European Parliament election, 2014 (Denmark)

European Parliament election in Denmark, 2014

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All 13 Danish seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	56.32%
First party Second party Third party   Party Danish People's Social Democrats Venstre Last election 2 seats 4 seats 3 seats Seats won 4 3 2 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 605,889 435,245 379.840 Percentage 26.6% 19.1% 16.7% Swing 10.3 2.4 3.5 EP Group ECR S&D ALDE

The European Parliament election of 2014 in Denmark was an election held in Denmark on 25 May 2014 to decide who would represent Denmark in the European Parliament (EP) from 2014 to 2019. The Danish People's Party with 26.6% of the votes became the largest party for the first time in a nationwide Danish election.

The election was held alongside the Danish Unified Patent Court membership referendum where 62.5% of the voter approved ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court.

All parties in the Folketing except the Red–Green Alliance participated in the election. In addition, the People's Movement against the EU participated. Several parties had incumbent candidates as lead candidates: Bendt Bendtsen for the Conservative People's Party,Margrete Auken for the Socialist People's Party (Denmark) and Morten Messerschmidt for the Danish People's Party. Three of the parties represented in the EP had new lead candidates: Jeppe Kofod for the Social DemocratsUlla Tørnæs for Venstre and Rina Ronja Kari for the People's Movement against the EU. The Danish Social Liberal Party which was not represented in the EP had Morten Helveg Petersen on top of the list while the Liberal Alliance which similarly was not represented had Christina Egelund.

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