2007 Danish general election

none Kingdom of Denmark 2005 2011 All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 13 November 2007 86.59% Elected in Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen Venstre (Denmark) 52 46 26.26 Helle Thorning-Schmidt Social Democrats (Denmark) 47 45 25.47 Pia Kjærsgaard Danish People's Party 24 25 13.86 Villy Søvndal Socialist People's Party (Denmark) 11 23 13.04 Bendt Bendtsen Conservative People's Party (Denmark) 18 18 10.39 Margrethe Vestager Danish Social Liberal Party 17 9 5.12 Naser Khader New Alliance (Denmark) new 5 2.81 Collective leadership Red–Green Alliance (Denmark) 6 4 2.17 Elected in the Faroe Islands Høgni Hoydal Republic (Faroe Islands) 1 1 25.36 Kaj Leo Johannesen Union Party (Faroe Islands) 0 1 23.47 Elected in Greenland Josef Motzfeldt Inuit Ataqatigiit 1 1 33.25 Hans Enoksen Siumut 1 1 32.16 Government Fogh Rasmussen II V–K Government after election Fogh Rasmussen III V–K 300px Most voted-for party by nomination district and constituency 300px Most voted-for bloc by nomination district and constituency 300px Distribution of constituency and levelling seatsDanish Prime Minister calls an election for 2007thumb|right|Election posters in Copenhagen. General elections were held in Denmark on 13 November 2007.2007-10-24 Danish Premier Calls Early Elections http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gXLYD68JKiOxIPVdB354Q9vzKSTw Associated PressNovember 2012 Legobot yesLindhardt Christian Cordsen Christine Skjoldager Morten 2007-10-24 Fogh: Luften skal renses med valg http://politiken.dk/politik/article403626.ece dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071024193046/http://politiken.dk/politik/article403626.ece 2007-10-24 2007-10-24 Politiken da The elections allowed prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to continue for a third term in a coalition government consisting of Venstre and the Conservative People's Party with parliamentary support from the Danish People's Party.Lindqvist Andreas Schmidt Anders Legarth 2007-11-14 Færøerne sikrer Fogh nyt VKO-flertal http://politiken.dk/politik/article428187.ece dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071114165714/http://politiken.dk/politik/article428187.ece 2007-11-14 2007-11-14 Politiken da They were the first elections held using the current constituencies. Electoral system The 179 members of the Folketing were elected by party-list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies, with levelling seats filled using overall party vote shares. The districts were re-drawn prior to the elections, reducing the number to 12, which elected between two and 20 members. Contesting parties PartyLeaderDenmark proper Christian DemocratsBodil Kornbek Conservative People's PartyBendt Bendtsen Danish People's PartyPia Kjærsgaard Danish Social Liberal PartyMargrethe Vestager New AllianceNaser Khader Red-Green AllianceCollective leadership Social DemocratsHelle Thorning-Schmidt Socialist People's PartyVilly Søvndal VenstreAnders Fogh RasmussenFaroe Islands Centre PartyÁlvur Kirke People's PartyJørgen Niclasen RepublicHøgni Hoydal Self-Government PartyKári P. Højgaard Social Democratic PartyJóannes Eidesgaard Union PartyKaj Leo JohannesenGreenland AtassutFinn Karlsen DemocratsPer Berthelsen Inuit AtaqatigiitJosef Motzfeldt SiumutHans Enoksen Coalitions According to the Constitution of Denmark, Denmark is governed according to the principle of negative parliamentarism, meaning that while a government doesn't need the majority of seats in parliament, it must never have a majority of seats against it in a vote of no confidence. Before the ongoing elections, this was relevant since the government, consisting of the Conservative People's Party and the Liberals did not have a majority of seats, but depended on the support of the Danish People's Party. Early opinion polls showed that neither a right-wing or a left-wing government could gather enough seats to be in government without the support of the newly established New Alliance.Kaae Martin 2007-10-25 Megafon: V og K vinder begge lidt http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/politik/article.php/id-9094352.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071027052716/http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/politik/article.php/id-9094352.html 2007-10-27 2007-10-25 TV 2 da2007-10-24 Meningsmåleren http://politiken.dk/politik/article380531.ece dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071026022427/http://politiken.dk/politik/article380531.ece 2007-10-26 2007-10-24 Politiken This caused a lot of interest, since New Alliance had stated that they would first give the government the opportunity to propose a programme for government, but that they would not definitely support a right-wing government prior to seeing how many of their political agendas they could work together on.http://politiken.dk/politik/article407939.ece Ny Alliance udelukker at pege på Fogh inden valget da Politiken 2007-10-28 2007-10-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071030035942/http://politiken.dk/politik/article407939.ece 2007-10-30 Many