Polling stations will be open from 09:00 to 20:00 local time.
231 representatives of six parties will compete for 31 seats in parliament. The vote, in which about 40,000 voters on the island will take part, will take place against the backdrop of US territorial claims to Greenland. The results are expected to be decisive for Greenland's future relations with Denmark, especially in light of the increased international interest in the Arctic.
Four parties are campaigning for independence from Denmark: Inuit Ataqatigiit, which currently has 12 mandates and, according to a January poll, could receive 31% of the vote (37.4% in the 2021 elections); the moderate socialist Siumut (10 seats, according to a poll, expects to receive 21.9% of the vote, having received 30.1% in the last elections); the Qulleq party, formed in 2023; and the Naleraq (four seats, 16.5% and 12.3%). Naleraq that wants to speed up separation from Denmark. The party talks about colonialism and cruel treatment of the indigenous population of the island - the Inuit (Eskimos) - by the kingdom.
The question of Greenland's possible separation from Denmark has become a key issue in the election campaign. As early as February 2024, the island's government stated that its goal was independence, and a few months later, Prime Minister Mute Egede said that work has already begun to lay the foundations for Greenland as an independent state and that an independence referendum could be held in 2025, along with elections. But this January, Egede rejected the idea of an immediate declaration of independence, emphasizing the need for reforms in cooperation between the Danish and Greenlandic governments, and later noted that Greenlanders do not want the island to become part of the United States.
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