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Queen: Margrethe II. · State Minister: Mette Frederiksen (S) · Governing party: S, V, M
Legislative elections: Folketing, 4-year-term, 179 seats, 2% threshold, party-list PR:

Party 2022 2019
Socialdemokratiet i Danmark (S)
Social Democracy in Denmark		 Social democracy  
 		 27,5% 50 25,9% 48
Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti (V)
Left, Liberal Party of Denmark		 Conservative liberalism
Agrarianism 		 13,3% 23 23,4% 43
Moderaterne (M)
Moderates		 Centrism 
 		 9,3% 16 - -
Socialistisk Folkeparti (SF)
Socialist People's Party		 Green politics
Democratic socialism 		 8,3% 15 7,7% 14
Danmarksdemokraterne (DD)
Denmark Democrats		 Right-wing populism
 		 8,1% 14 - -
Liberal Alliance (LA)
Liberal Alliance		 Liberalism 
Libertarianism 		 7,9% 14 2,3% 4
Det Konservative Folkeparti (KF)
Conservative People's Party		 Liberal conservatism
 		 5,5% 10 6,6% 12
Enhedslisten - De Rød-Grønne (EL)
Unity List - The Red-Greens		 Socialism
Eco-socialism
Euroscepticism		 5,2% 9 6,9% 13
Det Radikale Venstre (RV)
Radical Left		 Social liberalism 
 		 3,8% 7 8,6% 16
Nye Borgerlige (NB)
New Right		 National conservatism
Economic liberalism 		 3,7% 6 2,4% 4
Alternativet (A)
Alternative		 Green politics  
 		 3,3% 6 3,0% 5
Dansk Folkeparti (DF)
Danish People's Party		 National conservatism
Social conservatism
Right-wing populism		 2,6% 5 8,7% 16
Faroe Islands - 2 - 2
Greenland - 2 - 2
Others 1,5% - 4,5% -
Total - 179 - 179
Turnout 84,1% 84,5%

 © 2022 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Danmarks Statistik (http://www.dst.dk).
Archive: Legislative elections, 2001-2019 ( For full coverage, 1945-present, click here):
2001 2005 2007 2011 2015 2019
S % 29,1 25,8 25,5 24,9 26,3 25,9
  S. 52 47 45 44 47 48
V % 31,3 29,0 26,2 26,7 19,5 23,4
  S. 56 52 46 47 34 43
DF % 12,0 13,3 13,9 12,3 21,1 8,7
  S. 22 24 25 22 37 16
RV % 5,2 9,2 5,1 9,5 4,6 8,6
  S. 9 16 9 17 8 16
SF % 6,4 6,0 13,0 9,2 4,2 7,7
  S. 12 11 23 16 7 14
EL % 2,4 3,4 2,2 6,7 7,8 6,9
  S. 4 6 4 12 14 13
KF % 9,1 10,3 10,4 4,9 3,4 6,6
  S. 16 19 18 8 6 12
A % - - - - - 3,0
  S. - - - - - 5
NB % - - - - - 2,4
  S. - - - - - 4
LA (NA) % - - 2,8 5,0 7,5 2,3
  S. - - 5 9 13 4
KD (KRF) % 2,3 1,7 0,9 0,8 0,8 1,7
  S. 4 - - - - -
F./G. % - - - - - -
  S. 4 4 4 4 4 4
Others % 2,4 1,3 0,0 0,1 0,1 2,8
  S. - - - - - -
Total S. 179 179 179 179 179 179
Turnout S. 87,2 84,5 86,5 87,7 85,8  

Abbreviations: S: Social Democracy in Denmark; V: Left, Liberal Party of Denmark; DF: Danish People's Party; RV: Radical Left; SF: Socialist People's Party; EL: Unity List-The Red-Greens; KF: Conservative People's Party; A: Alternative; NB: New Right; LA: Liberal Alliance (2007: New Alliance, NA); KD: Christian Democrats (2001: Christian People's Party, KRF). © 2022 Wolfram Nordsieck.