Denmark 2019 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 48 of 179 seats with 25.9% of the vote; 84.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.3 points on 2015.
- Denmark
- Held
Result
- Social Democrats48
- Venstre43
- Danish People's Party16
- Danish Social Liberal Party16
- Socialist Peoples Party14
- Red–Green Alliance13
- Conservative People's Party12
- The Alternative5
- Liberal Alliance4
- New Right4
- Community of the People1
- Forward (Greenland)1
- Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)1
- Union Party (Faroe Islands)1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 48 | +1 | 25.9 | −0.4 | 914,882 |
| Venstre | 43 | +9 | 23.4 | +3.9 | 826,161 |
| Danish People's Party | 16 | −21 | 8.7 | −12.4 | 308,513 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 16 | +8 | 8.6 | +4.0 | 304,714 |
| Socialist Peoples Party | 14 | +7 | 7.7 | +3.5 | 272,304 |
| Red–Green Alliance | 13 | −1 | 6.9 | −0.9 | 245,100 |
| Conservative People's Party | 12 | +6 | 6.6 | +3.2 | 233,865 |
| The Alternative | 5 | −4 | 3.0 | −1.8 | 104,278 |
| New Right | 4 | 2.4 | 83,201 | ||
| Liberal Alliance | 4 | −9 | 2.3 | −5.2 | 82,270 |
| Stram Kurs | 0 | 1.8 | 63,114 | ||
| Christian Democrats | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | +0.9 | 60,944 |
The other parties and groups
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community of the People | 1 | 0 | |||
| Forward (Greenland) | 1 | 0 | |||
| Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) | 1 | 0 | |||
| Union Party (Faroe Islands) | 1 |
± is the change against the Denmark 2015 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 914,882
- Venstre 826,161
- Danish People's Party 308,513
- Danish Social Liberal Party 304,714
- Socialist Peoples Party 272,304
- Red–Green Alliance 245,100
- Conservative People's Party 233,865
- The Alternative 104,278
- New Right 83,201
- Liberal Alliance 82,270
- Stram Kurs 63,114
- Christian Democrats 60,944
- Community of the People
- Forward (Greenland)
- Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)
- Union 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
84.6% of the 4,219,537 registered voters cast a ballot (3,569,521 ballots), down 1.3 points on 2015. 3,531,720 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 2005 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democrats25.9% of votes26.8% of seats
- Venstre23.4% of votes24.0% of seats
- Danish People's Party8.7% of votes8.9% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party8.6% of votes8.9% of seats
- Socialist Peoples Party7.7% of votes7.8% of seats
- Red–Green Alliance6.9% of votes7.3% of seats
- Conservative People's Party6.6% of votes6.7% of seats
- The Alternative3.0% of votes2.8% of seats
- New Right2.4% of votes2.2% of seats
- Liberal Alliance2.3% of votes2.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.5 by votes and 6.1 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 2.5 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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