Denmark 2015 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 47 of 179 seats with 26.3% of the vote; 85.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.9 points on 2011.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 47 | +3 | 26.3 | +1.5 | 924,940 |
| Danish People's Party | 37 | +15 | 21.1 | +8.8 | 741,746 |
| Venstre | 34 | −13 | 19.5 | −7.2 | 685,188 |
| Red–Green Alliance | 14 | +2 | 7.8 | +1.1 | 274,463 |
| Liberal Alliance | 13 | +4 | 7.5 | +2.5 | 265,129 |
| The Alternative | 9 | 4.8 | 168,788 | ||
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 8 | −9 | 4.6 | −4.9 | 161,009 |
| Socialist Peoples Party | 7 | −9 | 4.2 | −5.0 | 147,578 |
| Conservative People's Party | 6 | −2 | 3.4 | −1.5 | 118,003 |
| Christian Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 29,077 |
| Community of the People | 1 | 0 | |||
| Forward (Greenland) | 1 | 0 | |||
| Republic (Faroe Islands) | 1 | ||||
| Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) | 1 | 0 |
± is the change against the Denmark 2011 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 924,940
- Danish People's Party 741,746
- Venstre 685,188
- Red–Green Alliance 274,463
- Liberal Alliance 265,129
- The Alternative 168,788
- Danish Social Liberal Party 161,009
- Socialist Peoples Party 147,578
- Conservative People's Party 118,003
- Christian Democrats 29,077
- Community of the People
- Forward (Greenland)
- Republic (Faroe Islands)
- Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)
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.
Share of the vote
Turnout
85.9% of the 4,145,105 registered voters cast a ballot (3,560,060 ballots), down 1.9 points on 2011. 3,518,987 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 2005 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democrats26.3% of votes26.3% of seats
- Danish People's Party21.1% of votes20.7% of seats
- Venstre19.5% of votes19.0% of seats
- Red–Green Alliance7.8% of votes7.8% of seats
- Liberal Alliance7.5% of votes7.3% of seats
- The Alternative4.8% of votes5.0% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party4.6% of votes4.5% of seats
- Socialist Peoples Party4.2% of votes3.9% of seats
- Conservative People's Party3.4% of votes3.4% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.9 by votes and 6.0 by seats; Social Democrats led Danish People's Party by 5.2 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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