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Denmark 2022 general election

What was the result of the 2022 general election in Denmark?

Social Democrats won 50 of 179 seats with 27.5% of the vote. 84.2% 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 50 of 179 seats with 27.5% of the vote; 84.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.4 points on 2019.

  • Social Democrats 50 +2 seats 27.5% +1.6 points
  • Venstre 23 −20 seats 13.3% −10.1 points
  • Moderates 16 9.3%
  • Socialist Peoples Party 15 +1 seat 8.3% +0.6 points
  • Denmark Democrats 14 8.1%
  • Liberal Alliance 14 +10 seats 7.9% +5.6 points
  • Conservative People's Party 10 −2 seats 5.5% −1.1 points
  • Red–Green Alliance 9 −4 seats 5.1% −1.8 points
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 7 −9 seats 3.8% −4.8 points
  • New Right 6 +2 seats 3.7% +1.3 points
  • The Alternative 6 +1 seat 3.3% +0.3 points
  • Danish People's Party 5 −11 seats 2.6% −6.1 points
  • 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 2019 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 27.5%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democrats

    Social Democrats won 50 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +10 seats

    Seats gained by Liberal Alliance

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2019. Venstre lost 20 seats.

  3. 84.2%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.4 points on 2019.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats50+227.5+1.6971,995
Venstre23−2013.3−10.1470,546
Moderates169.3327,699
Socialist Peoples Party15+18.3+0.6293,186
Denmark Democrats148.1286,796
Liberal Alliance14+107.9+5.6278,656
Conservative People's Party10−25.5−1.1194,820
Red–Green Alliance9−45.1−1.8181,452
Danish Social Liberal Party7−93.8−4.8133,931
New Right6+23.7+1.3129,524
The Alternative6+13.3+0.3117,567
Danish People's Party5−112.6−6.193,428
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Largest party without seats00.931,787
Community of the People10
Forward (Greenland)10
Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)10
Union Party (Faroe Islands)10

± is the change against the Denmark 2019 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 971,995
  • Venstre 470,546
  • Moderates 327,699
  • Socialist Peoples Party 293,186
  • Denmark Democrats 286,796
  • Liberal Alliance 278,656
  • Conservative People's Party 194,820
  • Red–Green Alliance 181,452
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 133,931
  • New Right 129,524
  • The Alternative 117,567
  • Danish People's Party 93,428
  • Largest party without seats 31,787
  • 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?

84.2% of the 4,269,048 registered voters cast a ballot (3,592,822 ballots), down 0.4 points on 2019. 3,533,951 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1990 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democrats27.5% of votes27.9% of seats
  • Venstre13.3% of votes12.8% of seats
  • Moderates9.3% of votes8.9% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party8.3% of votes8.4% of seats
  • Denmark Democrats8.1% of votes7.8% of seats
  • Liberal Alliance7.9% of votes7.8% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party5.5% of votes5.6% of seats
  • Red–Green Alliance5.1% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party3.8% of votes3.9% of seats
  • New Right3.7% of votes3.4% of seats
  • The Alternative3.3% of votes3.4% of seats
  • Danish People's Party2.6% of votes2.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.6 by votes and 7.6 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 14.2 points of the vote.

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