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 Largest party within each Folketing nomination district and constituency. | ||
European Parliament elections were held in Denmark on 7 June 2009 to elect the 13 Danish members of the European Parliament. The election was held simultaneously with a referendum on changing the Danish Act of Succession.
All Danish parties which were represented in the European Parliament announced they would take part in the election. These were the Social Democrats, Venstre (Liberal Party), Conservative People's Party, June Movement, Socialist People's Party, Danish People's Party, Social Liberal Party and the People's Movement against the EU.
As in the last election, several electoral coalitions were agreed to before the vote. The Social Democrats sided with the Social Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party, while Venstre teamed up with the Conservative People's Party and Liberal Alliance. EU-critics JuniBevægelsen and the People's Movement against the EU were also in a coalition, meaning that the only party not in a coalition was the Danish People's Party. [1]
Under the Danish electoral code for European Parliament elections, parties that surpassed the 2% threshold in the last Folketing elections may also take part in the European elections, should they wish so.
| Source | Date | SD | V | SF | K | DF | FM EU | RV | JB | LA | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26–1 March April 2009 | 26.4% | 22% | 17.4% | 12.1% | 12% | 4% | 3.9% | 2.2% | – | – | |
| 22 May 2009 | 27.9% | 24.4% | 13.4% | 11.8% | 8.6% | 6.3% | 4.4% | 3.2% | – | – | |
| 29 May 2009 | 26.5% | 23.5% | 12.1% | 13.6% | 10.2% | 5.3% | 4.5% | 3.8% | 0.5% | – | |
| , | 5 June 2009 | 24.1% | 23.3% | 15.8% | ? 12% | 11.8% | 5.2% | 3.7% | 3.5% | ? | – |
| 6 June 2009 | 22.6% | 22.4% | 15.5% | 12.3% | 6.7% | 6.5% | 3.8% | 2.9% | 0.6% | – |
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 503,439 | 21.49 | 4 | –1 | |
| Venstre | 474,041 | 20.24 | 3 | 0 | |
| Socialist People's Party | 371,603 | 15.87 | 2 | +1 | |
| Danish People's Party | 357,942 | 15.28 | 2 | +1 | |
| Conservative People's Party | 297,199 | 12.69 | 1 | 0 | |
| People's Movement against the EU | 168,555 | 7.20 | 1 | 0 | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 100,094 | 4.27 | 0 | –1 | |
| June Movement | 55,459 | 2.37 | 0 | –1 | |
| Liberal Alliance | 13,796 | 0.59 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 2,342,128 | 100.00 | 13 | –1 | |
| Valid votes | 2,342,128 | 96.96 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 73,440 | 3.04 | |||
| Total votes | 2,415,568 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,057,100 | 59.54 | |||
| Source: Statistics Denmark | |||||
| Main apportionment | ||||
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| Letter | Electoral alliance/party outside of electoral alliance | Votes | Quotients | Seats |
| ABF | Social Democrats/Danish Social Liberal Party/Socialist People's Party | 975,136 | 6.09 | 6 |
| CIV | Conservative People's Party/Liberal Alliance/Venstre | 785,036 | 4.91 | 4 |
| JN | June Movement/People's Movement against the EU | 224,014 | 1.40 | 1 |
| O | Danish People's Party | 357,942 | 2.24 | 2 |
| Divisor: 160,000 | ||||
| Alliance 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letter | Party | Votes | Quotients | Seats |
| A | Social Democrats | 503,439 | 4.03 | 4 |
| B | Danish Social Liberal Party | 100,094 | 0.80 | 0 |
| F | Socialist People's Party | 371,603 | 2.97 | 2 |
| Divisor: 125,000 | ||||
| Alliance 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letter | Party | Votes | Quotients | Seats |
| C | Conservative People's Party | 297,199 | 1.98 | 1 |
| I | Liberal Alliance | 13,796 | 0.09 | 0 |
| V | Venstre | 474,041 | 3.16 | 3 |
| Divisor: 150,000 | ||||
| Alliance 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letter | Party | Votes | Quotients | Seats |
| J | June Movement | 55,459 | 0.55 | 0 |
| N | People's Movement against the EU | 168,555 | 1.69 | 1 |
| Divisor: 100,000 | ||||
The final list of MEP were determined by a recount of votes on individual politicians: [2]
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