1963 Greenlandic Provincial Council election

1963 Greenlandic Provincial Council election

28 June 1963 (1963-06-28)
All 16 seats in the Provincial Council (plus compensatory seats)
Turnout	54.05%
Party Seats +/– Independents 16 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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

Electoral system

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

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	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

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

Aftermath

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