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Denmark 2001 general election

What was the result of the 2001 general election in Denmark?

Venstre won 56 of 179 seats with 31.2% of the vote. 87.1% 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 : Venstre won 56 of 179 seats with 31.2% of the vote; 87.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.2 points on 1998.

  • Venstre 56 +14 seats 31.2% +7.2 points
  • Social Democrats 52 −11 seats 29.1% −6.8 points
  • Danish People's Party 22 +9 seats 12.0% +4.6 points
  • Conservative People's Party 16 0 seats 9.1% +0.2 points
  • Socialist Peoples Party 12 −1 seat 6.4% −1.2 points
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 9 +2 seats 5.2% +1.3 points
  • Red–Green Alliance 4 −1 seat 2.4% −0.3 points
  • Christian Democrats 4 0 seats 2.3% −0.2 points
  • Community of the People 1
  • Forward (Greenland) 1 0 seats
  • Republic (Faroe Islands) 1
  • 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 1998 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 31.2%

    Share of the vote won by Venstre

    Venstre won 56 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +14 seats

    Seats gained by Venstre

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1998. Social Democrats lost 11 seats.

  3. 87.1%

    Voter turnout

    Up 1.2 points on 1998.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Venstre56+1431.2+7.21,077,858
Social Democrats52−1129.1−6.81,003,323
Danish People's Party22+912.0+4.6413,987
Conservative People's Party1609.1+0.2312,770
Socialist Peoples Party12−16.4−1.2219,842
Danish Social Liberal Party9+25.2+1.3179,023
Red–Green Alliance4−12.4−0.382,685
Christian Democrats402.3−0.278,793
Centre Democrats0−81.8−2.561,031
Progress Party0−40.5−1.919,340
Community of the People1
Forward (Greenland)10
Republic (Faroe Islands)1
Union Party (Faroe Islands)1

± is the change against the Denmark 1998 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Venstre 1,077,858
  • Social Democrats 1,003,323
  • Danish People's Party 413,987
  • Conservative People's Party 312,770
  • Socialist Peoples Party 219,842
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 179,023
  • Red–Green Alliance 82,685
  • Christian Democrats 78,793
  • Centre Democrats 61,031
  • Progress Party 19,340
  • Community of the People
  • Forward (Greenland)
  • Republic (Faroe Islands)
  • 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?

87.1% of the 3,998,957 registered voters cast a ballot (3,484,915 ballots), up 1.2 points on 1998. 3,449,668 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1984 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Venstre31.2% of votes31.3% of seats
  • Social Democrats29.1% of votes29.1% of seats
  • Danish People's Party12.0% of votes12.3% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party9.1% of votes8.9% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party6.4% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party5.2% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Red–Green Alliance2.4% of votes2.2% of seats
  • Christian Democrats2.3% of votes2.2% 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 4.7 by votes and 4.7 by seats; Venstre led Social Democrats by 2.1 points of the vote.

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