At stake in this election:

• 31 seats in the Diet (Inatsisartut)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: Queen of Denmark MARGRETHE II
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Hans ENOKSEN
• Assembly: Greenland has a unicameral Diet (Inatsisartut) with 31 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The Queen of Denmark is hereditary N/A.
• The Prime Minister is elected by parliament to serve a 4-year term.
• In the Diet (Inatsisartut) 31 members are elected by open list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms.***

*** Votes are tabulated using the d’Hondt method.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Community of the People / Inuit Ataqatigiit
  • Leader: Kuupik KLEIST
  • Seats won in this election: 14
• Party: Forward / Siumut
  • Leader: Aleqa HAMMOND
  • Seats won in this election: 9
• Party: Democrats / Demokraatit
  • Leader: Jens FREDERIKSEN
  • Seats won in this election: 4
• Party: Feeling of Community / Atassut
  • Leader: Finn KARLSEN
  • Seats won in this election: 3
• Party: Association of Candidates / Kattusseqatigiit
• Leader: Anthon FREDERIKSEN
  • Seats won in this election: 1
• Party: Sorlaat Partiiat
  • Seats won in this election: 0
• Others
  • Seats won in this election: 0

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 57,600 (July 2009 est.)
• Registered Voters: 39,990 (August 2009 )