2015 Danish general election

2015 Danish general election

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All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	85.89%[1] (1.85 pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– Elected in Denmark Social Democrats Helle Thorning-Schmidt 26.28 47 +3 DPP Kristian Thulesen Dahl 21.08 37 +15 Venstre Lars Løkke Rasmussen 19.47 34 −13 Red–Green Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen[a] 7.80 14 +2 Liberal Alliance Anders Samuelsen 7.53 13 +4 The Alternative Uffe Elbæk 4.80 9 New Social Liberals Morten Østergaard 4.58 8 −9 SF Pia Olsen Dyhr 4.19 7 −9 Conservatives Søren Pape Poulsen 3.35 6 −2 Elected in the Faroe Islands Republic Høgni Hoydal 24.47 1 +1 Social Democratic Sjúrður Skaale 24.27 1 0 Elected in Greenland Inuit Ataqatigiit Aaja Chemnitz Larsen 39.17 1 0 Siumut Aleqa Hammond 38.87 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 Helle Thorning-Schmidt Social Democrats Lars Løkke Rasmussen Venstre

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General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 18 June 2015 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. 175 members were elected in the Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. Although the ruling Social Democrats became the largest party in the Folketing and increased their seat count, the opposition Venstre party was able to form a minority government headed by Lars Løkke Rasmussen with the support of the Danish People's Party, the Liberal Alliance and the Conservative People's Party.

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