Denmark (European Parliament constituency)
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Denmark is one single European Parliament constituency
. Since the June 2009 Parliament election it has been represented by thirteen members of the European Parliament. It covers the EU member state of Denmark
, but not the Faroe Islands
and Greenland
which are not part of the EU.
Denmark uses the d'Hondt method
of proportional representation. Electoral coalitions between two or more parties are allowed.
was the first direct election to be held to the European Parliament, and hence the first time Denmark voted for their MEPs.
was the second election to the European Parliament.
was the third election to the European Parliament and was held on June 15 for Denmark. The electoral coalitions were (A + B), (C + V), (F + N) and (D + Q) and (Z) by themselves.
was the fourth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 9 for Denmark. The electoral coalitions were (B + Q), (C + D + V) and (J + N) and the remaining parties by themselves.
was the fifth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 10 for Denmark. The electoral coalitions were (C + D + V) and (J + N) and the remaining parties by themselves.
was the sixth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 13 for Denmark. The opposition Social Democrats made major gains, mainly at the expense of Eurosceptic
parties such as the June Movement
.
The electoral coalitions were (A + F), (B + Q), (C + V), (J + N) with (O) by themselves. Compared to straight allocation by party, The People's Movement Against the EU gained one seat at the expense of the Conservative People's Party.
European Parliament constituency
Members of the European Parliament are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union , divided into constituencies....
. Since the June 2009 Parliament election it has been represented by thirteen members of the European Parliament. It covers the EU member state of Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, but not the Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
and Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
which are not part of the EU.
Denmark uses the d'Hondt method
D'Hondt method
The d'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method described is named after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt who described it in 1878...
of proportional representation. Electoral coalitions between two or more parties are allowed.
Current MEPs
As of September 2007| Name | National Party | EP group |
|---|---|---|
| Margrete Auken Margrete Auken Margrete Auken is a politician, and member of the Danish socialist party Socialistisk Folkeparti , and the sister of Svend Auken... |
Socialistisk Folkeparti Socialist People's Party (Denmark) The Socialist People's Party is a green and socialist political party in Denmark.-1959–69:The SF was founded on 15 February 1959 by Aksel Larsen, a former leader of the Communist Party of Denmark and CIA agent. Larsen was removed from the ranks of the DKP for his criticism over the Soviet... |
G–EFA European Greens–European Free Alliance The Greens European Free Alliance is one of the parliamentary groups in the European Parliament.... |
| Jens-Peter Bonde Jens-Peter Bonde Jens-Peter Rossen Bonde is a former Member of the European Parliament with the June Movement. He resigned as an MEP in May 2008. Bonde was elected to the European Parliament in the first election in 1979 with the People's Movement against the EU. He has been re-elected 6 times consecutively... |
JuniBevægelsen June Movement The June Movement was a Danish eurosceptic political organisation founded 23 August 1992. It took its name from the referendum on the Maastricht Treaty that took place in Denmark in June of that year... |
ID Independence and Democracy The Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament was a group of eurosceptic and eurorealist political parties in the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It collapsed following the 2009 European elections after losing many of its MEPs.... |
| Niels Busk Niels Busk Niels Busk is a Danish politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Venstre,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on... |
Venstre Venstre (Denmark) VenstreThe party name is officially not translated into any other language, but is in English often referred to as the Liberal Party. Similar rules apply for the name of the party's youth wing Venstres Ungdom. , full name Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti , is the largest political party in Denmark... |
ALDE Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is a transnational alliance between two European political parties: the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and the European Democratic Party. It has political groups in the European Parliament, the EU Committee of the Regions, the... |
| Mogens N.J. Camre | Dansk Folkeparti Danish People's Party The Danish People's Party is a political party in Denmark which is frequently described as right-wing populist by political scientists and commentators. The party is led by Pia Kjærsgaard... |
UEN Union for Europe of the Nations Union for Europe of the Nations was a political group of the European Parliament between 1999 and 2009.-History:UEN was formed on 20 July 1999, supplanting the earlier Union for Europe. Its member parties Fianna Fáil and National Alliance were the driving forces behind the group, despite their... |
| Ole Christensen Ole Christensen Ole Christensen aka. Ole EU is a Danish politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Social Democrats, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.He is also a substitute for the... |
Socialdemokraterne Social Democrats (Denmark) The Social Democrats , is a Danish political party committed to the political ideology of social democracy. It is the major coalition partner in Denmark's government since the 2011 parliamentary election, and party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the current Prime Minister of Denmark... |
PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The... |
| Anne E. Jensen | Venstre | ALDE |
| Dan Jørgensen Dan Jørgensen Dan Jørgensen is a Danish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democrats, part of the Party of European Socialists... |
Socialdemokraterne | PES |
| Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen , informally Poul Nyrup, born 15 June 1943), was Prime Minister of Denmark from 25 January 1993 to 27 November 2001 and is currently President of the Party of European Socialists . He was the leader of the governing Social Democrats from 1992 to 2002... |
Socialdemokraterne | PES |
| Karin Riis-Jørgensen Karin Riis-Jørgensen Karin Riis-Jørgensen is a Danish politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Venstre,a Vice-Chairwoman of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on... |
Venstre | ALDE |
| Anders Samuelsen Anders Samuelsen Anders Samuelsen is a Danish politician, member of the Folketing with the Liberal Alliance and former Member of the European Parliament sitting on the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets. He is a former member of Det Radikale Venstre, and was a Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of... |
Ny Alliance New Alliance (Denmark) The Liberal Alliance is a classical liberal political party in Denmark. Founded in 2007 as the New Alliance , the party was the first new major Danish political party in a decade... |
ALDE |
| Christel Schaldemose Christel Schaldemose Christel Schaldemose is a Danish politician and a member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Culture and Education .... |
Socialdemokraterne | PES |
| Gitte Seeberg Gitte Seeberg Gitte Seeberg is a Danish politician, lawyer, and current secretary general of the Danish branch of the WWF... |
Ny Alliance New Alliance (Denmark) The Liberal Alliance is a classical liberal political party in Denmark. Founded in 2007 as the New Alliance , the party was the first new major Danish political party in a decade... |
EPP–ED European People's Party–European Democrats The Group of the European People's Party , abbreviated to EPP Group, is a centre-right political group of the European Parliament... |
| Søren Bo Søndergaard | Folkebevægelsen mod EU People's Movement against the EU The People's Movement against the EU is a political association in Denmark against the European Union. It was founded in 1972 as a cross-party campaign platform for a 'no' vote in Denmark's referendum on EEC membership... |
GUE–NGL European United Left–Nordic Green Left European United Left/Nordic Green Left is a left-wing political group with seats in the European Parliament since 1995.-Position:According to its 1994 constituent declaration, the group is opposed to the present European political structure, but committed to integration... |
| Britta Thomsen Britta Thomsen Britta Thomsen is a Danish politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Social Democrats, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.She is also a member of the Committee... |
Socialdemokraterne | PES |
1979
The 1979 European electionEuropean Parliament election, 1979
The 1979 European elections were parliamentary elections held across all 9 European Community member states. They were the first European elections to be held, allowing citizens to elect 410 MEPs to the European Parliament, and also the first international election in history.Seats in the...
