Legislative elections were held in Denmark on February 8, 2005. Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's Venstre regained the largest number of seats in parliament. The governing coalition between the Liberals and Conservative People's Party remained intact. They will likely be supported by the Danish People's Party, which gained 2 seats. The Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre) made the biggest gains of any party, although it remains outside the governing group of parties. The election marked the second time in a row that the Social Democrats were not the largest party in the parliament, a change from most of the 20th century. The party lost 5 seats and leader Mogens Lykketoft resigned immediately after the election. February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anders Fogh Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 26 January 1953) is the current Prime Minister of Denmark. ... The Liberal Party (Liberale Parti, also known as Venstre)despite the name, is a right wing party) is a major free market liberal party in Denmark. ... The Folketing, or Folketinget, is the name of the national parliament of Denmark. ... Categories: Danish stubs | Danish political parties | Conservative parties ... The Danish Peoples Party ( Danish: Dansk Folkeparti) is a nationalistic political party in Denmark. ... Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Danish stubs | Danish political parties | Liberal parties ... The Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne), is a Danish political party. ... Mogens Lykketoft Mogens Lykketoft succeeded former Danish prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen as leader of the Social Democratic party, (Socialdemokratiet), in December 2002. ...

The prime minister called the elections on January 18. He claimed that he would have called it earlier, but the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake which killed a number of Danes delayed it. Rasmussen still had almost a year left in his term, but said he wanted to call the election before municipal elections in November. His reasoning was that he wanted a clear mandate for the municipal and county government restructuring that his government was implementing. January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Animation of the tsunami caused by the earthquake (see also the full-length version) The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004. ...

From the last election the governing coalition of the Liberal Party and the Conservative People's Party had 94 of the 175 seats together with the supporting Danish People's Party. The election increased their mandate to 95 out of 179.

Results

	Party	Leader	Votes	% of total vote	Mandates	+/-
	Venstre (V)	Anders Fogh Rasmussen	974,657	29	52	−4
	Social Democrats (A)	Mogens Lykketoft	867,933	25.9	47	−5
	Danish People's Party (O)	Pia Kjærsgaard	444,205	13.2	24	2
	Conservative People's Party (C)	Bendt Bendtsen	345,132	10.3	18	2
	Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre) (B)	Marianne Jelved	307,132	9.2	17	8
	Socialist People's Party (F)	Holger K. Nielsen	201,162	6	11	−1
	Unity List - The Red-Greens (Ø)	Collective Leadership	111,394	3.4	6	2
	Christian Democrats (K)	Marianne Karlsmose	57,836	1.7	0	−4
	Centre-Democrats (D)	Mimi Jakobsen	33,635	1	0	0
	Minority Party (M)	Rune Engelbreth Larsen	8883	0.3	0	N/A

(+/-) - Difference in seats from 2001 election. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The Liberal Party (Liberale Parti, also known as Venstre)despite the name, is a right wing party) is a major free market liberal party in Denmark. ... Anders Fogh Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 26 January 1953) is the current Prime Minister of Denmark. ... Logo for the Danish Social Democrats. ... The Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne), is a Danish political party. ... Mogens Lykketoft Mogens Lykketoft succeeded former Danish prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen as leader of the Social Democratic party, (Socialdemokratiet), in December 2002. ... This work is copyrighted. ... The Danish Peoples Party (Danish: Dansk Folkeparti) is a right-wing political party in Denmark. ... Pia Kjærsgaard Pia Merete Kjærsgaard (born February 23, 1947 in Copenhagen) is the leader of the Danish Peoples Party. ... This work is copyrighted. ... Categories: Danish stubs | Danish political parties | Conservative parties ... Bendt Bendtsen Bendt Bendtsen (born March 25, 1954) has been the leader of the Danish Conservative Peoples Party since August 5, 1999. ... This work is copyrighted. ... Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Danish stubs | Danish political parties | Liberal parties ... See Also: Politics of Denmark Danish parliamentary election, 2001 Categories: Danish stubs | 1943 births | Danish politicians ... Danish political party logo, used under fair use guidelines as an educational aide This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... External link Socialistisk Folkeparti - Official site Categories: Danish stubs | Danish political parties | Socialist parties ... Holger K. Nielsen Holger Kirkholm Nielsen (born 23 April 1950) is a Danish politician, member of the Danish parliament (Folketinget) for the Socialist Peoples Party. ... This work is copyrighted. ... The Unity List (Enhedslisten or Ø), also called the Danish Red-Green Alliance, is a political party in Denmark. ... This work is copyrighted. ... See also Politics of Denmark External links Home page of the party (see upper right corner of the page for information in English). ... This work is copyrighted. ... External links Centrum-Demokraterne - Official site Categories: Danish stubs | Danish political parties ... Mimi Jakobsen is the daughter of Erhard Jakobsen and the leader of the Centre-Democrats, which was founded by her father when he broke with the Social Democracy party in 1972 to form his own Party in Denmark. ...

