Elections in Denmark

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Elections in Denmark gives information on elections and election results in Denmark. Denmark has a multi-party system. Elections normally result in two strong parties.

Denmark elects a legislature on a national level. The Danish Parliament (Folketinget) has 179 members elected for maximum four year terms. 135 of them are elected by proportional representation in ten constituencies and forty supplementary seats are allotted so as to make for overall proportionality (using the Hare quota largest remainder method). To get a share of supplementary seats a party needs to get at least 2% of the total number of votes. The Faroe Islands and Greenland directly elect two members each.^[1]

The most recent legislative elections were held on Thursday, 15 September 2011.^[2] Since the next election is required, according to the Constitution of Denmark, to take place no later than four years following the previous election, the latest possible date is 14 September 2015.

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Main article: Danish parliamentary election, 2011

e • d **Summary of the 15 September 2011 Parliament of Denmark election results**^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
Parties		Leaders	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
Denmark proper
	Liberals (Venstre) (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
	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