2013 Greenlandic general election

12 March 2013

All 31 seats in the Inatsisartut
16 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

74.20% ( 2.91pp)

	Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
Siumut	Aleqa Hammond	43.22	14	+5
Inuit Ataqatigiit	Kuupik Kleist	34.73	11	−3
Atassut	Gerhardt Petersen	8.21	2	−1
Inuit	Nikku Olsen	6.46	2	New
Democrats	Jens B. Frederiksen	6.26	2	−2

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Results by municipality

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Kuupik Kleist Inuit Ataqatigiit	Aleqa Hammond Siumut

Politics of Greenland


Constitution Constitution Act of Succession Taxation
The Crown Monarch King Frederik X Privy Council Purveyors to the Royal Court
Realm Kingdom of Denmark Greenland Denmark Faroe Islands
Executive Regeringen The Government of the Kingdom of Denmark Government Frederiksen II Prime Minister (list) Mette Frederiksen Government Offices Ministries High Commissioner (list) Julie Præst Wilche Naalakkersuisut The Government of Greenland Government Nielsen Premier (list) Jens-Frederik Nielsen Government Offices Ministries Privy Council Council of State Queen Margrethe II
Legislature Inatsisartut Parliament of Greenland (20th National Parliament) Speaker Mimi Karlsen Members Folketinget Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark (72nd Kingdom Parliament) Speaker Søren Gade Members
Judiciary Supreme Court High Court Courts
Elections Political parties Recent elections Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark: 2011 2015 2019 Greenlandic Parliament: 2013 2014 2018 2021 Local elections: 2017 2021 Referendums Act of Succession Self-government EEC membership Home rule Alcohol
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Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Steen Lynge Diplomatic missions of / to Greenland Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Arctic policy of the Kingdom Greenland–European Union relations Overseas countries and territories EU-OCT Association (OCTA) Politics of the European Union Arctic policy of the EU
Related topics Arctic Command Defence Command Politics of Denmark Politics of the Faroe Islands Unitarism Self rule
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General elections were held in Greenland on 12 March 2013. The opposition Siumut party emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 14 of the 31 seats. On 26 March Siumut leader Aleqa Hammond became Greenland's first female Prime Minister.