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2019 Danish general election

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General elections were held in Denmark on 5 June 2019 to elect all 179 members of the Folketing;[1] 175 in Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The elections took place ten days after the European Parliament elections.[2]

Party leaders

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Opinion polling

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The 30-day average trendline of the Danish opinion polls towards the general election in 2019. Each line corresponds to a political party. The date range for these opinion polls are from June 2015, when the previous parliamentary election occurred, to May 2019. The 15-day average as of 4 June is also shown.
Popular vote in Denmark
A
  
25.9%
V
  
23.4%
O
  
8.7%
B
  
8.6%
F
  
7.7%
Ø
  
6.9%
C
  
6.6%
Å
  
3.0%
D
  
2.4%
I
  
2.3%
P
  
1.8%
K
  
1.7%
E
  
0.8%
Others
  
0.1%
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Denmark proper
Social Democrats (A) 914,882 25.9 48 +1
Venstre (V) 826,161 23.4 43 +9
Danish People's Party (O) 308,513 8.7 16 –21
Danish Social Liberal Party (B) 304,714 8.6 16 +8
Socialist People's Party (F) 272,304 7.7 14 +7
Red–Green Alliance (Ø) 245,100 6.9 13 –1
Conservative People's Party (C) 233,865 6.6 12 +6
The Alternative (Å) 104,278 3.0 5 –4
The New Right (D) 83,201 2.4 4 New
Liberal Alliance (I) 82,270 2.3 4 –9
Hard Line (P) 63,114 1.8 0 New
Christian Democrats (K) 60,944 1.7 0 0
Klaus Riskær Pedersen (E) 29,600 0.8 0 New
Independents 2,774 0.1 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 37,801
Total 3,569,521 100 175 0
Registered voters/turnout 4,219,537 84.6
Faroe Islands
Union Party 7,349 28.3 1 +1
Social Democratic Party 6,630 25.5 1 0
People's Party 6,181 23.8 0 0
Republic 4,830 18.6 0 –1
Progress 639 2.5 0 0
Self-Government Party 333 1.3 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 244
Total 26,206 100 2 0
Registered voters/turnout 37,264 70.3
Greenland
Inuit Ataqatigiit 6,881 33.4 1 0
Siumut 6,058 29.4 1 0
Democrats 2,262 11.0 0 0
Nunatta Qitornai 1,616 7.8 0 New
Partii Naleraq 1,565 7.6 0 0
Atassut 1,099 5.3 0 0
Cooperation Party 520 2.5 0 New
Invalid/blank votes 614
Total 20,615 100 2 0
Registered voters/turnout 41,344 49.9
Source: Statistics Denmark, Kringvarp Føroya, Qinersineq
  1. Name is bold because she won the election

References

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  1. Denmark's prime minister calls election to be held on June 5 Reuters, 7 May 2019
  2. Lindqvist, Andreas (7 May 2019). "EP-spidskandidater uenige: Er Folketingsvalgkamp godt eller skidt for EU-debatten?". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 7 May 2019.

Other websites

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