Inuit Ataqatigiit

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Inuit Ataqatigiit (Script error: No such module "IPA"., old spelling: Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Literal translation, Template:Langx, IA) is a democratic socialist, pro-independence political party in Greenland.[1][2][3] It is represented in the Folketing (the Danish parliament) by Aaja Chemnitz Larsen. Múte B. Egede has been the party's leader since December 2018.

History

The party was founded as a political organisation in 1976, born out of the increased youth radicalism in Denmark during the 1970s.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In 1982, the party successfully campaigned in a national referendum for Greenland to leave the European Economic Community (EEC).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Inuit Ataqatigiit made a major electoral breakthrough in the 2009 Greenlandic parliamentary election. Making gains from the 2005 Greenlandic parliamentary election, it doubled its total number of seats in the Parliament from seven to 14 seats out of 31, just two seats short of a majority, and nearly doubled its total vote share from 22.4% to 43.7%. It supplanted both its coalition partners, shifting the Forward party from first to second and the Democrats party from second to third.[1][3] At the 2014 elections, the party obtained 11 members in the Greenlandic parliament, but after elections in 2018, their share decreased to eight seats.[4] Following the 2021 elections, Inuit Ataqatigiit once again became the largest party in the Greenlandic parliament, with 12 seats,[5] but fell to third place with 7 seats in 2025.

Ideology

The party has traditionally been in favour of a socialist economy, but parties to its left have criticised it for having gradually moved towards a capitalist approach, supporting a market economy and privatisation.[6] Inuit Ataqatigiit believes that an independent Greenland should be competitive[7] while fighting to keep the environment clean.[8]

Election results

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Election Votes % Seats +/– Position Status
1979 813 4.4 Template:Composition bar New Increase 4th Opposition
1983 2,612 10.6 Template:Composition bar Increase 2 Increase 3rd Template:Partial2
1984 2,732 12.1 Template:Composition bar Increase 1 Steady 3rd Coalition
1987 3,823 15.3 Template:Composition bar Increase 1 Steady 3rd Coalition (1987–1988)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1991 4,848 19.4 Template:Composition bar Increase 2 Steady 3rd Coalition
1995 5,180 20.3 Template:Composition bar Increase 1 Steady 3rd Opposition
1999 6,214 22.1 Template:Composition bar Increase 1 Steady 3rd Coalition (1999–2001)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Opposition (2001–2002)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2002 7,244 25.3 Template:Composition bar Increase 1 Increase 2nd Coalition (2002–2003)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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2005 6,517 22.6 Template:Composition bar Decrease 1 Decrease 2nd Coalition (2005–2007)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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2009 12,457 43.7 Template:Composition bar Increase 7 Increase 1st Coalition
2013 10,374 34.4 Template:Composition bar Decrease 3 Decrease 2nd Opposition
2014 9,783 33.2 Template:Composition bar Steady Steady 2nd Opposition (2014–2016)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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2018 7,478 25.5 Template:Composition bar Decrease 3 Steady 2nd Opposition
2021 9,933 37.4 Template:Composition bar Increase 4 Increase 1st Coalition
2025 6,119 21.6 Template:Composition bar Decrease 5 Decrease 3rd Coalition

Folketing

Election Greenland
Votes % Seats +/– Position
1984 2,939 13.7 Template:Composition bar New Increase 3rd
1987 2,001 12.5 Template:Composition bar Steady Steady 3rd
1988 3,628 17.3 Template:Composition bar Steady Steady 3rd
1990 3,281 17.0 Template:Composition bar Steady Steady 3rd
1994 did not run [9]
1998 4,988 21.4 Template:Composition bar Steady Steady 3rd
2001 7,172 30.8 Template:Composition bar Increase 1 Increase 1st
2005 5,774 25.5 Template:Composition bar Steady Decrease 2nd
2007 8,068 32.5 Template:Composition bar Steady Increase 1st
2011 9,780 42.7 Template:Composition bar Steady Steady 1st
2015 7,904 38.5 Template:Composition bar Steady Steady 1st
2019 6,881 33.4 Template:Composition bar Steady Steady 1st
2022 4,852 25.2 Template:Composition bar Steady Decrease 2nd

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