Danish general election, 1994

Danish general election, 1994
Denmark
21 September 1994

All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 83.9%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
Party Social Democrats Venstre
Last election 69 seats, 37.4% 29, 15.8%
Seats won 62 42
Seat change Decrease7 Increase13
Popular vote 1,150,048 775,176
Percentage 34.6% 23.3%

Prime Minister before election

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Social Democrats

PM-elect

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]

Results

Denmark
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party1,150,04834.662–7
Venstre775,17623.342+13
Conservative People's Party499,84515.027–3
Socialist People's Party242,3987.313–2
Progress Party214,0576.411–1
Danish Social Liberal Party152,7014.68+1
Red-Green Alliance104,7013.16+6
Centre Democrats94,4962.85–4
Christian People's Party61,5071.90–4
Independents32,6681.01+1
Invalid/blank votes33,040
Total3,360,6371001750
Faroe Islands
Union Party4,30422.41+1
People's Party4,15921.71±0
Social Democratic Party3,72919.40–1
Workers' Union3,11816.30New
Republican Party1,7989.40±0
Self-Government Party4692.40±0
Christian People's Party4672.40±0
Independents1,1315.90New
Invalid/blank votes103
Total19,27810020
Greenland
Solidarity7,50134.71±0
Centre Party1,6057.40New
Independents12,48957.81+1
Invalid/blank votes765
Total22,36010020
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
 
34.56%
V
 
23.30%
C
 
15.02%
F
 
7.28%
Z
 
6.43%
B
 
4.59%
Ø
 
3.15%
D
 
2.84%
Q
 
1.85%
Others
 
0.98%

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p548
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