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Legislative elections: Folketing, 4-year-term, 2% threshold, party-list proportional representation system
           · Queen: Margrethe II. · State Minister: Lars Lökke Rasmussen (V) · Government: V, KF

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2007 Seats 2005 Seats
Venstre - Danmarks Liberale Parti (V)
Left - Denmark's Liberal Party
Conservative liberalism;
Agrarianism
ELDR, LI
1910
26,2% 46 29,0% 52
Socialdemokratiet (S)
Social Democracy
Social democracy
 
PES, SI
1871
25,5% 45 25,8% 47
Dansk Folkeparti (DF)
Danish People's Party
Right-wing populism; National conservatism -
1995
13,9% 25 13,3% 24
Socialistisk Folkeparti (SF)
Socialist People's Party
Green politics; Eco-socialism, Democratic socialism EGP/GGo, NGLA
1959
13,0% 23 6,0% 11
Konservative Folkeparti (KF)
Conservative People's Party
Liberal conservatism
 
EPP, IDU
1915
10,4% 18 10,3% 18
Radikale Venstre (RV)
Radical Left
Social liberalism
 
ELDR, LI
1905
5,1% 9 9,2% 17
Liberal Alliance (LA)
Liberal Alliance
(former NA)
Liberalism
 
-
2007
2,8% 5 - -
Enhedslisten - De Rød-Grønne (EL)
Unity List - The Red-Greens
Socialism; Anti-capitalism, Eco-socialism, Euroscepticism ELo, EACL
1989
2,2% 4 3,4% 6
Kristendemokraterne (KD)
Christian Democrats
Christian democracy
 
EPP, CDI
1970
0,9% - 1,7% -
Representatives from Faroe and Greenland - - - 4 - 4
Others - - 0,0% - 1,3% -
Total - - - 179 - 179
Turnout - - 86,5% 84,5%

 © 2007 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Ministry of the Interior (http://www.im.dk). Archive: Elections 1945-2001.