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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

2013 Greenland Parliament Election -Tuesday March 12,2013



Pursuant to Section 6(3) of the Greenland Parliament Act on elections to the Greenland Parliament, the Premier of the Government of Greenland has set the date for the elections to the Greenland Parliament as Tuesday, 12 March 2013, from 9 am to 8 pm.

Greenland,an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark go to the polls in Greenland on Tuesday, in an election dominated by the question of how the territory should exploit its mineral riches.

Iron, uranium and rare earths lie underground, but opinions differ over how to extract them.

The latest poll predicts a tight race between the governing left-leaning Inuit Ataqatigiit party (IA) and the opposition Siumut party.They will be fighting for 31 seats in a home rule government.

Nearly 70% of 57,000 inhabitants are eligible to vote in Greenland.There is only one polling station in the capital, Nuuk – a town of 15,000



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