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Elections in Denmark
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Elections in Denmark gives information on elections and election results in Denmark.
Denmark elects a legislature on a national level. The Danish Parliament (Folketinget) has 179 members elected for four year terms. 135 of them are elected by proportional representation in 17 constituencies and 40 others are allotted in proportion to the total vote of the parties. The Faroe Islands and Greenland directly elect 2 members each.
Denmark has a multi-party system, with usually two strong parties and usually a third party that is electorally successful.
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| Parties | Leaders | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Liberals (Venstre) (V) | Anders Fogh Rasmussen | 908,472 | 26.2% | 46 | –6 |
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Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A) | Helle Thorning-Schmidt | 881,037 | 25.5% | 45 | –2 |
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Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O) | Pia Kjærsgaard | 479,532 | 13.9% | 25 | +1 |
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Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) | Villy Søvndal | 450,975 | 13.0% | 23 | +12 |
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Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) | Bendt Bendtsen | 359,404 | 10.4% | 18 | ±0 |
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Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B) | Margrethe Vestager | 177,161 | 5.1% | 9 | –8 |
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New Alliance (Ny Alliance) (Y) | Naser Khader | 97,295 | 2.8% | 5 | +5 |
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Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø) | Collective leadership | 74,982 | 2.2% | 4 | –2 |
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Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne) (K) | Bodil Kornbek | 30,013 | 0.9% | 0 | ±0 |
| Candidates without parties | 543 | 0.0% | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Subtotal | 3,458,847 | 100.0% | 175 | — | ||
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| Republican Party (Tjóðveldi) (E) | Høgni Hoydal | 5,949 | 25.4 | 1 | ±0.0 % | |
| Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin) (B) | Kaj Leo Johannesen | 5,413 | 23.5 | 1 | +2.1 % | |
| People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) (A) | Anfinn Kallsberg | 4,726 | 20.5 | 0 | -3.6 % | |
| Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin) (C) | Jóannes Eidesgaard | 4,702 | 20.4 | 0 | -1.8 % | |
| Centre Party (Miðflokkurin) (H) | Álvur Kirke | 1,577 | 6.8 | 0 | +3.5 % | |
| Self-Government Party (Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) (D) | Kári P. Højgaard | 797 | 3.5 | 0 | +1.1 % | |
| Subtotal | 2 | |||||
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| Inuit Community (Inuit Ataqatigiit) | Josef Motzfeldt | 7,107 | 1 | |||
| Forward (Siumut) | Hans Enoksen | 6,658 | 1 | |||
| Feeling of Community (Atassut) | Finn Karlsen | 4,004 | 0 | |||
| Democrats (Demokraatit) | Per Berthelsen | 3,436 | 0 | |||
| Subtotal | 2 | |||||
| Total (Turnout: 86.6 %) | 179 | |||||
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