Polar Party

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

Polar Party
Leader	Nikolaj Heinrich
Ideology	Nationalism Conservatism National conservatism
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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.

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gollark: The solution here is obvious, actually.

gollark: I think you underestimate the difficulty of finding a job. And here there is a LOWER minimum wage for young people because government beeoid.

gollark: No offense, but WHO is going to pay you minimum wage for anything ever?

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References

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Political parties in Greenland

Bracketed numbers indicate numbers of seats in the respective parliaments.

Inatsisartut

Government	Siumut (10) Nunatta Qitornai (1)
Supporting	Demokraatit (6)
Opposition	Atassut (2) Inuit Ataqatigiit (8) Suleqatigiissitsisut (1) Partii Naleraq (3)

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Inuit Ataqatigiit (1)
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Defunct

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