Election Information
General Information:
Parliamentary elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on November 1, 2022. The election results were as follows:
Election Results:
Denmark (Source: Statistics Denmark)
Social Democrats: 971,995 votes, 27.50%, 50 seats
Liberal Party: 470,546 votes, 13.32%, 23 seats
Moderates: 327,699 votes, 9.27%, 16 seats
Socialist People's Party: 293,186 votes, 8.30%, 15 seats
Denmark Democrats: 286,796 votes, 8.12%, 14 seats
Liberal Alliance: 278,656 votes, 7.89%, 14 seats
Conservative People's Party: 194,820 votes, 5.51%, 10 seats
Red-Green Alliance: 181,452 votes, 5.13%, 9 seats
Danish Social Liberal Party: 133,931 votes, 3.79%, 7 seats
New Right: 129,524 votes, 3.67%, 6 seats
The Alternative: 117,567 votes, 3.33%, 6 seats
Danish People's Party: 93,428 votes, 2.64%, 5 seats
Faroe Islands (Source: Kringvarp Føroya)
Union Party: 8,198 votes, 30.2%, 1 seat
Equality Party: 7,659 votes, 28.2%, 1 seat
Greenland (Source: Qinersineq)
Siumut: 7,424 votes, 37.6%, 1 seat
Inuit Ataqatigiit: 4,852 votes, 24.6%, 1 seat
Electoral System Description:
The 179 members of the Folketing are elected from Denmark (175), the Faroe Islands (2), and Greenland (2). Of the 175 seats in Denmark, 135 are elected from ten multi-member constituencies by proportional representation using the d'Hondt method. An additional 40 compensatory seats are allocated to correct any imbalance in constituency results and are distributed among all parties exceeding the 2% electoral threshold, based on their national vote share.
According to the Danish Constitution, elections were required to be held no later than June 4, 2023, as the previous elections took place on June 5, 2019. The prime minister can call elections at any time, as long as the date is not later than four years from the previous election. This is often viewed as a strategic advantage for the incumbent government, allowing it to call early elections when opinion polls are favorable.
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Parliamentary elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on November 1, 2022. The election results were as follows:
Election Results:
Denmark (Source: Statistics Denmark)
Social Democrats: 971,995 votes, 27.50%, 50 seats
Liberal Party: 470,546 votes, 13.32%, 23 seats
Moderates: 327,699 votes, 9.27%, 16 seats
Socialist People's Party: 293,186 votes, 8.30%, 15 seats
Denmark Democrats: 286,796 votes, 8.12%, 14 seats
Liberal Alliance: 278,656 votes, 7.89%, 14 seats
Conservative People's Party: 194,820 votes, 5.51%, 10 seats
Red-Green Alliance: 181,452 votes, 5.13%, 9 seats
Danish Social Liberal Party: 133,931 votes, 3.79%, 7 seats
New Right: 129,524 votes, 3.67%, 6 seats
The Alternative: 117,567 votes, 3.33%, 6 seats
Danish People's Party: 93,428 votes, 2.64%, 5 seats
Faroe Islands (Source: Kringvarp Føroya)
Union Party: 8,198 votes, 30.2%, 1 seat
Equality Party: 7,659 votes, 28.2%, 1 seat
Greenland (Source: Qinersineq)
Siumut: 7,424 votes, 37.6%, 1 seat
Inuit Ataqatigiit: 4,852 votes, 24.6%, 1 seat
Electoral System Description:
The 179 members of the Folketing are elected from Denmark (175), the Faroe Islands (2), and Greenland (2). Of the 175 seats in Denmark, 135 are elected from ten multi-member constituencies by proportional representation using the d'Hondt method. An additional 40 compensatory seats are allocated to correct any imbalance in constituency results and are distributed among all parties exceeding the 2% electoral threshold, based on their national vote share.
According to the Danish Constitution, elections were required to be held no later than June 4, 2023, as the previous elections took place on June 5, 2019. The prime minister can call elections at any time, as long as the date is not later than four years from the previous election. This is often viewed as a strategic advantage for the incumbent government, allowing it to call early elections when opinion polls are favorable.
Related Article:
The Local
