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Posted on March 12, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleGreenland's Demokraatit party leads the parliamentary election with 30.4% of votes, advocating a slow independence from Denmark.
NUUK, Greenland (Reuters) - Greenland's pro-business opposition Demokraatit party held a clear lead after most votes were counted in Tuesday's closely watched parliamentary election, in a vote dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to take control over the island.
Demokraatit, which favours a slow approach to independence from Denmark, won 30.4% of the votes in the election with over 90% of ballots counted, up from 9.1% in 2021, ahead of the opposition Naleraq party, which favours rapid independence, at 23.7%.
(Reporting by Tom Little in Nuuk and Stine Jacobsen in Copenhagen, editing by Terje Solsvik)
The pro-business opposition Demokraatit party is leading after most votes were counted.
Demokraatit won 30.4% of the votes in the election, a significant increase from 9.1% in 2021.
Demokraatit favors a slow approach to independence from Denmark.
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