European Elections
The Denmark constituency directly elects thirteen members to the European Parliament every five years. The d'Hondt method of proportional representation is used. The last election was carried out in June 2009:
| Parties and coalitions | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Name (Danish name) | European party | No. | % | ±% | No. | ± | |
| A | Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) | PES | 503,439 | 21.49 | -11.1 | 4 | -1 | |
| V | Liberals (Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti) | ELDR | 474,041 | 20.24 | +0.8 | 3 | ±0 | |
| F | Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) | EGP observer | 371,603 | 15.87 | +7.8 | 2 | +1 | |
| O | Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) | AEN | 357,942 | 15.28 | +8.5 | 2 | +1 | |
| C | Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) | EPP | 297,199 | 12.69 | +1.3 | 1 | ±0 | |
| N | People's Movement against the EU (Folkebevægelsen mod EU) | none (GUE/NGL group) | 168,555 | 7.20 | +2.2 | 1 | ±0 | |
| B | Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) | 100,094 | 4.27 | -2.2 | 0 | -1 | ||
| J | June Movement (JuniBevægelsen) | 55,459 | 2.37 | -6.8 | 0 | -1 | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance) | 13,796 | 0.59 | N/A | 0 | N/A | ||
| Blank votes | 67,219 | 1.66 | -0.26 | |||||
| Invalid votes | 6,221 | 0.15 | ||||||
| Total (Turnout: 59.5% – electorate: 4,059,385) | 2,342,128 | 100.0% | ±0 | 13 | -1 | |||
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