| 70th Folketing | |
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| Term | 18 June 2015 — 5 June 2019 |
| Speaker | O Pia Kjærsgaard |
| Prime Minister | V Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| Cabinet | Løkke Rasmussen II Løkke Rasmussen III |
| Previous | 2011-2015 |
| Next | 2019-2022 |
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This is a list of the 179 members of the Folketing, in the 2015 to 2019 session. They were elected at the 2015 general election.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Denmark proper | |||||
| Social Democrats | 924,940 | 26.3 | 47 | +3 | |
| Danish People's Party | 741,746 | 21.1 | 37 | +15 | |
| Venstre | 685,188 | 19.5 | 34 | –13 | |
| Red–Green Alliance | 274,463 | 7.8 | 14 | +2 | |
| Liberal Alliance | 265,129 | 7.5 | 13 | +4 | |
| The Alternative | 168,788 | 4.8 | 9 | New | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 161,009 | 4.6 | 8 | –9 | |
| Socialist People's Party | 147,578 | 4.2 | 7 | –9 | |
| Conservative People's Party | 118,003 | 3.4 | 6 | –2 | |
| Christian Democrats | 29,077 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 3,066 | 0.1 | 0 | – | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 41,073 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 3,560,060 | 100 | 175 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,145,105 | 85.9 | – | – | |
| Faroe Islands | |||||
| Republic | 5,730 | 24.5 | 1 | +1 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 5,666 | 24.3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Union Party | 5,500 | 23.5 | 0 | –1 | |
| People's Party | 4,368 | 18.7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Progress | 749 | 3.2 | 0 | New | |
| Centre Party | 605 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Self-Government Party | 403 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 345 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 23,366 | 100 | 2 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 65.6 | – | – | ||
| Greenland | |||||
| Inuit Ataqatigiit | 7,904 | 38.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Siumut | 7,831 | 38.2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Atassut | 1,526 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democrats | 1,753 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Partii Naleraq | 962 | 4.7 | 0 | New | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 538 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 20,514 | 100 | 2 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 41,048 | 50.0 | – | – | |
| Source: DST, KVF, Qinersineq | |||||
Below is the distribution of the 179 seats as it appeared after the 2015 election, as well at the distribution at the end of the term. [1]
| Party | Party leader | Elected seats | End seats | Change |
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| A Social Democrats | Mette Frederiksen | 47 | 46 |  1 |
| B Social Liberal Party | Morten Østergaard | 8 | 8 |  |
| C Conservatives | Søren Pape Poulsen | 6 | 6 | |
| F Socialist People's Party | Pia Olsen Dyhr | 7 | 7 | |
| I Liberal Alliance | Anders Samuelsen | 13 | 13 | |
| O Danish People's Party | Kristian Thulesen Dahl | 37 | 37 | |
| V Liberals | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | 34 | 34 | |
| Ø Red-Green Alliance | Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen [lower-alpha 1] | 14 | 14 | |
| Å The Alternative | Uffe Elbæk | 9 | 10 |  1 |
| TJ Republic | Høgni Hoydal | 1 | 1 | |
| JF Social Democratic Party | Aksel V. Johannesen | 1 | 1 | |
| IA Community of the People | Múte Bourup Egede | 1 | 1 | |
| SI Forward | Kim Kielsen | 1 | - | 1 |
| NQ Descendants of our Country | Vittus Qujaukitsoq | - | 1 | 1 |
Below are all parliament members that have joined another party or become independent during the term.
| Name | Old party | Constituency | New party | Date |
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| Pernille Schnoor | A Social Democrats | North Zealand | Å The Alternative | 23 April 2016 |
| Aleqa Hammond | SI Forward | Greenland | . Independent | 22 August 2016 |
| . Independent | NQ Descendants of our Country | 24 April 2018 |
Below are member changes that lasted through the entire term.
Below are temporary member replacements during the term.
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