Danish general election, 2015

Danish general election, 2015

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All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats are needed for a majority
Turnout	85.8%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt Kristian Thulesen Dahl Lars Løkke Rasmussen Party Social Democrats Danish People's Venstre Last election 44 seats, 24.9% 22 seats, 12.3% 47 seats, 26.7% Seats won 47 37 34 Seat change 3 15 13 Popular vote 924,940 741,746 685,188 Percentage 26.3% 21.1% 19.5% Swing 1.4% 8.8% 7.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Collective leadership Anders Samuelsen Uffe Elbæk Party Red–Green Liberal Alliance The Alternative Last election 12 seats, 6.7% 9 seats, 5.0% New party Seats won 14 13 9 Seat change 2 4 New party Popular vote 274,463 265,129 168,788 Percentage 7.8% 7.5% 4.8% Swing 1.1% 2.5% New party   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Morten Østergaard Pia Olsen Dyhr Søren Pape Poulsen Party Social Liberals Socialist People's Conservative People's Last election 17 seats, 9.5% 16 seats, 9.2% 8 seats, 4.9% Seats won 8 7 6 Seat change 9 9 2 Popular vote 161,009 147,578 118,003 Percentage 4.6% 4.2% 3.4% Swing 4.9% 5.0% 1.5%
Prime Minister before election Helle Thorning-Schmidt Social Democrats Elected Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen Venstre

Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Social Democrats

Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Venstre

General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 18 June 2015 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. 175 members were elected in the Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland.

Following the 2011 general election, a minority government was formed by the Social Democrats, the Social Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party. The government was supported by the Red–Green Alliance. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the leader of the Social Democrats, became Prime Minister.

The government had rocky relations with the Red–Green Alliance, relying on their ad hoc support to pass bills instead of a formalized alliance. They have occasionally preferred to cooperate with Venstre to pass legislation. Symbolically, Red–Green deputy Frank Aaen told Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon "Happy New Year" on 28 February 2013, because the government had failed to meet with his party since the beginning of 2013.

On 3 February 2014, the Socialist People's Party left the government in protest over the sale of shares in the public energy company DONG Energy to the investment bank Goldman Sachs. This sparked a crisis within the Socialist People's Party, as three former cabinet ministers left the party, joining either the Social Democrats or the Social Liberal Party. However, the Socialist People's Party continued to support the government on confidence motions, preventing an early election.

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