2022 Danish general election

2022 Danish general election

On or before 4 June 2023

All 179 seats in the Folketing 175 from Denmark, 2 from Greenland and 2 from the Faroe Islands. 90 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Current seats Parties in Denmark Social Democrats Mette Frederiksen 49 Venstre Jakob Ellemann-Jensen 39 SF Pia Olsen Dyhr 15 Social Liberals Sofie Carsten Nielsen 14 Red–Green Mai Villadsen 13 Conservatives Søren Pape Poulsen 12 DPP Morten Messerschmidt 10 New Right Pernille Vermund 4 Liberal Alliance Alex Vanopslagh 3 Independent Greens Sikandar Siddique 3 The Alternative Franciska Rosenkilde 1 Christian Democrats Vacant 1 Moderates Lars Løkke Rasmussen 1 Independents – 11 Parties in the Faroe Islands Union Bárður á Steig Nielsen 1 Social Democratic Aksel V. Johannesen 1 Parties in Greenland Inuit Ataqatigiit Múte Bourup Egede 1 Siumut Erik Jensen 1 Incumbent Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Social Democrats

General elections are scheduled to be held in the Kingdom of Denmark by 4 June 2023, corresponding to the maximum four-year mandate as specified by the constitution, depending on whether a snap election is called, as is almost always the case in Denmark. All 179 members of the Folketing will be elected. 175 members will be elected in Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland.

Background

The 2019 Danish general election ended with a 91 seats win for the Social Democrats and Mette Frederiksen and their supporting parties. 22 days later, a minority government was formed by the Social Democrats. The government was supported by the other parties in the "red bloc", the Socialist People's Party, the Social Liberal Party, and the Red–Green Alliance. Mette Frederiksen, the leader of the Social Democrats, became Prime Minister.

Electoral system

The 179 members of the Folketing are elected in Denmark (175), the Faroe Islands (2) and Greenland (2). The 175 seats in Denmark include 135 seats elected in ten multi-member constituencies by proportional representation, using the d'Hondt method, and 40 leveling seats, allocated to parties in order to address any imbalance in the distribution of the constituency seats. The main threshold for levelling seats is 2%.

According to the Danish Constitution, the election will have to be held no later than 4 June 2023, as the last election was held on 5 June 2019. The Prime Minister is able to call the election at any date, provided that date is no later than four years from the previous election, and this is often cited as a tactical advantage to the sitting government, as it can call an early election when polls are favourable. For instance, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, the previous prime minister, announced on 7 May 2019 that elections would be held on 5 June 2019. The latest date for that election was 17 June 2019.

Parties

The table below lists parties currently represented in the Folketing.

Denmark

Name			Ideologies	Leader	2019 result		Current seats
					Votes (%)	Seats
	A	Social Democrats Socialdemokraterne	Social democracy Democratic socialism	Mette Frederiksen	25.9%	48 / 179	49 / 179
	V	Venstre Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti	Conservative liberalism Agrarianism (Nordic)	Jakob Ellemann-Jensen	23.4%	43 / 179	39 / 179
	O	Danish People's Party Dansk Folkeparti	Danish nationalism National conservatism	Morten Messerschmidt	8.7%	16 / 179	10 / 179
	B	Danish Social Liberal Party Det Radikale Venstre	Social liberalism	Sofie Carsten Nielsen	8.6%	16 / 179	14 / 179
	F	Socialist People's Party Socialistisk Folkeparti	Green politics Popular socialism	Pia Olsen Dyhr	7.7%	14 / 179	15 / 179
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne	Eco-socialism Anti-capitalism	Collective leadership Political leader: Mai Villadsen	6.9%	13 / 179	13 / 179
	C	Conservative People's Party Det Konservative Folkeparti	Green conservatism Liberal conservatism	Søren Pape Poulsen	6.6%	12 / 179	12 / 179
	Å	The Alternative Alternativet	Green politics Pro-Europeanism	Franciska Rosenkilde	3.0%	5 / 179	1 / 179
	D	The New Right Nye Borgerlige	National conservatism Economic liberalism	Pernille Vermund	2.4%	4 / 179	4 / 179
	I	Liberal Alliance Liberal Alliance	Right-libertarianism Classical liberalism	Alex Vanopslagh	2.3%	4 / 179	3 / 179
	Q	Independent Greens Frie Grønne	Green politics Anti-racism	Sikandar Siddique			3 / 179
	K	Christian Democrats Kristendemokraterne	Christian Democracy Social Conservatism	Vacant	1.8%	0 / 179	1 / 179
	Ind.	Independent			0.1%	0 / 179	10 / 179

Faroe Islands

Name			Ideologies	Leader	2019 result		Current seats
					Votes (%)	Seats
	JF	Social Democratic Party Javnaðarflokkurin	Social democracy	Aksel V. Johannesen	24.3%	1 / 179	1 / 179
	SP	Union Party Sambandsflokkurin	Conservative liberalism	Bárður á Steig Nielsen	23.5%	1 / 179	1 / 179

Greenland

Name			Ideologies	Leader	2019 result		Current seats
					Votes (%)	Seats
	IA	Community of the People Inuit Ataqatigiit	Democratic socialism	Múte Bourup Egede	38.3%	1 / 179	1 / 179
	SIU	Forward Siumut	Social democracy	Erik Jensen	38.0%	1 / 179	1 / 179

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the next Danish general election

External links

• Election polling and trends Politiken.dk
• Greenland Folketing Election Results Qinersineq