Inuit Ataqatigiit | |
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| Abbreviation | IA |
| Chairperson | Múte Bourup Egede[1] |
| Founded | 8 November 1976 (as a political organisation)[2] 21 November 1978 (as a political party)[3] |
| Headquarters | Nuuk,Greenland |
| Youth wing | Inuit Ataqatigiit Inuusuttaat |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing[9][10] |
| Nordic affiliation | Nordic Green Left Alliance |
| Colours | Red and white |
| Inatsisartut | 7 / 31 |
| Municipalities | 16 / 81 |
| Mayors | 1 / 5 |
| Folketing (Greenland seats) | 1 / 2 |
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| Website | |
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Inuit Ataqatigiit ([inuitatɑqat͡siɣiːt], old spelling:Inuit Ataĸatigît,lit. 'Community of the People',Danish:Folkets Samfund, IA) is ademocratic socialist,pro-independence political party inGreenland.[11][12][13] It is represented in theFolketing (the Danish parliament) byAaja Chemnitz Larsen.Múte B. Egede has been the party's leader since December 2018.
The party was founded as a political organisation in 1976, born out of the increased youthradicalism inDenmark during the 1970s.[citation needed]
In 1982, the party successfully campaigned in anational referendum for Greenland to leave the European Economic Community (EEC).[citation needed]
Inuit Ataqatigiit made a major electoral breakthrough in the2009 Greenlandic parliamentary election. Making gains from the 2005 Greenlandic parliamentary election, it doubled its total number of seats in the Parliament from seven to 14 seats out of 31, just two seats short of a majority, and nearly doubled its total vote share from 22.4% to 43.7%. It supplanted both its coalition partners, shifting theForward party from first to second and theDemocrats party from second to third.[11][13] At the2014 elections, the party obtained 11 members in the Greenlandic parliament, but after elections in2018, their share decreased to eight seats.[14] Following the2021 elections, Inuit Ataqatigiit once again became the largest party in the Greenlandic parliament, with 12 seats;[15] it fell to third place with seven seats in2025.
The party has traditionally been in favour of asocialist economy, but parties to itsleft have criticised it for having gradually moved towards a capitalist approach, supporting amarket economy andprivatisation.[16] Inuit Ataqatigiit believes that an independent Greenland should becompetitive[17] while fighting to keep the environment clean.[18]
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Status |
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| 1979 | 813 | 4.4 | 0 / 21 | New |  4th | Opposition |
| 1983 | 2,612 | 10.6 | 2 / 26 | 2 | 3rd | External support |
| 1984 | 2,732 | 12.1 | 3 / 25 | 1 |  3rd | Coalition |
| 1987 | 3,823 | 15.3 | 4 / 27 | 1 | 3rd | Coalition(1987–1988) |
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| 1991 | 4,848 | 19.4 | 5 / 27 | 2 | 3rd | Coalition |
| 1995 | 5,180 | 20.3 | 6 / 31 | 1 | 3rd | Opposition |
| 1999 | 6,214 | 22.1 | 7 / 31 | 1 | 3rd | Coalition(1999–2001) |
| Opposition(2001–2002) | ||||||
| 2002 | 7,244 | 25.3 | 8 / 31 | 1 | 2nd | Coalition(2002–2003) |
| Opposition(2003) | ||||||
| Coalition(2003–2005) | ||||||
| 2005 | 6,517 | 22.6 | 7 / 31 |  1 | 2nd | Coalition(2005–2007) |
| Opposition(2007–2009) | ||||||
| 2009 | 12,457 | 43.7 | 14 / 31 | 7 | 1st | Coalition |
| 2013 | 10,374 | 34.4 | 11 / 31 | 3 | 2nd | Opposition |
| 2014 | 9,783 | 33.2 | 11 / 31 | | 2nd | Opposition(2014–2016) |
| Coalition(2016–2018) | ||||||
| 2018 | 7,478 | 25.5 | 8 / 31 | 3 | 2nd | Opposition |
| 2021 | 9,933 | 37.4 | 12 / 31 | 4 | 1st | Coalition |
| 2025 | 6,119 | 21.6 | 7 / 31 | 5 | 3rd | Coalition |
| Election | Greenland | ||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | |
| 1984 | 2,939 | 13.7 | 0 / 2 | New | 3rd |
| 1987 | 2,001 | 12.5 | 0 / 2 | | 3rd |
| 1988 | 3,628 | 17.3 | 0 / 2 | | 3rd |
| 1990 | 3,281 | 17.0 | 0 / 2 | | 3rd |
| 1994 | did not run[19] | ||||
| 1998 | 4,988 | 21.4 | 0 / 2 | | 3rd |
| 2001 | 7,172 | 30.8 | 1 / 2 | 1 | 1st |
| 2005 | 5,774 | 25.5 | 1 / 2 | | 2nd |
| 2007 | 8,068 | 32.5 | 1 / 2 | | 1st |
| 2011 | 9,780 | 42.7 | 1 / 2 | | 1st |
| 2015 | 7,904 | 38.5 | 1 / 2 | | 1st |
| 2019 | 6,881 | 33.4 | 1 / 2 | | 1st |
| 2022 | 4,852 | 25.2 | 1 / 2 | | 2nd |
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