Greenland says 'yes' to self-governance

On Tuesday 25 November 2008, the people of Greenland voted with a resounding ’yes’ for Self-Governance. The results of the referendum on Self-Governance in Greenland made it clear that the people of Greenland want to take the next step.

The counting of all the votes was finished at 10.45 pm. Of the 39,611 people entitled to vote in Greenland, 75.5 percent of the electorate voted ’yes’, while 23.5 percent voted ‘no’. About 1 percent of the votes were invalid or blank.

The good weather in almost all of Greenland brought large numbers of voters out to the polls. Almost 72 percent of the electorate voted.