The participation rate was 84.4%.

An additional four members are elected to represent Greenland and the Faroe Islands. They are directly elected on election day. From Greenland Lars Emil Johansen from Siumut won one seat and Kuupik Kleist from Inuit Ataqatigiit won the other. From the Faroe Islands Høgni Hoydal, Tjóðveldisflokkurin won a seat and Anfinn Kallsberg from Fólkaflokkurin won the last seat. Lars Emil Johansen (born 24 September 1946) was the second Prime Minister of Greenland from 1991 to 1997. ... Inuit Ataqatigiit (Inuit Brotherhood) is a socialist political party in Greenland. ... Full name Høgni Karsten Hoydal, commonly called Høgni Hoydal. ... The Republican Party (Tjóðveldisflokkurin) is a political party in the Faroe Islands left of center committed to faroese independence. ...

63 out of the 179 members of the new folketing are newly elected. Although women make up 38% of the total, several women hold prominent positions, notably Pia Kjærsgaard, leader of the third largest party. Marianne Jelved (leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)), Connie Hedegaard (Minister of the Environment), Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (front figure of Unity List - The Red-Greens) and Helle Thorning-Schmidt (later elected as leader of Social Democrats) are other important woman in the parliament. A couple of parties, including the social democrats are holding leadership races which may be won by women. 9 of the top 20 candidates, in terms of personal votes, were women. [1] (http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.sasp?PageID=359841) See Also: Politics of Denmark Danish parliamentary election, 2001 Categories: Danish stubs | 1943 births | Danish politicians ... Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Danish stubs | Danish political parties | Liberal parties ... Connie Hedegaard (born September 15, 1960) has been the Danish Minister of the Environment since ( August 2, 2004, as member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I and II. She is a member of the Conservative Peoples Party, and has been a member of parliament ( Folketinget) since the... A minister of the environment or secretary of the environment, is a cabinet position in charge of a government ministry dealing with the natural environment. ... The Unity List (Enhedslisten or Ø), also called the Danish Red-Green Alliance, is a political party in Denmark. ... Helle Thorning-Schmidt Helle Thorning-Schmidt (born 14 December 1966) was elected leader of the Danish Social Democrats by the party members on April 12, ahead of the other candidate, Frank Jensen. ... The Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne), is a Danish political party. ...

Following the election, Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen reformed his cabinet as the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II. Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen retained his parliamentary support in the 2005 Danish parliamentary election, and was able to continue as head of his government. ...

Platforms

Venstre, the party of the prime minister, campaigned on their municipal restructuring plan, as well as a continuation of the "tax-freeze" and tight immigration requirements. They also promised to see 60,000 jobs created during a second term. The Liberal Party (Liberale Parti, also known as Venstre)despite the name, is a right wing party) is a major free market liberal party in Denmark. ...

The largest opposition party, the Social Democrats led by Mogens Lykketoft focused on employment, which they claim has decreased under the current government. The Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne), is a Danish political party. ...

The Danish People's Party, who support the Venstre-Conservative coalition, criticized the "tax-freeze" but agreed, conditionally, to support it for another parliamentary term. They also wanted increasingly tough immigration restrictions. The Danish Peoples Party ( Danish: Dansk Folkeparti) is a nationalistic political party in Denmark. ... The Conservative Peoples Party ( Danish Det Konservative Folkeparti) is a Danish political party. ...

The Danish Parliamentary Election of 2001 held on November 20, 2001 saw a dramatic change in the political composition of the Danish parliament or Folketing. ... More to be written soon Danish parliamentary election, 2005 Danish parliamentary election, 2001 Danish parliamentary election, 1998 Danish parliamentary election, 1994 Danish parliamentary election, 1990 Danish parliamentary election, 1988 Danish parliamentary election, 1987 Danish parliamentary election, 1984 Danish parliamentary election, 1981 Danish parliamentary election, 1979 Danish parliamentary election, 1977 Danish...

External links

• Official info from Folketinget website (http://www.ft.dk/valg/)
• Angus Reid Consultants - Election Tracker (http://www.angus-reid.com/tracker/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=5618)