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Denmark 2011 general election

What was the result of the 2011 general election in Denmark?

Venstre won 47 of 179 seats with 26.7% of the vote. 87.7% 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 47 of 179 seats with 26.7% of the vote; 87.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.1 points on 2007.

  • Venstre 47 +1 seat 26.7% +0.5 points
  • Social Democrats 44 −1 seat 24.8% −0.7 points
  • Danish People's Party 22 −3 seats 12.3% −1.6 points
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 17 +8 seats 9.5% +4.4 points
  • Socialist Peoples Party 16 −7 seats 9.2% −3.8 points
  • Red–Green Alliance 12 +8 seats 6.7% +4.5 points
  • Liberal Alliance 9 +4 seats 5.0% +2.2 points
  • Conservative People's Party 8 −10 seats 4.9% −5.5 points
  • Community of the People 1 0 seats
  • Forward (Greenland) 1 0 seats
  • Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) 1
  • Union Party (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 2007 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 26.7%

    Share of the vote won by Venstre

    Venstre won 47 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +8 seats

    Seats gained by Danish Social Liberal Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2007. Conservative People's Party lost 10 seats.

  3. 87.7%

    Voter turnout

    Up 1.1 points on 2007.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Venstre47+126.7+0.5947,725
Social Democrats44−124.8−0.7879,615
Danish People's Party22−312.3−1.6436,726
Danish Social Liberal Party17+89.5+4.4336,698
Socialist Peoples Party16−79.2−3.8326,192
Red–Green Alliance12+86.7+4.5236,860
Liberal Alliance9+45.0+2.2176,585
Conservative People's Party8−104.9−5.5175,047
Christian Democrats000.8−0.128,070
Community of the People10
Forward (Greenland)10
Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)1
Union Party (Faroe Islands)10

± is the change against the Denmark 2007 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Venstre 947,725
  • Social Democrats 879,615
  • Danish People's Party 436,726
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 336,698
  • Socialist Peoples Party 326,192
  • Red–Green Alliance 236,860
  • Liberal Alliance 176,585
  • Conservative People's Party 175,047
  • Christian Democrats 28,070
  • Community of the People
  • Forward (Greenland)
  • Social Democratic Party (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?

87.7% of the 4,079,910 registered voters cast a ballot (3,579,675 ballots), up 1.1 points on 2007. 3,545,368 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1984 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Venstre26.7% of votes26.3% of seats
  • Social Democrats24.8% of votes24.6% of seats
  • Danish People's Party12.3% of votes12.3% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party9.5% of votes9.5% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party9.2% of votes8.9% of seats
  • Red–Green Alliance6.7% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Liberal Alliance5.0% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party4.9% of votes4.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.7 by votes and 5.9 by seats; Venstre led Social Democrats by 1.9 points of the vote.

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