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Elections in Denmark gives information on elections and election results in Denmark.

Denmark elects a legislature on a national level. The Danish Parliament (Folketinget) has 179 members elected for four year terms. 135 of them are elected by proportional representation in 10 constituencies and 40 supplementary seats are allotted in proportion to the total vote of the parties. To get a share of supplementary seats a party needs to get at least 2 per cent of the total number of votes. The Faroe Islands and Greenland directly elect 2 members each.

Denmark has a multi-party system. Elections normally result in two strong parties.

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Main article: Danish parliamentary election, 2007

e • d **Summary of the 13 November 2007 Parliament of Denmark election results**
Parties		Leaders	Votes	%	Seats	+/ –
Denmark
	Liberals (Venstre) (V)	Anders Fogh Rasmussen	908,472	26.2%	46	–6
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	Helle Thorning-Schmidt	881,037	25.5%	45	–2
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	Pia Kjærsgaard	479,532	13.9%	25	+1
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	Villy Søvndal	450,975	13.0%	23	+12
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	Bendt Bendtsen	359,404	10.4%	18	±0
	Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	Margrethe Vestager	177,161	5.1%	9	–8
	New Alliance (Ny Alliance) (Y)	Naser Khader	97,295	2.8%	5	+5
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	Collective leadership	74,982	2.2%	4	–2
	Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne) (K)	Bodil Kornbek	30,013	0.9%	0	±0
	Candidates without parties		549	0.0%	0	±0

Subtotal			3,459,420	100.0%	175	—
Faroe Islands
	Republican Party (Tjóðveldi) (E)	Høgni Hoydal	5,949	25.4	1	±0.0 %
	Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin) (B)	Kaj Leo Johannesen	5,413	23.5	1	+2.1 %
	People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) (A)	Jørgen Niclasen	4,726	20.5	0	-3.6 %
	Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin) (C)	Jóannes Eidesgaard	4,702	20.4	0	-1.8 %
	Centre Party (Miðflokkurin) (H)	Álvur Kirke	1,577	6.8	0	+3.5 %
	Self-Government Party (Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) (D)	Kári P. Højgaard	797	3.5	0	+1.1 %

Subtotal			23,164	100%	2
Greenland
	Inuit Community (Inuit Ataqatigiit)	Josef Motzfeldt	7,107	33.5	1
	Forward (Siumut)	Hans Enoksen	6,658	31.4	1
	Feeling of Community (Atassut)	Finn Karlsen	4,004	18.9	0
	Democrats (Demokraatit)	Per Berthelsen	3,436	16.2	0

Subtotal			21,205	100%	2

Total (Turnout: 86.6 %)					179 Seats

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