2005 Danish general election

2005 Danish general election

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All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	84.54%
Party Leader % Seats +/– Venstre Anders Fogh Rasmussen 29.03 52 −4 Social Democrats Mogens Lykketoft 25.84 47 −5 DPP Pia Kjærsgaard 13.25 24 +2 Conservatives Bendt Bendtsen 10.27 18 +2 Social Liberals Marianne Jelved 9.18 17 +8 SF Holger K. Nielsen 5.99 11 −1 Red–Green Collective leadership 3.40 6 +2 Elected in the Faroe Islands Republican Høgni Hoydal 25.36 1 0 People's Anfinn Kallsberg 24.02 1 +1 Elected in Greenland Siumut Hans Enoksen 33.66 1 0 Inuit Ataqatigiit Josef Motzfeldt 25.04 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for bloc by municipality Most voted-for bloc by nomination district and constituency Distribution of constituency and levelling seats Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Anders Fogh Rasmussen Venstre Anders Fogh Rasmussen Venstre

General elections were held in Denmark on 8 February 2005.^[1] Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's Venstre remained the largest party in the Folketing and his governing coalition with the Conservative People's Party remained intact, with the Danish People's Party providing the parliamentary support needed for the minority government. The Danish Social Liberal Party made the biggest gains of any party, although it remained outside the governing group of parties. The elections marked the second time in a row that the Social Democrats were not the largest party in parliament, a change from most of the 20th century. The Social Democrats lost five seats and leader Mogens Lykketoft resigned immediately after the elections. Voter turnout was 85% in Denmark proper, 73% in the Faroe Islands and 59% in Greenland.^[2]