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Denmark 1994 general election

What was the result of the 1994 general election in Denmark?

Social Democrats won 62 of 179 seats with 34.6% of the vote. 84.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Denmark
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 62 of 179 seats with 34.6% of the vote; 84.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.4 points on 1990.

  • Social Democrats 62 −7 seats 34.6% −2.8 points
  • Venstre 42 +13 seats 23.3% +7.5 points
  • Conservative People's Party 27 −3 seats 15.0% −1.0 points
  • Socialist Peoples Party 13 −2 seats 7.3% −1.0 points
  • Progress Party 11 −1 seat 6.4% 0.0 points
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 8 +1 seat 4.6% +1.1 points
  • Red–Green Alliance 6 +6 seats 3.1% +1.4 points
  • Centre Democrats 5 −4 seats 2.8% −2.3 points
  • People's Party (Faroe Islands) 1 0 seats
  • Solidarity (Greenland) 1 0 seats
  • Union Party (Faroe Islands) 1
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Denmark 1990 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 34.6%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democrats

    Social Democrats won 62 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +13 seats

    Seats gained by Venstre

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1990. Social Democrats lost 7 seats.

  3. 84.3%

    Voter turnout

    Up 1.4 points on 1990.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats62−734.6−2.81,150,048
Venstre42+1323.3+7.5775,176
Conservative People's Party27−315.0−1.0499,845
Socialist Peoples Party13−27.3−1.0242,398
Progress Party11−16.40.0214,057
Danish Social Liberal Party8+14.6+1.1152,701
Red–Green Alliance6+63.1+1.4104,701
Centre Democrats5−42.8−2.394,496
Christian Democrats0−41.8−0.561,507
Independents11.023,358
Other parties (seats only)1
People's Party (Faroe Islands)10
Solidarity (Greenland)10
Union Party (Faroe Islands)1

± is the change against the Denmark 1990 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 1,150,048
  • Venstre 775,176
  • Conservative People's Party 499,845
  • Socialist Peoples Party 242,398
  • Progress Party 214,057
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 152,701
  • Red–Green Alliance 104,701
  • Centre Democrats 94,496
  • Christian Democrats 61,507
  • Independents 23,358
  • Other parties (seats only)
  • People's Party (Faroe Islands)
  • Solidarity (Greenland)
  • Union Party (Faroe Islands)

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

84.3% of the 3,988,787 registered voters cast a ballot (3,360,637 ballots), up 1.4 points on 1990. 3,327,597 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1987 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democrats34.6% of votes34.6% of seats
  • Venstre23.3% of votes23.5% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party15.0% of votes15.1% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party7.3% of votes7.3% of seats
  • Progress Party6.4% of votes6.1% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party4.6% of votes4.5% of seats
  • Red–Green Alliance3.1% of votes3.4% of seats
  • Centre Democrats2.8% of votes2.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.8 by votes and 4.7 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 11.3 points of the vote.

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