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Legislative elections: Folketing, 4-year-term, 2% threshold, party-list proportional representation system
           · Queen: Margrethe II. · State Minister: Helle Thorning-Schmidt (S) · Government: S, RV, SF

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2011 Seats 2007 Seats
Venstre - Danmarks Liberale Parti (V)
Left - Denmark's Liberal Party
Conservative liberalism; Agrarianism  ELDR, LI
1910
26,7% 47 26,2% 46
Socialdemokratiet (S)
Social Democracy
Social democracy
 
PES, SI
1871
24,9% 44 25,5% 45
Dansk Folkeparti (DF)
Danish People's Party
National conservatism; Right-wing populism -
1995
12,3% 22 13,9% 25
Det Radikale Venstre (RV)
Radical Left
Social liberalism
 
ELDR, LI
1905
9,5% 17 5,1% 9
Socialistisk Folkeparti (SF)
Socialist People's Party
Green politics; Democratic socialism, Eco-socialism NGLA, EGPo, GGo
1959
9,2% 16 13,0% 23
Enhedslisten - De Rød-Grønne (EL)
Unity List - The Red-Greens
Socialism; Anti-capitalism, Eco-socialism, Euroscepticism EL
1989
6,7% 12 2,2% 4
Liberal Alliance (LA)
Liberal Alliance
Liberalism
 
-
2007
5,0% 9 2,8% 5
Det Konservative Folkeparti (KF)
Conservative People's Party
Liberal conservatism
 
EPP, IDU
1915
4,9% 8 10,4% 18
Representatives from Faroe and Greenland - - - 4 - 4
Others - -  0,9% - 0,9% -
Total - -  - 179 - 179
Turnout  87,7% 86,5%

 © 2011 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Danmarks Statistik (http://www.dst.dk). Archive: Elections 1945-1988 / 1990-2005.