Results of the 2007 Danish general election

This article gives detailed results of the 2007 Danish parliamentary election. The Folketing has 179 members. Of these, 135 are elected by proportional representation at district level, while another 40 are allocated based on votes aggregated to the regional level. An additional four members are elected to represent Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

Results summary

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Denmark proper
	Venstre	908,472	26.26	46	–6
	Social Democrats	881,037	25.47	45	–2
	Danish People's Party	479,532	13.86	25	+1
	Socialist People's Party	450,975	13.04	23	+12
	Conservative People's Party	359,404	10.39	18	0
	Danish Social Liberal Party	177,161	5.12	9	–8
	New Alliance	97,295	2.81	5	New
	Red–Green Alliance	74,982	2.17	4	–2
	Christian Democrats	30,013	0.87	0	0
	Independents	549	0.02	0	0
Total		3,459,420	100.00	175	0
Valid votes		3,459,420	99.31
Invalid/blank votes		24,113	0.69
Total votes		3,483,533	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,022,920	86.59
Faroe Islands
	Republic	5,849	25.36	1	0
	Union Party	5,414	23.47	1	+1
	People's Party	4,728	20.50	0	–1
	Social Democratic Party	4,702	20.39	0	0
	Centre Party	1,573	6.82	0	0
	Self-Government	799	3.46	0	0
Total		23,065	100.00	2	0
Valid votes		23,065	99.36
Invalid/blank votes		149	0.64
Total votes		23,214	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		34,529	67.23
Greenland
	Inuit Ataqatigiit	8,343	33.25	1	0
	Siumut	8,068	32.16	1	0
	Democrats	4,584	18.27	0	0
	Atassut	4,094	16.32	0	0
Total		25,089	100.00	2	0
Valid votes		25,089	98.05
Invalid/blank votes		500	1.95
Total votes		25,589	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		39,634	64.56
Source: Danmarks Statistik, Nohen & Stöver

District Results

Bornholm

2007 Danish parliamentary election: Bornholm

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/ –
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	9,888	35.4%	+2.3%	1	±0
	Liberals (Venstre) (V)	7,350	26.3%	-8.5%	1	±0
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	3,328	11.9%	+7.9%	0	±0
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	1,688	6.0%	+3.1%	0	±0
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	640	2.3%	-7.6%	0	±0
	Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	618	2.2%	-1.9%	0	±0
	New Alliance (Ny Alliance) (Y)	617	2.2%	N/A	0	N/A
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	541	1.9%	-2.5%	0	±0
	Others	576	2.1%	-0.7%	0	±0
Total (Turnout: 85.1%)		27,967	100%	±0%	2	±0

Members Elected

1. Jeppe Kofod (Social Democrats)
2. Peter Juel-Jensen (Liberals)

Copenhagen City

2007 Danish parliamentary election: Copenhagen City

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/ –
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	97,903	24.2%	+0.5%	4	±0
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	84,843	21.0%	+11.2%	4	+3
	Liberals (Venstre) (V)	55,311	13.7%	-3.4%	2	-1
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	42,906	10.6%	-0.6%	2	±0
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	40,811	10.1%	+0.5%	1	±0
	Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	35,858	8.9%	-8.0%	1	-2
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	26,963	6.7%	-2.1%	1	±0
	New Alliance (Ny Alliance) (Y)	17,223	4.3%	N/A	0	N/A
	Others	2,169	0.5%	-1.2%	0	±0
Total (Turnout: 84.8%)		403,987	100%	±0%	15	±0

Members Elected

1. Yildiz Akdogan (Social Democrats)
2. Christine Antorini (Social Democrats)
3. Karen Hækkerup (Social Democrats)
4. Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Social Democrats)
5. Ida Auken (Socialist People's Party)
6. Özlem Cekic (Socialist People's Party)
7. Anne Grete Holmsgaard (Socialist People's Party)
8. Kamal Qureshi (Socialist People's Party)
9. Rikke Hvilshøj (Liberals)
10. Søren Pind (Liberals)
11. Martin Henriksen (Danish People's Party)
12. Peter Skaarup (Danish People's Party)
13. Per Stig Møller (Conservative People's Party)
14. Lone Dybkjær (Social Liberal Party)
15. Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen (Red-Green Alliance)

