Greenlandic general elections are being held on 11 March 2025 to elect the 31 members of the Inatsisartut.

Independence of Greenland will be the most important issue of the election. The government declared in February 2024 that independence is its goal. At a press conference in early 2025, pro-independence prime minister Múte Bourup Egede said that “work has already begun on creating the framework for Greenland as an independent state” and apparently hinted that an independence referendum could take place in April 2025, in tandem with the election. In addition to the five parties already represented in the Inatsisartut, a new sixth party with a primary focus on Greenlandic independence, Qulleq, gained ballot access a month before the election. However, after American president-elect Donald Trump renewed his demand for ownership of Greenland, Egede played down any notion of immediate independence and instead stressed the need for reforms of the cooperation between the governments of Denmark and Greenland at a press conference in Copenhagen on 10 January 2025. In an interview on Fox News on 16 January, Egede stated that Greenlanders have no wish to become a part of the U.S., and an opinion poll that month showed 85% of those surveyed opposed the proposal. In the run-up to the election, the Danish Security and Intelligence Service and the Danish Defence Intelligence Service announced they were actively monitoring for potential attempts by foreign powers to influence the outcome of the Greenlandic elections. In an interview with TV 2, independent analysts named the United States, Russia and China as possible instigators of clandestine action in the country. The centre-right opposition Democrats won the most seats. The party will have to negotiate with other parties in order to form a coalition government.

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