Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland on 28 June 1963.

Electoral system

Members of the Provincial Council were elected by first-past-the-post voting in 16 single-member constituencies. Political parties or lists were entitled to compensatory seats if they received more than one-sixteenth of the valid votes cast (6.25%).

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents16
Total16
Valid votes7,99697.51
Invalid/blank votes2042.49
Total votes8,200100.00
Registered voters/turnout15,17054.05
Source: Atuagagdliutit, Danmarks Statistik

Elected members

Constituency Elected member
AasiaatHans Lynge
AngmagssalikJørgen Borchersen
AttuLars Ostermann
IlulissatRicard Petersen
IttoqqortoormiitMagtikalaat Arqe
ManiitsoqAlibak Josefsen
NarsaqErik Egede
NuukPeter K. S. Heilmann
PaamiutAnthon Petersen
QaqortoqOluf Høegh
QullissatAndreas Nielsen
SisimiutJørgen C. F. Olsen
TasiusaqJørgen Poulsen
ThulePeter Jensen
UpernavikKnud Kristiansen
UummannaqElisabeth Johansen
Source: Kjœr Sørensen

Aftermath

Ricard Petersen and Magtikalaat Arqe were unable to attend sessions in May 1965, with Marius Sivertsen and Sivert Petersen acting as substitutes; Petersen acted as a substitute for Arqe again in March 1966. Jørgen Borchersen was replaced by Harald Ignatiussen for sessions in autumn 1966.[1]

References

  1. Axel Kjœr Sørensen (2007) Denmark-Greenland in the twentieth Century p176
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