1963 Greenlandic Provincial Council election

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All 16 seats in the Provincial Council (plus compensatory seats)
Turnout| 54.05%
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland on 28 June 1963. Independents won all 16 seats.

## Electoral system

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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

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Party| Votes| %| Seats

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| Independents| | 16
Total| | 16
Valid votes| 7,996| 97.51|
Invalid/blank votes| 204| 2.49|
Total votes| 8,200| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 15,170| 54.05|
Source: Atuagagdliutit, Danmarks Statistik

### Elected members

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Constituency  | Elected member

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Aasiaat | Hans Lynge
Angmagssalik | Jørgen Borchersen [de]
Attu | Lars Ostermann [de]
Ilulissat | Ricard Petersen [de]
Ittoqqortoormiit | Magtikalaat Arqe [de]
Maniitsoq | Alibak Josefsen [de]
Narsaq | Erik Egede [de]
Nuuk | Peter K. S. Heilmann [de]
Paamiut | Anthon Petersen [de]
Qaqortoq | Oluf Høegh [de]
Qullissat | Andreas Nielsen [de]
Sisimiut | Jørgen C. F. Olsen [de]
Tasiusaq | Jørgen Poulsen [de]
Thule | Peter Jensen [de]
Upernavik | Knud Kristiansen [de]
Uummannaq | Elisabeth Johansen
Source: Kjœr Sørensen

## Aftermath

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

## References

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

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