2019 Danish general election
General elections were held in Denmark on 5 June 2019 to elect all 179 members of the Folketing;[1] 175 in Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The elections took place ten days after the European Parliament elections.[2]
Party leaders
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Opinion polling
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Results
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
| Denmark proper | ||||||
| Social Democrats (A) | 914,882 | 25.9 | 48 | +1 | ||
| Venstre (V) | 826,161 | 23.4 | 43 | +9 | ||
| Danish People's Party (O) | 308,513 | 8.7 | 16 | –21 | ||
| Danish Social Liberal Party (B) | 304,714 | 8.6 | 16 | +8 | ||
| Socialist People's Party (F) | 272,304 | 7.7 | 14 | +7 | ||
| Red–Green Alliance (Ø) | 245,100 | 6.9 | 13 | –1 | ||
| Conservative People's Party (C) | 233,865 | 6.6 | 12 | +6 | ||
| The Alternative (Å) | 104,278 | 3.0 | 5 | –4 | ||
| The New Right (D) | 83,201 | 2.4 | 4 | New | ||
| Liberal Alliance (I) | 82,270 | 2.3 | 4 | –9 | ||
| Hard Line (P) | 63,114 | 1.8 | 0 | New | ||
| Christian Democrats (K) | 60,944 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Klaus Riskær Pedersen (E) | 29,600 | 0.8 | 0 | New | ||
| Independents | 2,774 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 37,801 | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 3,569,521 | 100 | 175 | 0 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,219,537 | 84.6 | – | – | ||
| Faroe Islands | ||||||
| Union Party | 7,349 | 28.3 | 1 | +1 | ||
| Social Democratic Party | 6,630 | 25.5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| People's Party | 6,181 | 23.8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Republic | 4,830 | 18.6 | 0 | –1 | ||
| Progress | 639 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Self-Government Party | 333 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 244 | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 26,206 | 100 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 37,264 | 70.3 | – | – | ||
| Greenland | ||||||
| Inuit Ataqatigiit | 6,881 | 33.4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Siumut | 6,058 | 29.4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Democrats | 2,262 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nunatta Qitornai | 1,616 | 7.8 | 0 | New | ||
| Partii Naleraq | 1,565 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Atassut | 1,099 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cooperation Party | 520 | 2.5 | 0 | New | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 614 | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 20,615 | 100 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 41,344 | 49.9 | – | – | ||
| Source: Statistics Denmark, Kringvarp Føroya, Qinersineq | ||||||
Notes
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References
[change | change source]- ↑ Denmark's prime minister calls election to be held on June 5 Reuters, 7 May 2019
- ↑ Lindqvist, Andreas (7 May 2019). "EP-spidskandidater uenige: Er Folketingsvalgkamp godt eller skidt for EU-debatten?". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 7 May 2019.
Other websites
[change | change source]- How the night unfolded with no clear winner at The Guardian
