Opposition party against mining wins Greenland election

Electoral workers counts ballots in the national general election in Nuuk, Greenland, April 6, 2021.
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Greenland’s main opposition party, which is against an international mining project involving uranium and other metals on the Arctic island, has emerged as the biggest party after winning more than a third of votes in an early parliamentary election, according to initial results.
With all votes counted Wednesday, the left-leaning Community of the People party (Inuit Ataqatigiit) had secured 37% of the votes, entitling it to 12 seats in the Greenlandic national assembly, the 31-seat Inatsisartut.
Its biggest rival, the ruling center-left Forward (Siumut) party, took the second spot with 29% of the votes, giving it 10 seats in the legislature.

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