Denmark 2022 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 50 of 179 seats with 27.5% of the vote; 84.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.4 points on 2019.
- Denmark
- Held
Result
- Social Democrats50
- Venstre23
- Moderates16
- Socialist Peoples Party15
- Denmark Democrats14
- Liberal Alliance14
- Conservative People's Party10
- Red–Green Alliance9
- Danish Social Liberal Party7
- New Right6
- The Alternative6
- Danish People's Party5
- 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 | 50 | +2 | 27.5 | +1.6 | 971,995 |
| Venstre | 23 | −20 | 13.3 | −10.1 | 470,546 |
| Moderates | 16 | 9.3 | 327,699 | ||
| Socialist Peoples Party | 15 | +1 | 8.3 | +0.6 | 293,186 |
| Denmark Democrats | 14 | 8.1 | 286,796 | ||
| Liberal Alliance | 14 | +10 | 7.9 | +5.6 | 278,656 |
| Conservative People's Party | 10 | −2 | 5.5 | −1.1 | 194,820 |
| Red–Green Alliance | 9 | −4 | 5.1 | −1.8 | 181,452 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 7 | −9 | 3.8 | −4.8 | 133,931 |
| New Right | 6 | +2 | 3.7 | +1.3 | 129,524 |
| The Alternative | 6 | +1 | 3.3 | +0.3 | 117,567 |
| Danish People's Party | 5 | −11 | 2.6 | −6.1 | 93,428 |
The other parties and groups
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.9 | 31,787 | ||
| Community of the People | 1 | 0 | |||
| Forward (Greenland) | 1 | 0 | |||
| Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) | 1 | 0 | |||
| Union Party (Faroe Islands) | 1 | 0 |
± is the change against the Denmark 2019 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 971,995
- Venstre 470,546
- Moderates 327,699
- Socialist Peoples Party 293,186
- Denmark Democrats 286,796
- Liberal Alliance 278,656
- Conservative People's Party 194,820
- Red–Green Alliance 181,452
- Danish Social Liberal Party 133,931
- New Right 129,524
- The Alternative 117,567
- Danish People's Party 93,428
- Largest party without seats 31,787
- 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
84.2% of the 4,269,048 registered voters cast a ballot (3,592,822 ballots), down 0.4 points on 2019. 3,533,951 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1990 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democrats27.5% of votes27.9% of seats
- Venstre13.3% of votes12.8% of seats
- Moderates9.3% of votes8.9% of seats
- Socialist Peoples Party8.3% of votes8.4% of seats
- Denmark Democrats8.1% of votes7.8% of seats
- Liberal Alliance7.9% of votes7.8% of seats
- Conservative People's Party5.5% of votes5.6% of seats
- Red–Green Alliance5.1% of votes5.0% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party3.8% of votes3.9% of seats
- New Right3.7% of votes3.4% of seats
- The Alternative3.3% of votes3.4% of seats
- Danish People's Party2.6% of votes2.8% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.6 by votes and 7.6 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 14.2 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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