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Denmark 2004 European Parliament election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 5 of 14 seats with 32.6% of the vote; 47.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.6 points on 1999.

European Parliament result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats5+232.6+16.1618,412
Venstre3−219.4−4.0366,735
Conservative People's Party1011.3+2.8214,972
June Movement1−29.1−7.0171,927
Socialist Peoples Party107.9+0.8150,766
Danish People's Party106.8+1.0128,789
Danish Social Liberal Party106.4−2.7120,473
People's Movement against the EUwith Red–Green Alliance105.2−2.197,986
Christian Democrats001.3−0.724,286

± is the change against the Denmark 1999 European Parliament election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 618,412
  • Venstre 366,735
  • Conservative People's Party 214,972
  • June Movement 171,927
  • Socialist Peoples Party 150,766
  • Danish People's Party 128,789
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 120,473
  • People's Movement against the EU 97,986
  • Christian Democrats 24,286

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

Share of the vote

Turnout

47.9% of the 4,012,663 registered voters cast a ballot (1,921,541 ballots), down 2.6 points on 1999. 1,894,346 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1989 in our data. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Social Democrats32.6% of votes35.7% of seats
  • Venstre19.4% of votes21.4% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party11.3% of votes7.1% of seats
  • June Movement9.1% of votes7.1% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party7.9% of votes7.1% of seats
  • Danish People's Party6.8% of votes7.1% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party6.4% of votes7.1% of seats
  • People's Movement against the EU5.2% of votes7.1% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.5 by votes and 4.9 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 13.2 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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