2011 Danish general election

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15 September 2011

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All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

87.21%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
Elected in Denmark
	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen	26.73	47	+1
	Social Democrats	Helle Thorning-Schmidt	24.81	44	−1
	DPP	Pia Kjærsgaard	12.32	22	−3
	Social Liberals	Margrethe Vestager	9.50	17	+8
	SF	Villy Søvndal	9.20	16	−7
	Red–Green	Collective leadership	6.68	12	+8
	Liberal Alliance	Anders Samuelsen	4.98	9	+4
	Conservatives	Lars Barfoed	4.94	8	−10
Elected in the Faroe Islands
	Union	Kaj Leo Johannesen	30.77	1	0
	Social Democratic	Aksel V. Johannesen	20.95	1	+1
Elected in Greenland
	Inuit Ataqatigiit	Kuupik Kleist	42.61	1	0
	Siumut	Aleqa Hammond	37.22	1	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Lars Løkke Rasmussen Venstre	Helle Thorning-Schmidt Social Democrats

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General elections were held in Denmark on 15 September 2011 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. Of those 179, 175 members were elected in Denmark, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland.

The incumbent centre-right coalition led by Venstre lost power to a centre-left coalition led by the Social Democrats making Helle Thorning-Schmidt the country's first female Prime Minister. The Social Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party became part of the three-party government. The new parliament convened on 4 October, the first Tuesday of the month.

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2011 Danish general election

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