people were unsure how this would be possible, since New Alliance was originally formed to limit the influence of the Danish People's Party, without whom a right-wing government did not seem possible in opinion polls.Hjortdal Marie 2007-10-25 Pia K. forudser nyvalg om et halvt år http://politiken.dk/politik/article405152.ece dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071027042413/http://politiken.dk/politik/article405152.ece 2007-10-27 2007-10-30 Politiken daWinther Bent 2007-10-25 Den ustabile koalition med DF og NA http://luftskibet.information.dk/valgblog/den_ustabile_koalition_med_df_og_na dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071031100338/http://luftskibet.information.dk/valgblog/den_ustabile_koalition_med_df_og_na 2007-10-31 2007-10-30 luftskibet.information.dkKrab-Johansen Anders 2007-10-25 Fogh hæmmes af bred koalition http://blog.tv2.dk/krab.tv2/entry159781.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080217052725/http://blog.tv2.dk/krab.tv2/entry159781.html 2008-02-17 2007-10-30 TV 2 After the elections, however, it was clear that New Alliance did not get enough seats in parliament to break the previous right-wing majority. The opposition Shortly after the elections were called, the Social Liberal Party stated that they supported a government led by the Social Democrats.http://politiken.dk/politik/article403902.ece R peger på Helle Thorning da Politiken 2007-10-24 2007-10-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071029034241/http://politiken.dk/politik/article403902.ece 2007-10-29 The Red-Green Alliance support a left-wing government almost by default.http://politiken.dk/politik/article406685.ece EL peger på Helle Thorning-Schmidt da Politiken 2007-10-26 2007-10-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071028075842/http://politiken.dk/politik/article406685.ece 2007-10-28 The Socialist People's Party also support a left-wing government, and have stated that they wish to not only support such a government but to be a part of it.http://politiken.dk/politik/article404991.ece Søvndal: "Der skal bare flyttes fem mandater" da Politiken 2007-10-25 2007-10-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071027053539/http://politiken.dk/politik/article404991.ece 2007-10-27 In spite of a dramatic increase in support of the Socialist People's Party in opinion polls, these four parties never stood to get enough seats in parliament to head a government. Consequently, prior to the election, Helle Thorning-Schmidt (the leader of the Social Democrats) invited both New Alliance and the Conservative People's Party to participate in a centre-left government, but both parties refused.http://politiken.dk/politik/article408772.ece Khader: Vi er ikke til fals for ministerposter da Politiken 2007-10-29 2007-10-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071031041449/http://politiken.dk/politik/article408772.ece 2007-10-31http://politiken.dk/politik/article407890.ece Thorning bejler til de konservative da Politiken 2007-10-28 2007-10-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071030035938/http://politiken.dk/politik/article407890.ece 2007-10-30 Early election Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced this election date on 24 October 2007. The election was held ahead of time in the sense that by law, the election needed to be held before 8 February 2009, four years after the previous election. Anders Fogh Rasmussen explained that the elections were called early to allow the parliament to work on important upcoming topics without being distracted by a future election. Referring specifically to welfare reform, he said rival parties would then try to outdo each other with expensive reforms which would damage the Danish economy. Parties that had previously declared their intention to run The Centre Democrats lacked about 2,000 - 3,000 of the required 20,000 signatures in order to run in the 2007 election when Anders Fogh Rasmussen called it on 24 October, meaning that they won't be able to run.http://politiken.dk/politik/article403507.ece CD ude af valgkampen på forhånd Politiken da 2007-10-24 2007-10-24 2007-10-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20071024193040/http://politiken.dk/politik/article403507.ece dead The Liberalists had reached 5,000 signatures.http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/politik/article.php/id-9092840.html Liberalister når ikke at opstille TV 2 da 2007-10-24 2007-10-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20071025061003/http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/politik/article.php/id-9092840.html 2007-10-25 dead The Danish Ministry of Welfare has registered more than 70 parties that had not handed in the required number of signatures.http://www.im.dk/im/site.aspx?p=262&t=visartikel&Articleid=4012 Lists of other registered parties Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health da 2007-10-04 2007-10-24 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071012181951/http://www.im.dk/im/site.aspx?p=262&t=visartikel&Articleid=4012 2007-10-12 Campaign Several topics have been mentioned as central to the