Copenhagen County

2007 Danish parliamentary election: Copenhagen County

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/ –
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	85,821	27.6%	+1.0%	4	±0
	Liberals (Venstre) (V)	60,395	19.5%	-3.7%	2	-1
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	45,440	14.6%	-0.6%	2	±0
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	41,235	13.3%	+6.9%	2	+2
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	40,897	13.2%	+0.5%	1	±0
	Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	17,075	5.5%	-4.0%	0	-1
	New Alliance (Ny Alliance) (Y)	10,294	3.3%	N/A	0	N/A
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	7,832	2.5%	-1.4%	0	±0
	Others	1,526	4.9%	+3.2%	0	±0
Total (Turnout: 88.4%)		310,515	100%	±0%	11	±0

Members Elected

1. Morten Bødskov (Social Democrats)
2. Mette Frederiksen (Social Democrats)
3. Sophie Hæstorp-Andersen (Social Democrats)
4. Mogens Lykketoft (Social Democrats)
5. Karen Ellemann (Liberals)
6. Bertel Haarder (Liberals)
7. Mikkel Dencker (Danish People's Party)
8. Søren Espersen (Danish People's Party)
9. Hanne Agersnap (Socialist People's Party)
10. Holger Nielsen (Socialist People's Party)
11. Connie Hedegaard (Conservative People's Party)

East Jutland

2007 Danish parliamentary election: East Jutland

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/ –
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	127,432	27.6%	-1.0%	6	±0
	Liberals (Venstre) (V)	125,074	27.0%	-1.5%	5	-1
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	61,496	13.3%	+7.4%	2	+1
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	56,218	12.2%	+0.7%	2	±0
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	40,068	8.7%	-0.6%	1	±0
	Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	24,921	5.4%	-3.9%	1	±0
	New Alliance (Ny Alliance) (Y)	13,389	2.9%	N/A	0	N/A
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	9,887	2.1%	-1.4%	0	±0
	Others	3,914	0.8%	-0.5%	0	±0
Total (Turnout: 87.3%)		462,399	100%	±0%	17	±0

Members Elected

1. Svend Auken (Social Democrats)
2. René Skau Björnsson (Social Democrats)
3. Kirsten Brosbøl (Social Democrats)
4. Torben Hansen (Social Democrats)
5. Leif Lahn Jensen (Social Democrats)
6. Henrik Dam Kristensen (Social Democrats)
7. Kim Andersen (Liberals)
8. Anne-Mette Winther Christiansen (Liberals)
9. Karen Jespersen (Liberals)
10. Troels Lund Poulsen (Liberals)
11. Eyvind Vesselbo (Liberals)
12. Eigil Andersen (Socialist People's Party)
13. Pernille Frahm (Socialist People's Party)
14. Morten Messerschmidt (Danish People's Party)
15. Hans Kristian Skibby (Danish People's Party)
16. Henriette Kjær (Conservative People's Party)
17. Morten Østergaard (Social Liberal Party)

Fyn

2007 Danish parliamentary election: Fyn

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/ –
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	83,395	26.9%	-2.0%	4	±0
	Liberals (Venstre) (V)	66,198	21.4%	-1.8%	3	±0
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	45,843	14.8%	+1.5%	2	±0
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	43,258	14.0%	+7.9%	2	+2
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	41,225	13.3%	-1.7%	1	-1
	Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	15,554	5.0%	-3.4%	0	-1
	New Alliance (Ny Alliance) (Y)	7,476	2.4%	N/A	0	N/A
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	5,446	1.8%	-1.2%	0	±0
	Others	1,263	0.4%	-0.8%	0	±0
Total (Turnout: 86.6%)		309,658	100%	±0%	12	±0

