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Elections and Governments
Since World War I

Denmark

 

Elections to the Danish Parliament, 1918‑2005 (in percent)

 

Year

Turn-
out

PP/
DPP

Con

Agr
Lib

ChrP

RL

Lfj

CD

SD

SPP

CP

LS

O

                           

1918

75.5

 

18.3

29.4

 

20.7

   

28.7

     

3.0

1920a

80.6

 

19.7

34.2

 

11.9

   

29.3

     

4.9

1920b

74.9

 

18.9

36.1

 

11.5

   

29.9

     

3.6

1920c

77.0

 

17.9

34.0

 

12.1

   

32.2

 

0.4

 

3.4

1924

78.6

 

18.9

28.3

 

13.0

1.0

 

36.6

 

0.5

 

3.7

1926

77.0

 

20.6

28.3

 

11.3

1.3

 

37.2

 

0.4

 

1.7

1929

79.7

 

16.5

28.3

 

10.7

1.8

 

41.8

 

0.2

 

0.7

1932

81.5

 

18.7

24.7

 

9.4

2.7

 

42.7

 

1.1

 

0.7

1935

80.7

 

17.8

17.8

 

9.2

2.5

 

46.1

 

1.6

 

5.0

1939

79.2

 

17.8

18.2

 

9.5

2.0

 

42.9

 

2.4

 

7.2

1943

89.5

 

21.0

18.7

 

8.7

1.6

 

44.5

 

#

 

5.5

1945

86.3

 

18.2

23.4

 

8.1

1.9

 

32.8

 

12.5

 

3.1

1947

85.8

 

12.4

27.6

 

6.9

4.5

 

40.0

 

6.8

 

1.8

1950

81.9

 

17.8

21.3

 

8.2

8.2

 

39.6

 

4.6

 

0.3

1953a

80.8

 

17.3

22.1

 

8.6

5.6

 

40.4

 

4.8

 

1.2

1953b

80.6

 

16.8

23.1

 

7.8

3.5

 

41.3

 

4.3

 

3.2

1957

83.7

 

16.6

25.1

 

7.8

5.3

 

39.4

 

3.1

 

2.7

1960

85.8

 

17.9

21.1

 

5.8

2.2

 

42.1

6.1

1.1

 

3.7

1964

85.5

 

20.1

20.8

 

5.3

1.3

 

41.9

5.8

1.2

 

3.6

1966

88.6

 

18.7

19.3

 

7.3

0.7

 

38.2

10.9

0.8

 

4.1

1968

89.3

 

20.4

18.6

 

15.0

0.7

 

34.2

6.1

1.0

2.0

2.0

1971

87.2

 

16.7

15.6

2.0

14.4

1.7

 

37.3

9.1

1.4

1.6

0.2

1973

88.7

15.9

9.2

12.3

4.0

11.2

2.9

7.8

25.6

6.0

3.6

1.5

0.0

1975

88.2

13.6

5.5

23.3

5.3

7.1

1.8

2.2

29.9

5.0

4.2

2.1

0.0

1977

88.7

14.6

8.5

12.0

3.4

3.6

3.3

6.4

37.0

3.9

3.7

2.7

0.9

1979

85.6

11.0

12.5

12.5

2.6

5.4

2.6

3.2

38.3

5.9

1.9

3.7

0.4

1981

83.3

8.9

14.5

11.3

2.3

5.1

1.4

8.3

32.9

11.3

1.1

2.7

0.2

1984

88.4

3.6

23.4

12.1

2.7

5.5

1.5

4.6

31.6

11.5

0.7

2.7

0.1

1987

86.7

4.8

20.8

10.5

2.4

6.2

0.5

4.8

29.3

14.6

0.9

1.4

3.8

1988

85.7

9.0

19.3

11.8

2.0

5.6

 

4.7

29.8

13.0

0.8

0.6

3.4

1990

82.9

6.4

16.0

15.8

2.3

3.5

0.5

5.1

37.4

8.3

1.7*

 

3.0

1994

84.2

6.4

15.0

23.3

1.9

4.6

 

2.8

34.6

7.3

3.1

 

1.0

1998

86.0

9.8+

8.9

24.0

2.5

3.9

 

4.3

35.9

7.6

2.7

 

0.4

2001

87.2

12.6+

9.1

31.2

2.3

5.2

 

1.8

29.1

6.4

2.4

 

0.0

2005

84.5

13.3

10.3

29.0

1.7

9.2

1.0

25.8

6.0

3.4

0.3


Notes:
  PP‑‑Progress party (Fremskridtspartiet) and DPP--Danish People’s Party (Dansk Folkeparti);  Con‑-Conservative People's party (Det konservative Folkeparti); Agr Lib‑‑agrarian  Liberal  party (Venstre);  ChrP‑‑Christian People's party (Kristeligt  Folkeparti);  RL‑‑Radical  Liberals (Det radikale Venstre); LfJ‑‑League for Justice (Georgists) (Retsforbundet); CD‑‑Center Democrats (Centrum‑Demokraterne); SD‑‑Social Democrats (Socialdemokratiet); CP‑‑Danish Communist  party (Danmarks  kommunistiske  Parti);  SPP‑‑Socialist People's party (Socialistisk Folkeparti); LS‑‑Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne); O‑‑Other Parties.

# The CP was outlawed during World War II.

*Unity List (Enhedsliste) includes CP and VS.

+ Thereof Progress Party 2.4% and Danish People’s Party 7.4% in 1998; Progress Party 0.6% and Danish People’s Party 12.0% in 2001.

Sources: Denmark. Danmarks Statistik 1985, pp. 38, 58‑67; Danmarks Statistik 1987b, pp. 4‑5; Statistiske Efterretninger: Befolkning og valg 1988: 6, pp. 2 and 23; 1990: 19, pp. 5, 8, and 24; 1994:11, pp. 4, 8, and 25; Nordic Statistical Yearbook 2000, pp.118 and 122; and 2001, 2005 www.indenrigsministeriet.dk.

 

 

Party Distribution of Seats in the Danish Folketing,* 1918 - 2005

 

Year

Total

PP/
DPP

Con

Agr
Lib

ChrP

RL

Lfj

CD

SD

SPP

 CP

LS

O

 

1918

139

 

22

44

 

32

   

39

     

2

1920

139

 

28

48

 

17

   

42

     

4

1920

139

 

26

51

 

16

   

42

     

4

1920

148

 

27

51

 

18

   

48

     

4

1924

148

 

28

44

 

20

0

 

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