2007 Danish general election
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All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 86.59% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in
Electoral system
The 179 members of the
Contesting parties
Party | Leader | |||||
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Denmark proper | ||||||
Christian Democrats | Bodil Kornbek | |||||
Conservative People's Party | Bendt Bendtsen | |||||
Danish People's Party | Pia Kjærsgaard | |||||
Danish Social Liberal Party | Margrethe Vestager | |||||
New Alliance | Naser Khader | |||||
Red-Green Alliance |
Collective leadership | |||||
Social Democrats | Helle Thorning-Schmidt | |||||
Socialist People's Party |
Villy Søvndal | |||||
Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen | |||||
Faroe Islands | ||||||
Centre Party | Álvur Kirke | |||||
People's Party | Jørgen Niclasen | |||||
Republic |
Høgni Hoydal | |||||
Self-Government Party |
Kári P. Højgaard | |||||
Social Democratic Party | Jóannes Eidesgaard | |||||
Union Party | Kaj Leo Johannesen | |||||
Greenland | ||||||
Atassut | Finn Karlsen | |||||
Democrats | Per Berthelsen | |||||
Inuit Ataqatigiit | Josef Motzfeldt | |||||
Siumut | Hans Enoksen |
Coalitions
According to the
The opposition
Shortly after the elections were called, the
Early election
Danish
Anders Fogh Rasmussen explained that the elections were called early to allow the parliament to work on important upcoming topics without being distracted by a future election. Referring specifically to welfare reform, he said rival parties would then try to outdo each other with expensive reforms which would damage the Danish economy.[2]
Parties that had previously declared their intention to run
The
Campaign
Several topics have been mentioned as central to the election. These include welfare, taxes, immigration, and the health system.[18] The election also clears the Rasmussen government from having a potentially unpopular parliamentary debate on the European Union Treaty of Lisbon,[19] as it will become a topic in the election instead.[20]
Results
The
The biggest setback was suffered by the
The Conservative People's Party ensured marginal gains, but no additional seats, leaving it at 18 seats. The Christian Democrats did not ensure representation.
Greenland's vote resulted in one seat for Siumut and one for Inuit Ataqatigiit. The Faroe Islands returned Høgni Hoydal representing the Republican Party, its second seat went to the Union Party, a seat gained from the People's Party which did not achieve representation.
Self-Government 799 | 3.46 | 0 | 0 | | |||||
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Total | 23,065 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Valid votes | 23,065 | 99.36 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 149 | 0.64 | |||||||
Total votes | 23,214 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 34,529 | 67.23 | |||||||
Greenland | |||||||||
Inuit Ataqatigiit | 8,343 | 33.25 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Siumut | 8,068 | 32.16 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Democrats | 4,584 | 18.27 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Atassut | 4,094 | 16.32 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total | 25,089 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Valid votes | 25,089 | 98.05 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 500 | 1.95 | |||||||
Total votes | 25,589 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 39,634 | 64.56 | |||||||
Source: Danmarks Statistik, Nohen & Stöver[21] |
Aftermath
The ruling Liberal-Conservative coalition secured 64 seats. The support of the Danish People's Party (DPP), with 25 seats, left the coalition needing one more seat. Finally, the coalition-friendly Union Party of former Faroese prime minister Edmund Joensen won the needed seat in the Faroese elections.
Parties backing Helle Thorning-Schmidt, in opposition, won 84 seats. (This includes the remaining three seats of the overseas territories.)
The
Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced that the party composition of the cabinet would remain as before, but that parties not in a cabinet that support his premiership will have influence over policy. This statement was aimed at the New Alliance. Rasmussen's capacity to accommodate both the New Alliance and the Danish People's Party going forward is not assured – the New Alliance was established, in part, to limit the Danish Peoples' Party's influence. With the DPP in the coalition, Rasmussen can govern: a New Alliance-supported opposition would be short of a majority by one vote. Edmund Joensen's pledge to abstain on matters related to internal affairs of Denmark would alter this, giving the New Alliance the balance of power and risking conflict with the DPP,[22] but Joensen has also pledged that if doing so would risk giving the opposition a majority, he would not abstain, but instead vote with the government.
After the last election, where Rasmussen also secured continuing power, there was some shuffling of minister posts in the cabinet. The resulting
See also
References
- ^ "Danish Premier Calls Early Elections". Associated Press. 2007-10-24.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Fogh: Luften skal renses med valg" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
- ^ a b "Færøerne sikrer Fogh nyt VKO-flertal" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-11-14. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
- ^ a b "Opinion" (in Danish). TV 2. 2007-10-25. Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
- ^ a b "Opinion". Politiken. 2007-10-24. Archived from the original on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
- ^ "Ny Alliance udelukker at pege på Fogh inden valget" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-28. Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ "Pia K. forudser nyvalg om et halvt år" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-25. Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ "Den ustabile koalition med DF og NA". Archived from the original on 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ "Fogh hæmmes af bred koalition". TV 2. Archived from the original on 2008-02-17. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ "R peger på Helle Thorning" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-24. Archived from the original on 2007-10-29. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ "EL peger på Helle Thorning-Schmidt" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-26. Archived from the original on 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ "Søvndal: "Der skal bare flyttes fem mandater"" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-25. Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ "Khader: Vi er ikke til fals for ministerposter" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-29. Archived from the original on 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ "Thorning bejler til de konservative" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-28. Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ "CD ude af valgkampen på forhånd" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-24. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
- ^ "Liberalister når ikke at opstille" (in Danish). TV 2. 2007-10-24. Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
- Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health. 2007-10-04. Archived from the originalon 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
- ^ "Valgets hovedtemaer er klar" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-24. Archived from the original on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
- ^ "Rasmussen Calls Early Danish Election for Nov. 13". Bloomberg. 2007-10-24.
- ^ "Moving the Majority". The Copenhagen Post. 2007-10-26.[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ "Færing stemmer ikke indenrigspolitisk" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-11-14. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
External links
- NSD: European Election Database - Denmark Archived 2019-02-24 at the Wayback Machine publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1990-2007