1979 Greenlandic home rule referendum

17 January 1979 (1979-01-17)

Home Rule in Greenland

Results

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	12,756	73.06%
No	4,703	26.94%
Valid votes	17,459	95.92%
Invalid or blank votes	743	4.08%
Total votes	18,202	100.00%
Registered voters/turnout	28,889	63.01%

Politics of Greenland


Constitution Constitution Act of Succession Freedom of Speech and the Press Taxation
The Crown Monarch King Frederik X Privy Council Purveyors to the Royal Court
Realm Kingdom of Denmark (The unity of the Realm) Greenland Denmark Faroe Islands
Executive Regeringen The Government of the Kingdom of Denmark Government Frederiksen II Prime Minister (list) Mette Frederiksen Government Offices Ministries High Commissioner (list) Julie Præst Wilche Naalakkersuisut The Government of Greenland Government Egede II Premier (list) Múte Bourup Egede Government Offices Ministries Privy Council Council of State Queen Margrethe II
Legislature Inatsisartut Parliament of Greenland (20th National Parliament) Speaker Mimi Karlsen Members Folketinget Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark (72nd Kingdom Parliament) Speaker Søren Gade Members
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A consultative referendum on home rule was held in Greenland on 17 January 1979. Just over 70% of voters voted in favour of greater autonomy from Denmark,^[1]^[2] leading to the establishment of a Greenlandic Parliament and Greenland gaining sovereignty in areas such as education, health, fisheries and the environment.^[3]

As a result of the referendum, home rule came into effect 1 May 1979 and Greenland became an autonomous constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark.

Results[edit]


Choice	Votes	%
For	12,756	73.06
Against	4,703	26.94
Total	17,459	100.00

Valid votes	17,459	95.92
Invalid/blank votes	743	4.08
Total votes	18,202	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	28,889	63.01
Source: Folketingsårbog 1978–79

References[edit]

^ Den grønlandske hjemmestyreordning (in Danish). Ministry of the State of Denmark.
^ Marquard, Arne (ed.) Folketingsårbog 1978–79 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz Forlag, p. 61. ISBN 87-569-0591-2
^ Politics in Greenland Archived 2009-06-28 at the Wayback Machine Greenland Representation to the EU

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