Siumut Party: Siumut

Premier Kuupik Kleist Dept: With all votes counted, Aleqa Hammond's centrist Siumut party won 42.8 per cent and 14 seats, while incumbent Premier Kuupik Kleist's left-leaning Inuit Ataqatigiit mustered 34.4 per cent, according to CBC. "I am very, very happy. I am thrilled as party leader," said Hammond, 47. "I am glad that Siumut is back." Greenland is poised to get its first female prime minister after a centrist party that supports tapping the Arctic island's vast mineral wealth, including uranium, won national elections, a complete vote count showed Wednesday. The social democratic Siumut gained more than 16 percentage points since the last elections in 2009, while IA saw its support drop 9.3 points. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.