2009 European Parliament election in Denmark

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2009 European Parliament election in Denmark
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  2004 7 June 2009 2014  

13 seats in the European Parliament

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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.

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Contesting parties

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]

Electoral system

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.

Opinion polls

SourceDate SD V SF K DF FM EU RV JB LA Undecided
26–1 March April 200926.4%22%17.4%12.1%12%4%3.9%2.2%
22 May 200927.9%24.4%13.4%11.8%8.6%6.3%4.4%3.2%
29 May 200926.5%23.5%12.1%13.6%10.2%5.3%4.5%3.8%0.5%
, 5 June 200924.1%23.3%15.8%? 12%11.8%5.2%3.7%3.5%?
6 June 200922.6%22.4%15.5%12.3%6.7%6.5%3.8%2.9%0.6%

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democrats 503,43921.494–1
Venstre 474,04120.2430
Socialist People's Party 371,60315.872+1
Danish People's Party 357,94215.282+1
Conservative People's Party 297,19912.6910
People's Movement against the EU 168,5557.2010
Danish Social Liberal Party 100,0944.270–1
June Movement 55,4592.370–1
Liberal Alliance 13,7960.590New
Total2,342,128100.0013–1
Valid votes2,342,12896.96
Invalid/blank votes73,4403.04
Total votes2,415,568100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,057,10059.54
Source: Statistics Denmark

Seat apportionment

Main apportionment
LetterElectoral alliance/party outside of electoral allianceVotesQuotientsSeats
ABF Social Democrats/Danish Social Liberal Party/Socialist People's Party 975,1366.096
CIV Conservative People's Party/Liberal Alliance/Venstre 785,0364.914
JN June Movement/People's Movement against the EU 224,0141.401
O Danish People's Party 357,9422.242
Divisor: 160,000
Alliance 1
LetterPartyVotesQuotientsSeats
A Social Democrats 503,4394.034
B Danish Social Liberal Party 100,0940.800
F Socialist People's Party 371,6032.972
Divisor: 125,000
Alliance 2
LetterPartyVotesQuotientsSeats
C Conservative People's Party 297,1991.981
I Liberal Alliance 13,7960.090
V Venstre 474,0413.163
Divisor: 150,000
Alliance 3
LetterPartyVotesQuotientsSeats
J June Movement 55,4590.550
N People's Movement against the EU 168,5551.691
Divisor: 100,000

Elected members

The final list of MEP were determined by a recount of votes on individual politicians: [2]

Aftermath

After the election, both head of the June Movement Keld Albrechtsen [3] and lead candidate Hanne Dahl [4] announced that they intended to disband the movement after failing to obtain a seat at the election.

References

  1. "Fortegnelse over partier, der er opstillingsberettigede til Europa-Parlamentsvalget den 7. juni 2009" (PDF). Statistics Denmark. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
  2. "Kandidatstatistik" (in Danish). Statistics Denmark. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  3. "Tæppet går ned for Junibevægelsen" (in Danish). TV 2/Denmark. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
  4. "Dahl: Junibevægelsen er færdig". TV 2/Denmark. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.