2019 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 5 June 2019 to elect all 179 members of the Folketing;^[1] 175 in Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The elections took place ten days after the European Parliament elections.^[2]

Party leaders

Opposition Leader
Mette Frederiksen
(Social Democrats)
from North Jutland^[a]
Prime Minister
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
(Venstre)
from Southern Denmark
MP
Kristian Thulesen Dahl
(People's Party)
from Central Denmark
Former Deputy Prime Minister
Morten Østergaard
(Social Liberal Party)
from Central Denmark
MP
Pia Olsen Dyhr
(Socialist People's Party)
from Capital Region
MP
Pernille Skipper
(Red–Green Alliance)
from North Jutland Region
Justice Minister
Søren Pape Poulsen
(Conservative People's Party)
from Central Denmark
MP
Uffe Elbæk
(The Alternative)
from Central Denmark
Foreign Minister
Anders Samuelsen
(Liberal Alliance)
from Central Denmark
Lawyer
Rasmus Paludan
(Hard Line)
from North Zealand
Civil servant
Isabella Arendt
(Christian Democrats)
from Southern Denmark
Businessman
Klaus Riskær Pedersen
(Klaus Riskær Pedersen Party)
from Capital Region

Opinion polling

The 30-day average trendline of the Danish opinion polls towards the general election in 2019. Each line corresponds to a political party. The date range for these opinion polls are from June 2015, when the previous parliamentary election occurred, to May 2019. The 15-day average as of 4 June is also shown.

Results

Popular vote in Denmark

A			25.9%
V			23.4%
O			8.7%
B			8.6%
F			7.7%
Ø			6.9%
C			6.6%
Å			3.0%
D			2.4%
I			2.3%
P			1.8%
K			1.7%
E			0.8%
Others			0.1%


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Denmark proper
	Social Democrats (A)	914,882	25.9	48	+1
	Venstre (V)	826,161	23.4	43	+9
	Danish People's Party (O)	308,513	8.7	16	–21
	Danish Social Liberal Party (B)	304,714	8.6	16	+8
	Socialist People's Party (F)	272,304	7.7	14	+7
	Red–Green Alliance (Ø)	245,100	6.9	13	–1
	Conservative People's Party (C)	233,865	6.6	12	+6
	The Alternative (Å)	104,278	3.0	5	–4
	The New Right (D)	83,201	2.4	4	New
	Liberal Alliance (I)	82,270	2.3	4	–9
	Hard Line (P)	63,114	1.8	0	New
	Christian Democrats (K)	60,944	1.7	0	0
	Klaus Riskær Pedersen (E)	29,600	0.8	0	New
	Independents	2,774	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		37,801	–	–	–
Total		3,569,521	100	175	0
Registered voters/turnout		4,219,537	84.6	–	–
Faroe Islands
	Union Party	7,349	28.3	1	+1
	Social Democratic Party	6,630	25.5	1	0
	People's Party	6,181	23.8	0	0
	Republic	4,830	18.6	0	–1
	Progress	639	2.5	0	0
	Self-Government Party	333	1.3	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		244	–	–	–
Total		26,206	100	2	0
Registered voters/turnout		37,264	70.3	–	–
Greenland
	Inuit Ataqatigiit	6,881	33.4	1	0
	Siumut	6,058	29.4	1	0
	Democrats	2,262	11.0	0	0
	Nunatta Qitornai	1,616	7.8	0	New
	Partii Naleraq	1,565	7.6	0	0
	Atassut	1,099	5.3	0	0
	Cooperation Party	520	2.5	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		614	–	–	–
Total		20,615	100	2	0
Registered voters/turnout		41,344	49.9	–	–
Source: Statistics Denmark, Kringvarp Føroya, Qinersineq

Notes

↑ Name is bold because she won the election

References

↑ Denmark's prime minister calls election to be held on June 5 Reuters, 7 May 2019
↑ Lindqvist, Andreas (7 May 2019). "EP-spidskandidater uenige: Er Folketingsvalgkamp godt eller skidt for EU-debatten?". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 7 May 2019.

Other websites

How the night unfolded with no clear winner at The Guardian

[3] Name is bold because she won the election

[1] Denmark's prime minister calls election to be held on June 5 Reuters, 7 May 2019

[2] Lindqvist, Andreas (7 May 2019). "EP-spidskandidater uenige: Er Folketingsvalgkamp godt eller skidt for EU-debatten?". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 7 May 2019.

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