election. These include welfare, taxes, immigration, and the health system.http://politiken.dk/politik/article403452.ece Valgets hovedtemaer er klar da Politiken 2007-10-24 2007-10-24 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071026022433/http://politiken.dk/politik/article403452.ece 2007-10-26 The election also clears the Rasmussen government from having a potentially unpopular parliamentary debate on the European Union Treaty of Lisbon, Rasmussen Calls Early Danish Election for Nov. 13 https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=asajZTyf.Nrs&refer=europe Bloomberg 2007-10-24 as it will become a topic in the election instead. Moving the Majority http://www.denmark.dk/en/servicemenu/News/FocusOn/MovingTheMajority.htm The Copenhagen Post 2007-10-26 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Results full results by constituency Results of the 2007 Danish general election The Socialist People's Party had the election's largest gain, securing 23 seats in the new parliament compared to 11 in the 2005 elections. The Danish People's Party gained one additional seat, leaving it at 25. The New Alliance secured five seats in its first election, a result lower than projected in earlier opinion polls. The biggest setback was suffered by the Danish Social Liberal Party which was reduced from 17 seats to 9. The Liberals lost six seats leaving it at 46, and the party remains the biggest party for the third consecutive election. The Social Democrats lost two seats, leaving it at 45. The Red-Green Alliance lost two seats leaving it at four seats, just above the 2% threshold. The Conservative People's Party ensured marginal gains, but no additional seats, leaving it at 18 seats. The Christian Democrats did not ensure representation. Greenland's vote resulted in one seat for Siumut and one for Inuit Ataqatigiit. The Faroe Islands returned Høgni Hoydal representing the Republican Party, its second seat went to the Union Party, a seat gained from the People's Party which did not achieve representation. File:2007 Danish general election Result.svg Denmark proper Venstre 908472 46 –6 Social Democrats 881037 45 –2 Danish People's Party 479532 25 +1 Socialist People's Party 450975 23 +12 Conservative People's Party 359404 18 0 Danish Social Liberal Party 177161 9 –8 New Alliance 97295 5 New New Alliance (Denmark) Red–Green Alliance 74982 4 –2 Christian Democrats 30013 0 0 Independents 549 0 0 24113 0 4022920 y Faroe Islands Republic 5849 1 0 Union Party 5414 1 +1 People's Party 4728 0 –1 Social Democratic Party 4702 0 0 Centre Party 1573 0 0 Self-Government 799 0 0 149 0 34529 y Greenland Inuit Ataqatigiit 8343 1 0 Siumut 8068 1 0 Democrats 4584 0 0 Atassut 4094 0 0 500 0 39634 Danmarks Statistik, Nohen & StöverDieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook 978-3-8329-5609-7 Aftermath The ruling Liberal-Conservative coalition secured 64 seats. The support of the Danish People's Party (DPP), with 25 seats, left the coalition needing one more seat. Finally, the coalition-friendly Union Party of former Faroese prime minister Edmund Joensen won the needed seat in the Faroese elections. Parties backing Helle Thorning-Schmidt, in opposition, won 84 seats. (This includes the remaining three seats of the overseas territories.) The New Alliance won the remaining five seats. Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced that the party composition of the cabinet would remain as before, but that parties not in a cabinet that support his premiership will have influence over policy. This statement was aimed at the New Alliance. Rasmussen's capacity to accommodate both the New Alliance and the Danish People's Party going forward is not assured – the New Alliance was established, in part, to limit the Danish Peoples' Party's influence. With the DPP in the coalition, Rasmussen can govern: a New Alliance-supported opposition would be short of a majority by one vote. Edmund Joensen's pledge to abstain on matters related to internal affairs of Denmark would alter this, giving the New Alliance the balance of power and risking conflict with the DPP,http://politiken.dk/politik/article428941.ece Færing stemmer ikke indenrigspolitisk da Politiken 2007-11-14 2007-11-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071116124334/http://politiken.dk/politik/article428941.ece 2007-11-16 but Joensen has also pledged that if doing so would risk giving the opposition a majority, he would not abstain, but instead vote with the government. After the last election, where Rasmussen also secured continuing power, there was some shuffling of minister posts in the cabinet. The resulting Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III was presented a few days after the election. See also List of members of the Folketing, 2007–2011 References External links NSD: European Election Database - Denmark https://web.archive.org/web/20190224134421/http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/denmark/ 2019-02-24 publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1990-2007 Parliamentary General Category:Folketing elections Category:November 2007 elections