1994 Danish general election

none 1994 Danish general election Kingdom of Denmark 1990 1998 All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 21 September 1994 Social Democrats (Denmark) Poul Nyrup Rasmussen 69 62 34.56 Venstre (Denmark) Uffe Ellemann-Jensen 29 42 23.30 Conservative People's Party (Denmark) Hans Engell 30 27 15.02 Socialist People's Party (Denmark) Holger K. Nielsen 15 13 7.28 Progress Party (Denmark) Pia Kjærsgaard 12 11 6.43 Danish Social Liberal Party Marianne Jelved 7 8 4.59 Red–Green Alliance (Denmark) Collective leadership 0 6 3.15 Centre Democrats (Denmark) Mimi Jakobsen 9 5 2.84 Independents Jacob Haugaard 0 1 0.98 Elected in the Faroe Islands Union Party (Faroe Islands) Edmund Joensen 0 1 22.45 People's Party (Faroe Islands) Anfinn Kallsberg 1 1 21.69 Elected in Greenland Atassut Daniel Skifte 1 1 34.73 Independents – 0 1 57.83 Government Nyrup Rasmussen I S–CD–R–KrF Government after election Nyrup Rasmussen II S–R–CD 84.25% 300px Most voted-for party by nomination district and constituency 300px Most voted-for party by municipality 300px Distribution of constituency and levelling seats General elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1994.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 978-3-8329-5609-7 The coalition of the Social Democratic Party, the Danish Social Liberal Party and the Centre Democrats led by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen remained in power despite the Christian People's Party, which had been part of the government, failing to cross the 2% threshold and losing all four seats. Voter turnout was 84.3% in Denmark proper, 62.3% in the Faroe Islands and 56.7% in Greenland.Nohlen & Stöver, p548 Results The sole elected independent MP in Denmark proper was Jacob Haugaard, who was associated with the Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements. As of 2023, this is the only time an independent candidate has been elected to parliament under the current constitution. The re-election of the prime minister was also notable for being a rare example of Condorcet paradox observed on a country scale, discovered through prior opinion polls.Kurrild-Klitgaard Peter 2014 An empirical example of the Condorcet paradox of voting in a large electorate Public Choice en 107 135–145 10.1023/A:1010304729545 152300013 0048-5829December 2023 File:1994 Danish general election Result.svg Denmark proper Social Democrats 1150048 62 –7 Venstre 775176 42 +13 Conservative People's Party 499845 27 –3 Socialist People's Party 242398 13 –2 Progress Party 214057 11 –1 Danish Social Liberal Party 152701 8 +1 Red–Green Alliance 104701 6 +6 Centre Democrats 94496 5 –4 Christian People's Party 61507 0 –4 Independents 32668 1 +1 33040 3988787 0 y Faroe Islands Union Party 4304 1 +1 People's Party 4159 1 0 Social Democratic Party 3729 0 –1 Workers' Union 3118 0 New Republican Party 1798 0 0 Self-Government 469 0 0 Christian People's Party 467 0 0 Independents 1131 0 New 103 30949 0 y Greenland Atassut 7501 1 0 Centre Party 1605 0 New Independents 12489 1 +1 765 38113 0 Nohlen & Stöver See also List of members of the Folketing, 1994–1998 References Category:1994 elections in Denmark Category:September 1994 in Europe Category:Folketing elections