Members Elected

1. Poul Andersen (Social Democrats)
2. Carsten Hansen (Social Democrats)
3. Niels Sindal (Social Democrats)
4. Julie Skovsby (Social Democrats)
5. Erling Bonnesen (Liberals)
6. Britta Schall Holberg (Liberals)
7. Lars Christian Lilleholt (Liberals)
8. Kristian Thulesen Dahl (Danish People's Party)
9. Tina Petersen (Danish People's Party)
10. Anne Baastrup (Socialist People's Party)
11. Karsten Hønge (Socialist People's Party)
12. Bendt Bendtsen (Conservative People's Party)

North Jutland

2007 Danish parliamentary election: North Jutland

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/ –
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	108,236	29.3%	-1.0%	5	±0
	Liberals (Venstre) (V)	94,030	25.5%	-3.8%	4	-1
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	50,253	13.6%	+1.4%	2	±0
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	49,483	13.4%	+2.3%	2	±0
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	37,977	10.3%	+6.0%	2	+2
	Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	14,406	3.9%	-3.5%	0	-1
	New Alliance (Ny Alliance) (Y)	6,582	1.8%	N/A	0	N/A
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	4,082	1.1%	-1.0%	0	±0
	Others	3,944	1.1%	-0.1%	0	±0
Total (Turnout: 85.3%)		368,993	100%	±0%	15	±0

Members Elected

1. Ole Vagn Christensen (Social Democrats)
2. Lene Hansen (Social Democrats)
3. Orla Hav (Social Democrats)
4. Bjarne Laustsen (Social Democrats)
5. Rasmus Prehn (Social Democrats)
6. Birgitte Josefsen (Liberals)
7. Karsten Lauritzen (Liberals)
8. Tina Nedergaard (Liberals)
9. Torsten Schack Pedersen (Liberals)
10. Bent Bøgsted (Danish People's Party)
11. Anita Knakkergaard (Danish People's Party)
12. Lene Espersen (Conservative People's Party)
13. Jakob Axel Nielsen (Conservative People's Party)
14. Pernille Vigsø Bagge (Socialist People's Party)
15. Karl Bornhøft (Socialist People's Party)

North Zealand

2007 Danish parliamentary election: North Zealand

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/ –
	Liberals (Venstre) (V)	78,834	28.2%	-3.8%	4	±0
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	57,861	20.7%	+1.4%	2	±0
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	38,667	13.4%	+0.4%	1	-1
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	35,252	12.6%	-0.2%	1	±0
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	30,142	10.8%	+5.5%	1	+1
	Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	20,031	7.1%	-4.5%	1	±0
	New Alliance (Ny Alliance) (Y)	12,107	4.3%	N/A	0	N/A
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	5,612	2.0%	-1.0%	0	±0
	Others	1,457	0.5%	-0.8%	0	±0
Total (Turnout: 89.0%)		279,963	100%	±0%	10	±0

Members Elected

1. Claus Hjort Frederiksen (Liberals)
2. Sophie Løhde (Liberals)
3. Lars Løkke Rasmussen (Liberals)
4. Thor Pedersen (Liberals)
5. Nick Hækkerup (Social Democrats)
6. Lone Møller (Social Democrats)
7. Pia Christmas-Møller (Conservative People's Party)
8. Pia Adelsteen (Danish People's Party)
9. Pia Olsen Dyhr (Socialist People's Party)
10. Margrethe Vestager (Social Liberal Party)

South Jutland

2007 Danish parliamentary election: North Zealand

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/ –
	Liberals (Venstre) (V)	153,688	34.6%	-2.1%	7	±0
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	101,557	22.9%	-1.2%	5	±0
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	69,762	15.7%	+0.8%	3	±0
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	50,484	11.4%	+6.3%	2	+1
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	37,055	8.3%	+0.3%	1	±0
	Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	15,201	3.4%	-2.7%	0	-1
	New Alliance (Ny Alliance) (Y)	8,481	1.9%	N/A	0	N/A
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	3,626	0.8%	-0.9%	0	±0
	Others	4,325	1.0%	-0.1%	0	±0
Total (Turnout: 85.9%)		444,179	100%	±0%	18	±0

