1994 Danish general election

1994 Danish general election

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All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	84.25%
Party Leader % Seats +/– Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen 34.56 62 −7 Venstre Uffe Ellemann-Jensen 23.30 42 +13 Conservatives Hans Engell 15.02 27 −3 SF Holger K. Nielsen 7.28 13 −2 Progress Pia Kjærsgaard 6.43 11 −1 Social Liberals Marianne Jelved 4.59 8 +1 Red–Green Collective leadership 3.15 6 +6 Centre Democrats Mimi Jakobsen 2.84 5 −4 Independents Jacob Haugaard 0.98 1 +1 Elected in the Faroe Islands Union Edmund Joensen 22.45 1 +1 People's Anfinn Kallsberg 21.69 1 0 Elected in Greenland Atassut Daniel Skifte 34.73 1 0 Independents – 57.83 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for party by nomination district and constituency Most voted-for party by municipality Distribution of constituency and levelling seats Prime Minister before PM-elect Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Social Democrats

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]