Danish general election, 1994

21 September 1994

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout	83.9%
	First party	Second party

Leader	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen	Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
Party	Social Democrats	Venstre
Last election	69 seats, 37.4%	29, 15.8%
Seats won	62	42
Seat change	7	13
Popular vote	1,150,048	775,176
Percentage	34.6%	23.3%

Prime Minister before election

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Social Democrats

PM-elect

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1994.^[1] 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.^[2]

Results

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p548

Elections and referendums in Denmark

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See also: Elections and referendums in the Faroe Islands Elections and referendums in Greenland

Elections and referendums in the Faroe Islands

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See also: Elections and referendums in Denmark Elections and referendums in the Faroe Islands

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