Polar Party

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The Polar Party (Greenlandic: Issittup Partiia) was a nationalist and conservative political party in Greenland led by Nikolaj Heinrich.^[1]

History

The party won a single seat in the 1987 elections, which it retained in the 1991 elections.^[2] However, it received just 90 votes in the 1995 elections, losing its seat in Parliament.

References

↑ CIA World Factbook 1993 CIA
↑ Greenland/DK Parties and Elections

Political parties in Greenland

Bracketed numbers indicate numbers of seats in the respective parliaments.

Inatsisartut	Siumut (11) Inuit Ataqatigiit (11) Demokraatit (4) Partii Naleraq (3) Atassut (2)

Folketing	Inuit Ataqatigiit (1) Siumut (1)

Politics of Greenland See also: Politics of Denmark and the Faroe Islands Portal:Politics List of political parties

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