Denmark 2009 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 4 of 13 seats with 21.5% of the vote; 59.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 11.7 points on 2004.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 4 | −1 | 21.5 | −11.1 | 503,439 |
| Venstre | 3 | 0 | 20.2 | +0.8 | 474,041 |
| Socialist Peoples Party | 2 | +1 | 15.9 | +8.0 | 371,603 |
| Danish People's Party | 2 | +1 | 15.3 | +8.5 | 357,942 |
| Conservative People's Party | 1 | 0 | 12.7 | +1.4 | 297,199 |
| People's Movement against the EUwith Red–Green Alliance | 1 | 0 | 7.2 | +2.0 | 168,555 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 0 | −1 | 4.3 | −2.1 | 100,094 |
| June Movement | 0 | −1 | 2.4 | −6.7 | 55,459 |
± is the change against the Denmark 2004 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 503,439
- Venstre 474,041
- Socialist Peoples Party 371,603
- Danish People's Party 357,942
- Conservative People's Party 297,199
- People's Movement against the EU 168,555
- Danish Social Liberal Party 100,094
- June Movement 55,459
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
59.5% of the 4,057,100 registered voters cast a ballot (2,415,568 ballots), up 11.7 points on 2004. 2,342,128 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1979. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democrats21.5% of votes30.8% of seats
- Venstre20.2% of votes23.1% of seats
- Socialist Peoples Party15.9% of votes15.4% of seats
- Danish People's Party15.3% of votes15.4% of seats
- Conservative People's Party12.7% of votes7.7% of seats
- People's Movement against the EU7.2% of votes7.7% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party4.3% of votes0.0% of seats
- June Movement2.4% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.3 by votes and 4.8 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 1.3 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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