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Denmark 2019 general election

What was the result of the 2019 general election in Denmark?

Social Democrats won 48 of 179 seats with 25.9% of the vote. 84.6% 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 48 of 179 seats with 25.9% of the vote; 84.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.3 points on 2015.

  • Social Democrats 48 +1 seat 25.9% −0.4 points
  • Venstre 43 +9 seats 23.4% +3.9 points
  • Danish People's Party 16 −21 seats 8.7% −12.4 points
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 16 +8 seats 8.6% +4.0 points
  • Socialist Peoples Party 14 +7 seats 7.7% +3.5 points
  • Red–Green Alliance 13 −1 seat 6.9% −0.9 points
  • Conservative People's Party 12 +6 seats 6.6% +3.2 points
  • The Alternative 5 −4 seats 3.0% −1.8 points
  • New Right 4 2.4%
  • Liberal Alliance 4 −9 seats 2.3% −5.2 points
  • Community of the People 1 0 seats
  • Forward (Greenland) 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 2015 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 25.9%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democrats

    Social Democrats won 48 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +9 seats

    Seats gained by Venstre

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2015. Danish People's Party lost 21 seats.

  3. 84.6%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.3 points on 2015.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats48+125.9−0.4914,882
Venstre43+923.4+3.9826,161
Danish People's Party16−218.7−12.4308,513
Danish Social Liberal Party16+88.6+4.0304,714
Socialist Peoples Party14+77.7+3.5272,304
Red–Green Alliance13−16.9−0.9245,100
Conservative People's Party12+66.6+3.2233,865
The Alternative5−43.0−1.8104,278
New Right42.483,201
Liberal Alliance4−92.3−5.282,270
Stram Kurs01.863,114
Christian Democrats001.7+0.960,944
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Community of the People10
Forward (Greenland)10
Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)10
Union Party (Faroe Islands)1

± is the change against the Denmark 2015 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 914,882
  • Venstre 826,161
  • Danish People's Party 308,513
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 304,714
  • Socialist Peoples Party 272,304
  • Red–Green Alliance 245,100
  • Conservative People's Party 233,865
  • The Alternative 104,278
  • New Right 83,201
  • Liberal Alliance 82,270
  • Stram Kurs 63,114
  • Christian Democrats 60,944
  • 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?

84.6% of the 4,219,537 registered voters cast a ballot (3,569,521 ballots), down 1.3 points on 2015. 3,531,720 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 2005 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democrats25.9% of votes26.8% of seats
  • Venstre23.4% of votes24.0% of seats
  • Danish People's Party8.7% of votes8.9% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party8.6% of votes8.9% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party7.7% of votes7.8% of seats
  • Red–Green Alliance6.9% of votes7.3% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party6.6% of votes6.7% of seats
  • The Alternative3.0% of votes2.8% of seats
  • New Right2.4% of votes2.2% of seats
  • Liberal Alliance2.3% of votes2.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.5 by votes and 6.1 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 2.5 points of the vote.

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