2007 Danish general election

2007 Danish general election
Danish Realm
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All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout86.59%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Elected in Denmark
Venstre Anders Fogh Rasmussen 26.26 46 −6
Social Democrats Helle Thorning-Schmidt 25.47 45 −2
DPP Pia Kjærsgaard 13.86 25 +1
SF Villy Søvndal 13.04 23 +12
Conservatives Bendt Bendtsen 10.39 18 0
Social Liberals Margrethe Vestager 5.12 9 −8
New Alliance Naser Khader 2.81 5 New
Red–Green Collective leadership 2.17 4 −2
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Republic Høgni Hoydal 25.36 1 0
Union Kaj Leo Johannesen 23.47 1 +1
Elected in Greenland
Inuit Ataqatigiit Josef Motzfeldt 33.25 1 0
Siumut Hans Enoksen 32.16 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before PM-elect
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Venstre
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Venstre
Election posters in Copenhagen.

General elections were held in Denmark on 13 November 2007.[1][2] The elections allowed prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to continue for a third term in a coalition government consisting of Venstre and the Conservative People's Party with parliamentary support from the Danish People's Party.[3] They were the first elections held using the current constituencies.

  1. ^ "Danish Premier Calls Early Elections". Associated Press. 2007-10-24.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Fogh: Luften skal renses med valg" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  3. ^ "Færøerne sikrer Fogh nyt VKO-flertal" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-11-14. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2007-11-14.