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Legislative elections: Folketing, 4-year-term, 2% threshold, party-list PR:
           · Queen: Margrethe II. · State Minister: Helle Thorning-Schmidt (S) · Government: S, RV, SF

Party 2011 Seats 2007 Seats
Venstre – Danmarks Liberale Parti (V)
Left – Denmark's Liberal Party
Conservative liberalism
Agrarianism
 
1910
ALDE
LI
26,7% 47 26,2% 46
Socialdemokratiet (S)
Social Democracy
Social democracy
Third Way
 
1871
PES
SI
24,9% 44 25,5% 45
Dansk Folkeparti (DF)
Danish People's Party
National conservatism
Right-wing populism

 
1995
MELD 
 
12,3% 22 13,9% 25
Det Radikale Venstre (RV)
Radical Left
Social liberalism
 
 
1905
ALDE
LI
9,5% 17 5,1% 9
Socialistisk Folkeparti (SF)
Socialist People's Party
Green politics
Democratic socialism
 
1959
EGP''
GG''
9,2% 16 13,0% 23
Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne (EL)
Unity List – The Red-Greens
Socialism
Anti-capitalism
Eco-socialism
1989
EL
 
6,7% 12 2,2% 4
Liberal Alliance (LA)
Liberal Alliance
Liberalism
 
 
2007
 
 
5,0% 9 2,8% 5
Det Konservative Folkeparti (KF)
Conservative People's Party
Liberal conservatism
 
 
1915
EPP
IDU
4,9% 8 10,4% 18
Representatives from Faroe and Greenland - 4 - 4
Others  0,9% - 0,9% -
Total  - 179 - 179
Turnout  87,7% 86,5%

 © 2011 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Danmarks Statistik (http://www.dst.dk).

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