1994 Danish General Election

21 September 1994 · The earthquake and after · 179 seats, 90 for a majority

General elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1994. 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.

Prime Minister before

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Prime Minister (continued)

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

Social Democrats

Largest force

Social Democrats

62 of 179 seats

Turnout

84.3%

The result

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Social Democrats

34.6% of votes · +7 seats

seats

Venstre

23.3% of votes · +13 seats

seats

Conservative People's Party

15.0% of votes · +3 seats

seats

Socialist People's Party

7.3% of votes · +2 seats

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Progress Party

6.4% of votes · +1 seats

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Danish Social Liberal Party

4.6% of votes · +1 seats

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Red–Green Alliance

3.1% of votes · +6 seats

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Centre Democrats

2.8% of votes · +4 seats

seats


Social Democrats	—	62	+7	1,150,048	34.6%	—
Venstre	—	42	+13	775,176	23.3%	—
Conservative People's Party	—	27	+3	499,845	15.0%	—
Socialist People's Party	—	13	+2	242,398	7.3%	—
Progress Party	—	11	+1	214,057	6.4%	—
Danish Social Liberal Party	—	8	+1	152,701	4.6%	—
Red–Green Alliance	—	6	+6	104,701	3.1%	—
Centre Democrats	—	5	+4	94,496	2.8%	—

5 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.