2011 Danish general election

2011 Danish general election
Danish Realm
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All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout87.21%
Party Leader Vote % 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.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Venstre
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Social Democrats
Campaign posters outside Christiansborg Palace (seat of the Folketing) on the day of the election.

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.