was the first direct election to be held to the European Parliament, and hence the first time Denmark voted for their MEPs.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats (A) | 382,487 | 21.80% | 3 |
| People's Movement against the EEC Union (N) | 365,760 | 20.85% | 4 |
| Venstre Venstre (Denmark) VenstreThe party name is officially not translated into any other language, but is in English often referred to as the Liberal Party. Similar rules apply for the name of the party's youth wing Venstres Ungdom. , full name Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti , is the largest political party in Denmark... (V) |
252.767 | 14.41% | 3 |
| Conservative People's Party Conservative People's Party (Denmark) The Conservative People's Party , also known as Conservatives is a Danish political party.-History:The party was founded 1915 based mostly on its predecessor, Højre , but also on the Free Conservatives and a moderate faction of Venstre , the liberals.The party has participated in several coalition... (C) |
245,309 | 13.98% | 2 |
| Centre Democrats (D) | 107,790 | 6.14 % | 1 |
| Progress Party Progress Party (Denmark) The Progress Party is a political party in Denmark, which was founded in 1972. Its founder, the former lawyer Mogens Glistrup, gained huge popularity in Denmark after he appeared on Danish television, showing that he paid 0 % in income tax... (Z) |
100,702 | 5.74% | 1 |
| Socialist People's Party Socialist People's Party (Denmark) The Socialist People's Party is a green and socialist political party in Denmark.-1959–69:The SF was founded on 15 February 1959 by Aksel Larsen, a former leader of the Communist Party of Denmark and CIA agent. Larsen was removed from the ranks of the DKP for his criticism over the Soviet... (F) |
81,991 | 4.67% | 1 |
| Others | 217,405 | 12.14% | 0 |
| Eligible Voters | 3,754,423 |
| Votes cast | 1,791,268 (47.71%) |
| Invalid votes | 37,057 (2.07%) |
1984
The 1984 European electionEuropean Parliament election, 1984
The 1984 election to the European Parliament was the first since the inaugural election of 1979 and the 1981 enlargement of the European Community to include Greece. It was also the last before the accession of Spain and Portugal in 1987....
was the second election to the European Parliament.
1989
The 1989 European electionEuropean Parliament election, 1989
The 1989 European Parliamentary Election was a European election held across the 12 European Community member states in June 1989. It was third European election but the first time that Spain and Portugal voted at the same time as the other members...
was the third election to the European Parliament and was held on June 15 for Denmark. The electoral coalitions were (A + B), (C + V), (F + N) and (D + Q) and (Z) by themselves.
1994
The 1994 European electionEuropean Parliament election, 1994
The 1994 European Parliamentary Election was a European election held across the 12 European Union member states in June 1994.This election saw the merge of the European People's Party and European Democrats, an increase in the overall number of seats and a fall in overall turnout to...
was the fourth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 9 for Denmark. The electoral coalitions were (B + Q), (C + D + V) and (J + N) and the remaining parties by themselves.
1999
The 1999 European electionEuropean Parliament election, 1999
The European Parliament Election, 1999 was a European election for all 626 members of the European Parliament held across the 15 European Union member states on 10, 11 and 13 June 1999. The voter turn-out was generally low, except in Belgium and Luxembourg, where voting is compulsory and where...
was the fifth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 10 for Denmark. The electoral coalitions were (C + D + V) and (J + N) and the remaining parties by themselves.
2004
The 2004 European electionEuropean Parliament election, 2004
Elections to the European Parliament were held from 10 June 2004 to 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom...
was the sixth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 13 for Denmark. The opposition Social Democrats made major gains, mainly at the expense of Eurosceptic
EuroSceptic
EuroSceptic is the second album of British singer Jack Lucien. It was released in October 2009.Due to being an album influenced by Europop, it features songs with parts in different languages...
parties such as the June Movement
June Movement
The June Movement was a Danish eurosceptic political organisation founded 23 August 1992. It took its name from the referendum on the Maastricht Treaty that took place in Denmark in June of that year...
.
The electoral coalitions were (A + F), (B + Q), (C + V), (J + N) with (O) by themselves. Compared to straight allocation by party, The People's Movement Against the EU gained one seat at the expense of the Conservative People's Party.
External links
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu