Elections

Greenland Picks Party Favoring Slow Independence in Surprise

Demokraatit party leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen, center, celebrates in Nuuk on March 11.Photographer: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Sipa/AP Photo
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Greenland’s voters unexpectedly picked a party backing a slower approach to independence in a general election overshadowed by Donald Trump’s plans to take over the Arctic Island.

The social liberal Demokraatit party emerged as the biggest with 29.9% of the ballots as counting was completed, adding more than 20 percentage points from four years ago, according to the tally published by the government on Wednesday.