2022 Danish general election

2022 Danish general election

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All 179 seats in the Folketing 175 from Denmark, 2 from Greenland and 2 from the Faroe Islands 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	83.70% ( 0.44pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Parties in Denmark Social Democrats Mette Frederiksen 27.54 50 +2 Venstre Jakob Ellemann-Jensen 13.31 23 −20 Moderates Lars Løkke Rasmussen 9.27 16 New Green Left Pia Olsen Dyhr 8.29 15 +1 Denmark Democrats Inger Støjberg 8.08 14 New Liberal Alliance Alex Vanopslagh 7.87 14 +10 Conservatives Søren Pape Poulsen 5.51 10 −2 Red–Green Mai Villadsen[a] 5.16 9 −4 Social Liberals Sofie Carsten Nielsen 3.79 7 −9 New Right Pernille Vermund 3.66 6 +2 The Alternative Franciska Rosenkilde 3.33 6 +1 DPP Morten Messerschmidt 2.63 5 −11 Parties in the Faroe Islands Union Bárður á Steig Nielsen 30.19 1 0 Social Democratic Aksel V. Johannesen 28.20 1 0 Parties in Greenland Siumut Erik Jensen 38.58 1 0 Inuit Ataqatigiit Múte Bourup Egede 25.21 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for bloc by polling area Most voted-for bloc by nomination district and constituency Distribution of constituency and levelling seats Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Mette Frederiksen Social Democrats Mette Frederiksen Social Democrats

General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 1 November 2022, except in the Faroe Islands, where they were held on 31 October as 1 November was a national day of mourning for victims at sea.^[2] Of the 179 members of the Folketing, 175 were elected in Denmark proper, two in the Faroes and two in Greenland. The elections were called on 5 October following an ultimatum to the government by the Social Liberals (which had been providing external support) due to the outcome of a report on the 2020 Danish mink cull by the Mink Commission, which was critical of the government.^[3] Voter turnout was 84% in Denmark, 48% in Greenland, and 71% in the Faroes, with a combined turnout of 84% for the realm as a whole.

Initially looking like no bloc would gain a majority, left-leaning parties retained their majority due to results in the Faroe Islands and Greenland, but the majority was reduced to a single seat.^[4][5] The governing Social Democrats achieved their best result in 20 years, with 28% of the vote, while the Social Liberals experienced one of their worst ever results. Leading opposition party Venstre also suffered major losses in the elections, losing more than 40% of its seats.^[6] Two new parties standing in the elections, the Moderates and the Denmark Democrats, won 16 and 14 seats respectively, making them the third- and fifth-largest parties.^[7]

The blue bloc and the Moderates together received more votes than the red bloc, but the red bloc won a majority of seats due to the two Greenlandic seats and the Social Democrats winning one more constituency seat than it was entitled to seats overall.^[8] Following the elections, Frederiksen was appointed informateur and, despite the left bloc holding a majority of seats, opted to form a centrist government with Venstre and other parties from the blue bloc, which had also been her pledge during the campaign.^[4][9] After negotiations, a coalition government composed of the Social Democrats, Venstre and the Moderates was formed, the first time since 1977 where both main parties were part of a coalition government.^[10][11]

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