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Denmark 2005 general election

What was the result of the 2005 general election in Denmark?

Venstre won 52 of 179 seats with 29.0% of the vote. 84.5% 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 52 of 179 seats with 29.0% of the vote; 84.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.6 points on 2001.

  • Venstre 52 −4 seats 29.0% −2.2 points
  • Social Democrats 47 −5 seats 25.8% −3.3 points
  • Danish People's Party 24 +2 seats 13.3% +1.3 points
  • Conservative People's Party 18 +2 seats 10.3% +1.2 points
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 17 +8 seats 9.2% +4.0 points
  • Socialist Peoples Party 11 −1 seat 6.0% −0.4 points
  • Red–Green Alliance 6 +2 seats 3.4% +1.0 points
  • Christian Democrats 0 −4 seats 1.7% −0.6 points
  • Community of the People 1 0 seats
  • Forward (Greenland) 1 0 seats
  • People's Party (Faroe Islands) 1
  • Republic (Faroe Islands) 1 0 seats
  • 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 2001 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 29.0%

    Share of the vote won by Venstre

    Venstre won 52 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +8 seats

    Seats gained by Danish Social Liberal Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2001. Social Democrats lost 5 seats.

  3. 84.5%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.6 points on 2001.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Venstre52−429.0−2.2974,636
Social Democrats47−525.8−3.3867,349
Danish People's Party24+213.3+1.3444,947
Conservative People's Party18+210.3+1.2344,886
Danish Social Liberal Party17+89.2+4.0308,212
Socialist Peoples Party11−16.0−0.4201,047
Red–Green Alliance6+23.4+1.0114,123
Christian Democrats0−41.7−0.658,071
Centre Democrats001.0−0.833,880
Community of the People10
Forward (Greenland)10
People's Party (Faroe Islands)1
Republic (Faroe Islands)10

± is the change against the Denmark 2001 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Venstre 974,636
  • Social Democrats 867,349
  • Danish People's Party 444,947
  • Conservative People's Party 344,886
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 308,212
  • Socialist Peoples Party 201,047
  • Red–Green Alliance 114,123
  • Christian Democrats 58,071
  • Centre Democrats 33,880
  • Community of the People
  • Forward (Greenland)
  • People's Party (Faroe Islands)
  • Republic (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?

84.5% of the 4,003,616 registered voters cast a ballot (3,384,560 ballots), down 2.6 points on 2001. 3,357,212 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1994 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Venstre29.0% of votes29.1% of seats
  • Social Democrats25.8% of votes26.3% of seats
  • Danish People's Party13.3% of votes13.4% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party10.3% of votes10.1% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party9.2% of votes9.5% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party6.0% of votes6.1% of seats
  • Red–Green Alliance3.4% of votes3.4% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.2 by votes and 5.1 by seats; Venstre led Social Democrats by 3.2 points of the vote.

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