Members Elected

1. Eva Kjer Hansen (Liberals)
2. Ellen Trane Nørby (Liberals)
3. Preben Rudiengaard (Liberals)
4. Hans Christian Schmidt (Liberals)
5. Hans Christian Thoning (Liberals)
6. Ulla Tørnæs (Liberals)
7. Jens Vibjerg (Liberals)
8. Benny Engelbrecht (Social Democrats)
9. Karen Klint (Social Democrats)
10. Kim Mortensen (Social Democrats)
11. Julie Rademacher (Social Democrats)
12. Lise von Seelen (Social Democrats)
13. Mogens Camre (Danish People's Party)
14. Jørn Dohrmann (Danish People's Party)
15. Søren Krarup (Danish People's Party)
16. Jesper Petersen (Socialist People's Party)
17. Villy Søvndal (Socialist People's Party)
18. Carina Christensen (Conservative People's Party)

West Jutland

2007 Danish parliamentary election: North Zealand

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/ –
	Liberals (Venstre) (V)	121,292	37.3%	-1.9%	6	±0
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	74,664	23.0%	+0.4%	4	±0
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	42,357	13.0%	+0.5%	2	±0
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	30,642	9.4%	+4.6%	1	+1
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	24,917	7.7%	+0.1%	1	±0
	Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	12,776	3.9%	-2.6%	0	-1
	New Alliance (Ny Alliance) (Y)	6,725	2.1%	N/A	0	N/A
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	2,677	0.8%	-0.8%	0	±0
	Others	9,273	2.9%	-0.6%	0	±0
Total (Turnout: 87.3%)		325,323	100%	±0%	14	±0

Members Elected

1. Søren Gade (Liberals)
2. Kristian Jensen (Liberals)
3. Jens Kirk (Liberals)
4. Kristian Pihl Lorentzen (Liberals)
5. Helge Sander (Liberals)
6. Inger Støjberg (Liberals)
7. Mogens Jensen (Social Democrats)
8. Thomas Jensen (Social Democrats)
9. Jens Christian Lund (Social Democrats)
10. Jens Peter Vernersen (Social Democrats)
11. Christian Hansen (Danish People's Party)
12. Jesper Langballe (Danish People's Party)
13. Steen Gade (Socialist People's Party)
14. Per Ørum Jørgensen (Conservative People's Party)

Zealand

2007 Danish parliamentary election: Zealand

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/ –
	Liberals (Venstre) (V)	146,300	27.8%	-2.6%	6	-1
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	134,280	25.5%	-0.7%	6	±0
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	88,140	16.8%	+1.3%	4	±0
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	38,667	13.48%	+0.4%	1	-1
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	30,142	10.8%	+5.5%	1	+1
	Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	20,031	7.1%	-4.5%	1	±0
	New Alliance (Ny Alliance) (Y)	12,107	4.3%	N/A	0	N/A
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	5,612	2.0%	-1.0%	0	±0
	Others	1,457	0.5%	-0.8%	0	±0
Total (Turnout: 89.0%)		279,963	100%	±0%	10	±0

Members Elected

1. Claus Hjort Frederiksen (Liberals)
2. Sophie Løhde (Liberals)
3. Lars Løkke Rasmussen (Liberals)
4. Thor Pedersen (Liberals)
5. Nick Hækkerup (Social Democrats)
6. Lone Møller (Social Democrats)
7. Pia Christmas-Møller (Conservative People's Party)
8. Pia Adelsteen (Danish People's Party)
9. Pia Olsen Dyhr (Socialist People's Party)
10. Margrethe Vestager (Social Liberal Party)

