2009 European Parliament election in Denmark

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2009 European Parliament election in Denmark
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13 seats in the European Parliament

European Parliament elections were held in Denmark on 7 June 2009 to elect the 13 Danish members of the European Parliament. The election was held simultaneously with a referendum on changing the Danish Act of Succession.

Contesting parties

All Danish parties which were represented in the European Parliament announced they would take part in the election. These were the

Social Liberal Party and the People's Movement against the EU
.

As in

JuniBevægelsen and the People's Movement against the EU were also in a coalition, meaning that the only party not in a coalition was the Danish People's Party.[1]

Electoral system

Under the Danish electoral code for European Parliament elections, parties that surpassed the 2% threshold in the last Folketing elections may also take part in the European elections, should they wish so.

Opinion polls

Source Date SD V
SF
 K DF FM EU
RV
 JB LA Undecided
[1] 26–1 March April 2009 26.4% 22% 17.4% 12.1% 12% 4% 3.9% 2.2% – –
[2] 22 May 2009 27.9% 24.4% 13.4% 11.8% 8.6% 6.3% 4.4% 3.2% – –
[3] 29 May 2009 26.5% 23.5% 12.1% 13.6% 10.2% 5.3% 4.5% 3.8% 0.5% –
[4], [5] 5 June 2009 24.1% 23.3% 15.8% ? 12% 11.8% 5.2% 3.7% 3.5% ? –
[6] 6 June 2009 22.6% 22.4% 15.5% 12.3% 6.7% 6.5% 3.8% 2.9% 0.6% –

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Socialist People's Party
371,60315.872+1
Danish People's Party357,94215.282+1
Conservative People's Party297,19912.6910
People's Movement against the EU168,5557.2010
Danish Social Liberal Party100,0944.270–1
June Movement55,4592.370–1
Liberal Alliance13,7960.590New
Total2,342,128100.0013–1
Valid votes2,342,12896.96
Invalid/blank votes73,4403.04
Total votes2,415,568100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,057,10059.54
Source: Statistics Denmark

Seat apportionment

Main apportionment
Letter Electoral alliance/party outside of electoral alliance Votes Quotients Seats
ABF
Socialist People's Party
 975,136 6.09 6
CIV Conservative People's Party/Liberal Alliance/Venstre 785,036 4.91 4
JN June Movement/People's Movement against the EU 224,014 1.40 1
O Danish People's Party 357,942 2.24 2
Divisor: 160,000
Alliance 1
Letter Party Votes Quotients Seats
A Social Democrats 503,439 4.03 4
B Danish Social Liberal Party 100,094 0.80 0
F Socialist People's Party 371,603 2.97 2
Divisor: 125,000
Alliance 2
Letter Party Votes Quotients Seats
C Conservative People's Party 297,199 1.98 1
I Liberal Alliance 13,796 0.09 0
V Venstre 474,041 3.16 3
Divisor: 150,000
Alliance 3
Letter Party Votes Quotients Seats
J June Movement 55,459 0.55 0
N People's Movement against the EU 168,555 1.69 1
Divisor: 100,000

Elected members

The final list of MEP were determined by a recount of votes on individual politicians:[2]

Aftermath

After the election, both head of the June Movement Keld Albrechtsen[3] and lead candidate Hanne Dahl[4] announced that they intended to disband the movement after failing to obtain a seat at the election.

References

  1. ^ "Fortegnelse over partier, der er opstillingsberettigede til Europa-Parlamentsvalget den 7. juni 2009" (PDF). Statistics Denmark. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Kandidatstatistik" (in Danish). Statistics Denmark. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Tæppet går ned for Junibevægelsen" (in Danish). TV 2/Denmark. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Dahl: Junibevægelsen er færdig". TV 2/Denmark. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
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