1994 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1994.[1] The coalition of the Social Democratic Party, the Danish Social Liberal Party and the Centre Democrats led by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen remained in power despite the Christian People's Party, which had been part of the government, failing to cross the 2% threshold and losing all four seats. Voter turnout was 84.3% in Denmark proper, 62.3% in the Faroe Islands and 56.7% in Greenland.[2]

1994 Danish general election
21 September 1994
All 179 seats in the Folketing
Turnout83.9%
Party Leader % Seats ±
Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen 34.6% 62 -7
Venstre Uffe Ellemann-Jensen 23.3% 42 +13
Conservative Hans Engell 15.0% 27 -3
SF Holger K. Nielsen 7.3% 13 -2
Progress Pia Kjærsgaard 6.4% 11 -1
Social Liberals Marianne Jelved 4.6% 8 +1
Red-Green Collective leadership 3.1% 6 +6
Centre Democrats Mimi Jakobsen 2.8% 5 -4
Independent Jacob Haugaard 1.0% 1 +1
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Union Edmund Joensen 22.4% 1 +1
People's Anfinn Kallsberg 21.7% 1 0
Elected in Greenland
Atassut Daniel Skifte 34.7% 1 0
Independent – 57.8% 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before PM-elect
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Social Democrats		 Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Social Democrats

Results

The sole elected independent MP in Denmark proper was Jacob Haugaard, who was associated with the Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements.

Denmark proper
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party1,150,04834.662–7
Venstre775,17623.342+13
Conservative People's Party499,84515.027–3
Socialist People's Party242,3987.313–2
Progress Party214,0576.411–1
Danish Social Liberal Party152,7014.68+1
Red-Green Alliance104,7013.16+6
Centre Democrats94,4962.85–4
Christian People's Party61,5071.90–4
Independents32,6681.01+1
Invalid/blank votes33,040–––
Total3,360,6371001750
Faroe Islands
Union Party4,30422.41+1
People's Party4,15921.710
Social Democratic Party3,72919.40–1
Workers' Union3,11816.30New
Republican Party1,7989.400
Self-Government Party4692.400
Christian People's Party4672.400
Independents1,1315.90New
Invalid/blank votes103–––
Total19,27810020
Greenland
Atassut7,50134.710
Centre Party1,6057.40New
Independents12,48957.81+1
Invalid/blank votes765–––
Total22,36010020
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
 
 34.56%
V
 
 23.30%
C
 
 15.02%
F
 
 7.28%
Z
 
 6.43%
B
 
 4.59%
Ø
 
 3.15%
D
 
 2.84%
Q
 
 1.85%
Others
 
 0.98%

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p548
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