The Greenlandic local elections of 2017 were held on 4 April 2017 for Greenland's 3 regional municipality councils, 2 transition committees, several settlement councils and parochial church councils.Local Elections, Sermersooq Municipality, accessed 2017-03-05 All seats will be contested for the 2018–21 term of office. In the previous election there were 70 seats.
Results Results of municipal elections Number of councillors and political parties in the regional Municipal Councils
Sum of local electionsPartyShare of voteSeatsPercentChangeNumberChangeForward41.5 % 6.0%39 1Community of the People32.4 % 3.0% 26 6Solidarity11.8 % 1.1% 9Democrats8.2 % 1.8%4 2Point of Orientation Party4.6 %New3NewOthers 0% 0.2%0 1
Mayors in the regional municipalities The mayors (Greenlandic: Kommuneqarfiup Siulersortaa; plural: Kommuneqarfiup Siulersortai, Danish: Borgmester; plural: Borgmestre) of the 5 municipalities heads the council meetings and is the chairman of the finance committee in each of their respective municipalities.
Mayors after the electionPartyNumberChangeForward3 1Community of the People2 1Solidarity0Democrats0Point of Orientation Party0NewIndependents0
Old and new mayors in the regional municipalities The term of office for the mayors elected by the majority of councillors among its members in each municipal council is the same as for the councils elected, namely 2 April 2013 until 31 April 2017.
Mayors outgoing and incomingMunicipalityIncumbent mayorElected mayorMunicipalityKujalleq MunicipalityJørgen Wæver JohansenKirsten P. IsaksenKujalleq MunicipalityQaasuitsup MunicipalityOle DorphPalle JeremiassenAvannaata MunicipalityAne HansenQeqertalik MunicipalityQeqqata MunicipalityHermann BerthelsenMalik BerthelsenQeqqata MunicipalitySermersooq MunicipalityAsii Chemnitz NarupAsii Chemnitz NarupSermersooq Municipality
References
External links "Local Elections 17" on the Greenlandic English-speaking website The Arctic Journal Election results by Municipality