Elections in Denmark
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There are three types of elections in Denmark: elections to the national parliament (the Folketing), local elections and elections to the European Parliament. Referendums may also be called to consult the Danish citizenry directly on an issue of national concern.
Parliamentary elections are called by the Monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister, usually four years after the last election, although early elections may occur. Elections to local councils (municipal or regional) and to the European Parliament are held on fixed dates. Elections use the party-list proportional representation system. Only citizens on the national register are eligible to vote in parliamentary elections and long-time residents may vote in local elections.
The last election was the parliamentary election, on 15 September 2011.
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Parliamentary elections [edit]
The Kingdom of Denmark (including the Faroe Islands and Greenland) elects a unicameral parliament, the Folketing, on a national level. Of the 179 members of parliament, the Faroe Islands and Greenland elect two members each, 135 are elected from ten multi-member constituencies on a party list PR system using the d'Hondt method and the remaining 40 seats are allocated to ensure proportionality at a national level. To get a share of supplementary seats a party needs to get at least 2% of the total number of votes.
Denmark has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments and/or minority cabinets.
Elections to the Folketing must be held at least every four years.
Latest election [edit]
| Parties | Leaders | Votes | % | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark proper | ||||||
| Liberals (Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti) (V) | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | 947,725 | 26.7% | 47 | +1 | |
| Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A) | Helle Thorning-Schmidt | 879,615 | 24.8% | 44 | −1 | |
| Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O) | Pia Kjærsgaard | 436,726 | 12.3% | 22 | −3 | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B) | Margrethe Vestager | 336,698 | 9.5% | 17 | +8 | |
| Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) | Villy Søvndal | 326,192 | 9.2% | 16 | −7 | |
| Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø) | Collective leadership | 236,860 | 6.7% | 12 | +8 | |
| Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance) (I) | Anders Samuelsen | 176,585 | 5.0% | 9 | +4 | |
| Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) | Lars Barfoed | 175,047 | 4.9% | 8 | −10 | |
| Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne) (K) | Per Ørum Jørgensen | 28,070 | 0.8% | 0 | ±0 | |
| Candidates without parties | 1,850 | 0.1% | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Red Alliance (A, B, F, Ø) | Helle Thorning-Schmidt | 1,779,365 | 50.2% | 89 | +8 | |
| Blue Alliance (C, I, K, O, V) | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | 1,764,153 | 49.8% | 86 | −8 | |
| Invalid votes | 34,307 | |||||
| Subtotal (Turnout: 87.7% – electorate: 4,079,910) | 3,545,368 | 100.0% | 175 | |||
| Faroe Islands | ||||||
| Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin) (B) | Kaj Leo Johannesen | 6,361 | 30.8% | 1 | ±0 | |
| Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin) (C) | Aksel Johannesen | 4,328 | 21.0% | 1 | +1 | |
| Republic (Tjóðveldi) (E) | Høgni Hoydal | 3,998 | 19.4% | 0 | −1 | |
| People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) (A) | Jørgen Niclasen | 3,932 | 19.0% | 0 | ±0 | |
| Centre Party (Miðflokkurin) (H) | Jenis av Rana | 872 | 4.2% | 0 | ±0 | |
| Self-Government Party (Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) (D) | Kári á Rógvu | 481 | 2.3% | 0 | ±0 | |
| Candidates without parties | 672 | 3.3% | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Invalid votes | 301 | |||||
| Subtotal (Turnout: 58.9% – electorate: 35,044) | 20,644 | 100.0% | 2 | |||
| Greenland | ||||||
| Inuit Community (Inuit Ataqatigiit) | Kuupik Kleist | 9,780 | 42.7% | 1 | ±0 | |
| Forward (Siumut) | Aleqa Hammond | 8,499 | 37.1% | 1 | ±0 | |
| Democrats (Demokraatit) | Jens B. Frederiksen | 2,882 | 12.6% | 0 | ±0 | |
| Feeling of Community (Atassut) | Finn Karlsen | 1,728 | 7.5% | 0 | ±0 | |
| Candidates without parties | 24 | 0.1% | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Invalid votes | 612 | |||||
| Subtotal (Turnout: 57.4% – electorate: 40,935) | 22,913 | 100.0% | 2 | |||
| Overall | ||||||
| Red Alliance (A, B, F, Ø, Siumut, Inuit Ataqatigiit, Javnaðarflokkurin) | Helle Thorning-Schmidt | 1,801,972 | 50.2% | 92 | ||
| Blue Alliance (V, O, I, C, K, Union Party) | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | 1,770,514 | 49.3% | 87 | ||
| Total (Turnout: 87.2% – electorate: 4,156,735) | 3,588,919 | 100.0% | 179 | |||
All turnout figures include invalid votes, subtotals and totals exclude invalid votes
Local elections [edit]
The latest elections for the ninety-eight municipal councils and the five regional councils were held on 17 November 2009.
European elections [edit]
The Denmark constituency directly elects thirteen members to the European Parliament every five years. The d'Hondt method of proportional representation is used. The last election was carried out in June 2009:
| Parties and coalitions | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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| Symbol | Name (Danish name) | European party | No. | % | ±% | No. | ± | |
| A | Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) | PES | 503,439 | 21.49 | -11.1 | 4 | -1 | |
| V | Liberals (Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti) | ELDR | 474,041 | 20.24 | +0.8 | 3 | ±0 | |
| F | Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) | EGP observer | 371,603 | 15.87 | +7.8 | 2 | +1 | |
| O | Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) | AEN | 357,942 | 15.28 | +8.5 | 2 | +1 | |
| C | Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) | EPP | 297,199 | 12.69 | +1.3 | 1 | ±0 | |
| N | People's Movement against the EU (Folkebevægelsen mod EU) | none (GUE/NGL group) | 168,555 | 7.20 | +2.2 | 1 | ±0 | |
| B | Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) | 100,094 | 4.27 | -2.2 | 0 | -1 | ||
| J | June Movement (JuniBevægelsen) | 55,459 | 2.37 | -6.8 | 0 | -1 | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance) | 13,796 | 0.59 | N/A | 0 | N/A | ||
| Blank votes | 67,219 | 1.66 | -0.26 | |||||
| Invalid votes | 6,221 | 0.15 | ||||||
| Total (Turnout: 59.5% – electorate: 4,059,385) | 2,342,128 | 100.0% | ±0 | 13 | -1 | |||
Turnout figure includes blank and invalid votes, but these are excluded from the total.
Past elections [edit]
- See below
References [edit]
- ^ "Folketingsvalg torsdag 15. september 2011". dst.dk. Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Kringvarp.fo - Valúrslit". kringvarp.fo. Kringvarp Føroya. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Letter to Statistics Denmark regarding the Faroese election results". dst.dk. Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Folketingimut qinersineq 2011-mi inernerit". knr.gl. KNR. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Letter to Statistics Denmark regarding the Greenlandic election results". dst.dk. Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ Statistics Denmark
See also [edit]
- Politics of Denmark
- Cabinet of Denmark
- Electoral calendar
- Faroe election results
- Greenland election results
External links [edit]
- Adam Carr's Election Archive
- Political parties and elections
- NSD: European Election Database - Denmark publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1990-2007
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