2011 Danish general election

2011 Danish general election

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All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– Elected in Denmark Venstre Lars Løkke Rasmussen 26.73 47 +1 Social Democrats Helle Thorning-Schmidt 24.81 44 −1 DPP Pia Kjærsgaard 12.32 22 −3 Social Liberals Margrethe Vestager 9.50 17 +8 SF Villy Søvndal 9.20 16 −7 Red–Green Collective leadership 6.68 12 +8 Liberal Alliance Anders Samuelsen 4.98 9 +4 Conservatives Lars Barfoed 4.94 8 −10 Elected in the Faroe Islands Union Kaj Leo Johannesen 30.77 1 0 Social Democratic Aksel V. Johannesen 20.95 1 +1 Elected in Greenland Inuit Ataqatigiit Kuupik Kleist 42.61 1 0 Siumut Aleqa Hammond 37.22 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for party by nomination district and constituency Most voted-for bloc by nomination district and constituency Distribution of constituency and levelling seats Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Lars Løkke Rasmussen Venstre Helle Thorning-Schmidt Social Democrats

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General elections were held in Denmark on 15 September 2011 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. Of those 179, 175 members were elected in Denmark, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland.

The incumbent centre-right coalition led by Venstre lost power to a centre-left coalition led by the Social Democrats making Helle Thorning-Schmidt the country's first female Prime Minister. The Social Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party became part of the three-party government. The new parliament convened on 4 October, the first Tuesday of the month.