Steve Mapsalak (born March 17, 1957) is a Canadian politician, who has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.He first won the Akulliq seat in the 2004 Nunavut election.According to preliminary results, he was narrowly defeated by John Ningark in the 2008 election. A judicial recount was conducted, but resulted in Ningark and Mapsalak each receiving exactly 157 votes, thus forcing a new vote.