Members of the European Parliament for Denmark | |
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Delegation | (1973) |
1st term | (1979) |
2nd term | (1984) |
3rd term | (1989) |
4th term | (1994) |
5th term | (1999) |
6th term | (2004) |
7th term | (2009) |
8th term | (2014) |
9th term | (2019) |
On 26 May 2019 Denmark elected 14 members of the European Parliament. Of these, the 14th member is due to join the parliament when United Kingdom leaves the European Union. Linea Søgaard-Lidell was the 14th member. The 14 members elected were: [1] [2]
Name | Party | Number of personal votes |
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Morten Løkkegaard | Venstre | 207,588 |
Søren Gade | 201,696 | |
Asger Christensen | 31,347 | |
Linea Søgaard-Lidell | 24,153 | |
Marianne Vind | Socialdemokratiet | |
Christel Schaldemose | 65,179 | |
Niels Fuglsang | 29,444 | |
Karsten Hønge‡ | Socialistisk Folkeparti | 19,687 |
Margrete Auken | 199,522 | |
Morten Helveg Petersen | Radikale Venstre | 97,667 |
Karen Melchior | 17,292 | |
Peter Kofod | Dansk Folkeparti | 119,408 |
Pernille Weiss | Konservative Folkeparti | 80,140 |
Nikolaj Villumsen | Enhedslisten | 50,567 |
‡Karsten Hønge later chose not to take his seat, which was later taken by Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Socialistisk Folkeparti) with 15,765 personal votes. [3] Marianne Vind replaced Jeppe Kofod, who received 188,757 personal votes.
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