Regional Results

Capital City Region

2007 Danish parliamentary election: Capital City Region

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	251,473	24.6%	+1.0%	1
	Liberals (Venstre) (V)	201,890	19.8%	-3.7%	1
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	159,548	15.6%	+8.2%	1
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	126,959	12.4%	-0.4%	1
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	122,063	11.9%	+0.5%	3
	Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	73,582	7.2%	-5.7%	1
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	40,948	4.0%	-1.6%	1
	New Alliance (Ny Alliance) (Y)	40,241	3.9%	N/A	2
	Others	5,728	0.5%	-0.2%	0
Total (Turnout: 86.7%)		1,022,432	100%	±0%	11

Members Elected

1. Klaus Hækkerup (Social Democrats)
2. Gitte Lillelund Bech (Liberals)
3. Nanna Westerby (Socialist People's Party)
4. Marlene Harpsøe (Danish People's Party)
5. Lars Barfoed (Conservative People's Party)
6. Charlotte Dyremose (Conservative People's Party)
7. Helle Sjelle (Conservative People's Party)
8. Morten Helveg Petersen (Social Liberal Party)
9. Frank Aaen (Red-Green Alliance)
10. Malou Aamund (New Alliance)
11. Naser Khader (New Alliance)

Zealand-South Denmark Region

2007 Danish parliamentary election: Zealand-South Denmark Region

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats
	Liberals (Venstre) (V)	366,186	28.6%	-2.2%	3
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	319,232	24.9%	-1.2%	1
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	203,745	15.9%	+1.2%	2
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	161,312	12.6%	+6.9%	1
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	122,873	9.6%	-0.6%	2
	Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	51,476	4.0%	-3.3%	3
	New Alliance (Ny Alliance) (Y)	30,358	2.4%	N/A	2
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	17,388	1.4%	-1.1%	1
	Others	7,703	0.6%	-0.8%	0
Total (Turnout: 86.4%)		1,280,273	100%	±0%	15

Members Elected

1. Peter Christensen (Liberals)
2. Louise Schack Elholm (Liberals)
3. Flemming Damgaard Larsen (Liberals)
4. Lennart Damsbo-Andersen (Social Democrats)
5. Liselott Blixt (Danish People's Party)
6. Karin Nødgaard (Danish People's Party)
7. Karina Lorentzen (Socialist People's Party)
8. Vivi Kier (Conservative People's Party)
9. Mike Legarth (Conservative People's Party)
10. Simon Emil Ammitzbøll (Social Liberal Party)
11. Bente Dahl (Social Liberal Party)
12. Niels Helveg Petersen (Social Liberal Party)
13. Jørgen Poulsen (New Alliance)
14. Gitte Seeberg (New Alliance)
15. Line Barfod (Red-Green Alliance)

Mid and North Jutland Region

2007 Danish parliamentary election: Zealand-South Denmark Region

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats
	Liberals (Venstre) (V)	340,396	29.4%	-2.5%	2
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	310,332	26.8%	-0.7%	2
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	148,828	12.9%	+0.9%	2
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	130,115	11.3%	+6.2%	2
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	114,468	9.9%	+0.5%	2
	Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	52,103	4.5%	-3.5%	2
	New Alliance (Ny Alliance) (Y)	26,696	2.3%	N/A	1
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	16,646	1.4%	-1.1%	1
	Others	17,131	1.5%	+0.3%	0
Total (Turnout: 86.7%)		1,156,715	100%	±0%	14

Members Elected

1. Anders Broholm (Liberals)
2. Eyvind Vesselbo (Liberals)
3. Anne-Marie Meldgaard (Social Democrats)
4. Flemming Møller Mortensen (Social Democrats)
5. Kim Christiansen (Danish People's Party)
6. Ib Poulsen (Danish People's Party)
7. Jonas Dahl (Socialist People's Party)
8. Kristen Touborg (Socialist People's Party)
9. Tom Behnke (Conservative People's Party)
10. Knud Vældgaard Kristensen (Conservative People's Party)
11. Marianne Jelved (Social Liberal Party)
12. Johannes Poulsen (Social Liberal Party)
13. Anders Samuelsen (New Alliance)
14. Per Clausen (Red-Green Alliance)

Sources

• psephos.adamcarr.net Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive
• dst.dk Danmarks Statistik (in Danish)