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Results of Danish General Elections 1953-2026

Description

Results of Danish General Elections 1953-2026 including number of votes and number of seats in parliament. Election results from Greenland and the Faroe Islands are not included.

Parties

	Party name in Danish	Party name in English
S	Socialdemokratiet	The Social Democratic Party
RV	Det Radikale Venstre	The Social Liberal Party
K	Det Konservative Folkeparti	The Conservative People's Party
CD	Centrum-Demokraterne	The Centre Democrats
NB	Nye Borgerlige	The New Right
Rfb	Retsforbundet	The Justice Party
KRP	Klaus Riskær Pedersen	Klaus Riskær Pedersen
SF	Socialistisk Folkeparti	Socialist People's Party
G	De Grønne	The Greens
DHP	Det Humanistiske Parti	The Humanist Party
LA	Liberal Alliance	Liberal Alliance
SAP	Socialistisk Arbejderparti	The Socialist Workers Party
KD	Kristendemokraterne	The Christian Democrats
DKP	Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti	Communist Party of Denmark
DKP/ml	Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti/Marxister-Leninister	Communist Party of Denmark/Marxists-Leninists
LC	Liberalt Centrum	Liberal Centre
M	Moderaterne	The Moderates
Min	Minoritetspartiet	The Minority Party
FF	Fredspolitisk Folkeparti	Peace Politics People's Party
DF	Dansk Folkparti	Danish People's Party
SK	Stram Kurs	Hard Line Party
FK	Fælles Kurs	Common Course
P	Pensionistpartiet	The Pensionist Party
FG	Frie Grønne	Independent Greens
KAP	Kommunistisk Arbejderparti	The Communist Workers Party
DS	Dansk Samling	Danish Unity
SP	Slesvigsk Parti	Schleswig Party
U	De Uafhængige	The Independents
DemF	Demokratisk Fornyelse	Democratic Renewal
V	Venstre	The Liberal Party
VS	Venstresocialisterne	The Left Socialists
FP	Fremskridtspartiet	The Progress Party
DD	Danmarksdemokraterne	The Denmark Democrats
EL	Enhedslisten	The Red-Green Alliance
Alt	Alternativet	The Alternativ
PB	Borgernes Parti	The Citizens' Party

Repository content

The votes.csv data file consists of the following variables:

• year = The year of the election
• date = The date of the election
• party_s = Number of votes for the Social Democratic Party
• party_rv = Number of votes for the Social Liberal Party
• party_k = Number of votes for the Conservative People's Party
• party_cd = Number of votes for the Centre Democrats
• party_nb = Number of votes for the New Right
• party_rfb = Number of votes for the Justice Party
• party_krp = Number of votes for Klaus Riskær Pedersen
• party_sf = Number of votes for the Socialist People's Party
• party_g = Number of votes for the Greens
• party_h = Number of votes for Humanist Party
• party_la = Number of votes for the Liberal Alliance
• party_sap = Number of votes for the Socialist Workers Party
• party_kd = Number of votes for the Christian Democrats
• party_dkp = Number of votes for the Communist Party of Denmark
• party_ml = Number of votes for the Communist Party of Denmark/Marxists-Leninists
• party_lc = Number of votes for Liberal Centre
• party_m = Number of votes for the Moderates
• party_min = Number of votes for Minority Party
• party_ff = Number of votes for the Peace Politics People's Party
• party_df = Number of votes for the Danish People's Party
• party_sk = Number of votes for the Hard Line Party
• party_fk = Number of votes for Common Course
• party_p = Number of votes for the Pensionist Party
• party_fg = Number of votes for the Independent Greens
• party_kap = Number of votes for the Communist Workers Party
• party_ds = Number of votes for Danish Unity
• party_sp = Number of votes for the Schleswig Party
• party_u = Number of votes for the Independents
• party_demf = Number of votes for Democratic Renewal
• party_v = Number of votes for the Liberal Party
• party_vs = Number of votes for the Left Socialists
• party_fp = Number of votes for the Progress Party
• party_dd = Number of votes for the Denmark Democrats
• party_el = Number of votes for the Red-Green Alliance
• party_alt = Number of votes for the Alternative
• party_bp = Number of votes for the Citizens' Party
• independents = Number of votes for independent candidates
• total_valid = Total number of valid votes
• blank = Number of blank votes
• other_invalid = Number of invalide votes besides blank votes
• total_invalid = Total number of invalid votes
• total_votes = Total number of votes cast
• electorate = Size of electorate

The seats.csv data file consists of the following variables:

• year = The year of the election
• date = The date of the election
• party_s = Number of seats for the Social Democratic Party
• party_rv = Number of seats for the Social Liberal Party
• party_k = Number of seats for the Conservative People's Party
• party_cd = Number of seats for the Centre Democrats
• party_nb = Number of seats for the New Right
• party_rfb = Number of seats for the Justice Party
• party_krp = Number of seats for Klaus Riskær Pedersen
• party_sf = Number of seats for the Socialist People's Party
• party_g = Number of seats for the Greens
• party_h = Number of seats for Humanist Party
• party_la = Number of seats for the Liberal Alliance
• party_sap = Number of seats for the Socialist Workers Party
• party_kd = Number of seats for the Christian Democrats
• party_dkp = Number of seats for the Communist Party of Denmark
• party_ml = Number of seats for the Communist Party of Denmark/Marxists-Leninists
• party_lc = Number of seats for Liberal Centre
• party_m = Number of seats for the Moderates
• party_min = Number of seats for Minority Party
• party_ff = Number of seats for the Peace Politics People's Party
• party_df = Number of seats for the Danish People's Party
• party_sk = Number of seats for the Hard Line Party
• party_fk = Number of seats for Common Course
• party_p = Number of seats for the Pensionist Party
• party_fg = Number of seats for the Independent Greens
• party_kap = Number of seats for the Communist Workers Party
• party_ds = Number of seats for Danish Unity
• party_sp = Number of seats for the Schleswig Party
• party_u = Number of seats for the Independents
• party_demf = Number of seats for Democratic Renewal
• party_v = Number of seats for the Liberal Party
• party_vs = Number of seats for the Left Socialists
• party_fp = Number of seats for the Progress Party
• party_dd = Number of seats for the Denmark Democrats
• party_el = Number of seats for the Red-Green Alliance
• party_alt = Number of seats for the Alternative
• party_bp = Number of seats for the Citizens' Party
• independents = Number of seats for independent candidates
• total = Total number of seats in parliament

The following commands will load the data into R:

# votes dataset
read.csv(url("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Straubinger/folketingsvalg/master/votes.csv"))
# seats dataset
read.csv(url("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Straubinger/folketingsvalg/master/seats.csv"))

Sources

• Danmarks Statistik Publikationer 1953-2007
• Danmarks Statistik Publikationer 2011-2015
• Danmarks Statistik Valghjemmeside 2011-2026