2019 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 5 June 2019 to elect all 179 members of the Folketing;^[1] 175 in Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The elections took place ten days after the European Parliament elections.^[2]

Party leaders

• 
  Opposition Leader
  Mette Frederiksen
  (Social Democrats)
  from North Jutland^[a]
• 
  Prime Minister
  Lars Løkke Rasmussen
  (Venstre)
  from Southern Denmark
• 
  MP
  Kristian Thulesen Dahl
  (People's Party)
  from Central Denmark
• 
  Former Deputy Prime Minister
  Morten Østergaard
  (Social Liberal Party)
  from Central Denmark
• 
  MP
  Pia Olsen Dyhr
  (Socialist People's Party)
  from Capital Region
• 
  MP
  Pernille Skipper
  (Red–Green Alliance)
  from North Jutland Region
• 
  Justice Minister
  Søren Pape Poulsen
  (Conservative People's Party)
  from Central Denmark
• 
  MP
  Uffe Elbæk
  (The Alternative)
  from Central Denmark
• 
  Foreign Minister
  Anders Samuelsen
  (Liberal Alliance)
  from Central Denmark
• 
  Lawyer
  Rasmus Paludan
  (Hard Line)
  from North Zealand
• 
  Civil servant
  Isabella Arendt
  (Christian Democrats)
  from Southern Denmark
• 
  Businessman
  Klaus Riskær Pedersen
  (Klaus Riskær Pedersen Party)
  from Capital Region

Opinion polling

The 30-day average trendline of the Danish opinion polls towards the general election in 2019. Each line corresponds to a political party. The date range for these opinion polls are from June 2015, when the previous parliamentary election occurred, to May 2019. The 15-day average as of 4 June is also shown.

Results

Popular vote in Denmark
A			25.9%
V			23.4%
O			8.7%
B			8.6%
F			7.7%
Ø			6.9%
C			6.6%
Å			3.0%
D			2.4%
I			2.3%
P			1.8%
K			1.7%
E			0.8%
Others			0.1%

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Denmark proper
	Social Democrats (A)	914,882	25.9	48	+1
	Venstre (V)	826,161	23.4	43	+9
	Danish People's Party (O)	308,513	8.7	16	–21
	Danish Social Liberal Party (B)	304,714	8.6	16	+8
	Socialist People's Party (F)	272,304	7.7	14	+7
	Red–Green Alliance (Ø)	245,100	6.9	13	–1
	Conservative People's Party (C)	233,865	6.6	12	+6
	The Alternative (Å)	104,278	3.0	5	–4
	The New Right (D)	83,201	2.4	4	New
	Liberal Alliance (I)	82,270	2.3	4	–9
	Hard Line (P)	63,114	1.8	0	New
	Christian Democrats (K)	60,944	1.7	0	0
	Klaus Riskær Pedersen (E)	29,600	0.8	0	New
	Independents	2,774	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		37,801	–	–	–
Total		3,569,521	100	175	0
Registered voters/turnout		4,219,537	84.6	–	–
Faroe Islands
	Union Party	7,349	28.3	1	+1
	Social Democratic Party	6,630	25.5	1	0
	People's Party	6,181	23.8	0	0
	Republic	4,830	18.6	0	–1
	Progress	639	2.5	0	0
	Self-Government Party	333	1.3	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		244	–	–	–
Total		26,206	100	2	0
Registered voters/turnout		37,264	70.3	–	–
Greenland
	Inuit Ataqatigiit	6,881	33.4	1	0
	Siumut	6,058	29.4	1	0
	Democrats	2,262	11.0	0	0
	Nunatta Qitornai	1,616	7.8	0	New
	Partii Naleraq	1,565	7.6	0	0
	Atassut	1,099	5.3	0	0
	Cooperation Party	520	2.5	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		614	–	–	–
Total		20,615	100	2	0
Registered voters/turnout		41,344	49.9	–	–
Source: Statistics Denmark, Kringvarp Føroya, Qinersineq

Notes

1. Name is bold because she won the election