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Danish general election, 2005

Danish general election, 2005
Kingdom of Denmark
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All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 84.4%
  First party Second party Third party
  Former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the Nordic Council Session in Helsinki 2008-10-28.jpg Mogens Lykketoft-2011-09-03.jpg PiaKjaersgaard 2x3.jpg
Leader Anders Fogh Rasmussen Mogens Lykketoft Pia Kjærsgaard
Party Venstre Social Democrats Danish People's
Last election 56 seats, 31.2% 52 seats, 29.1% 22 seats, 12.0%
Seats won 52 47 24
Seat change Decrease 4 Decrease 5 Increase 2
Popular vote 974,657 867,933 444,947
Percentage 29.0% 25.9% 13.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Bendt Bendtsen, okonomi- og erhvervsminister Danmark talar vid konferencen, Global outsourcing - Nordic insourcing.jpg Marianne-Jelved.jpg Holger K Nielsen-2011-09-03.jpg
Leader Bendt Bendtsen Marianne Jelved Holger K. Nielsen
Party Conservative People's Social Liberals Socialist People's
Last election 16 seats, 9.1% 9 seats, 5.2% 12 seats, 6.4%
Seats won 18 17 11
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 8 Decrease 1
Popular vote 344,886 308,212 201,047
Percentage 10.3% 9.2% 6.0%

  Seventh party
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Leader Collective leadership
Party Red-Green
Last election 4 seats, 2.4%
Seats won 6
Seat change Increase 2
Popular vote 114,123
Percentage 3.4%

Prime Minister before election

Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Venstre

PM-elect

Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Venstre


Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Venstre

Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Venstre

General elections were held in Denmark on 8 February 2005. Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's Venstre retained the largest number of seats in parliament. The governing coalition between the Venstre and the Conservative People's Party remained intact, with the Danish People's Party providing the parliamentary support needed for the minority government. The Danish Social Liberal Party made the biggest gains of any party, although it remains outside the governing group of parties. The election marked the second time in a row that the Social Democrats were not the largest party in the parliament, a change from most of the 20th century. The party lost 5 seats and leader Mogens Lykketoft resigned immediately after the election.

The prime minister called the elections on 18 January. He claimed that he would have called it earlier, but the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake which killed a number of Danes delayed it. Rasmussen still had almost a year left in his term, but said he wanted to call the election before municipal elections in November. His reasoning was that he wanted a clear mandate for the municipal and county government restructuring that his government was implementing.

From the last election the governing coalition of Venstre and the Conservative People's Party had 94 of the 175 seats together with the supporting Danish People's Party. This number was unchanged after the 2005 election. Voter turnout was 84.5% in Denmark proper, 73.0% in the Faroe Islands and 59.4% in Greenland.


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