Social democracy | SDA | 2 / 7
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