Electoral Performance
The Social Democrats governed Denmark for most of the 20th century, with a few intermissions, such as the Conservative-led government of Poul Schlüter in the 1980s. It continued to be Denmark's largest party until 2001 when Anders Fogh Rasmussen's liberal Venstre Party gained a landslide victory, becoming the largest party and forming a centre-right government.
| Folketing election | Number of votes | Share of votes (%) | Number of seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1884 | 7,000 | 4.9 | 2 |
| 1887 | 8,000 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 1890 | 17,000 | 7.3 | 3 |
| 1892 | 20,000 | 8.9 | 2 |
| 1895 | 24,510 | 11.3 | 8 |
| 1898 | 31,870 | 14.2 | 12 |
| 1901 | 38,398 | 17.8 | 14 |
| 1903 | 48,117 | 21.0 | 16 |
| 1906 | 76,612 | 25.4 | 24 |
| 1909 | 93,079 | 29.0 | 24 |
| 1910 | 98,718 | 28.3 | 24 |
| 1913 | 107,365 | 29.6 | 32 |
| 1915 | N/A | N/A | 32 |
| 1918 | 262,796 | 28.7 | 39 |
| April 1920 | 300,345 | 29.2 | 42 |
| July 1920 | 285,166 | 29.8 | 42 |
| September 1920 | 389,653 | 32.2 | 48 |
| 1924 | 469,949 | 36.6 | 55 |
| 1926 | 497,106 | 37.2 | 53 |
| 1929 | 593,191 | 41.8 | 61 |
| 1932 | 660.839 | 42.7 | 62 |
| 1935 | 759,102 | 46.4 | 68 |
| 1939 | 729,619 | 42.9 | 64 |
| 1943 | 894,632 | 44.5 | 66 |
| 1945 | 671,755 | 32.8 | 48 |
| 1947 | 836,231 | 41.2 | 57 |
| 1950 | 813,224 | 39.6 | 59 |
| April 1953 | 836,507 | 40.4 | 61 |
| September 1953 | 894,913 | 41.3 | 74 |
| 1957 | 910,170 | 39.4 | 70 |
| 1960 | 1,023,794 | 42.1 | 76 |
| 1964 | 1,103,667 | 41.9 | 76 |
| 1966 | 1,068,911 | 38.2 | 69 |
| 1968 | 974,833 | 34.2 | 62 |
| 1971 | 1,074,777 | 37.3 | 70 |
| 1973 | 783,145 | 25.6 | 46 |
| 1975 | 913,155 | 29.9 | 53 |
| 1977 | 1,150,355 | 37.0 | 65 |
| 1979 | 1,213,456 | 38.3 | 68 |
| 1981 | 1,026,726 | 32.9 | 59 |
| 1984 | 1,062,561 | 31.6 | 56 |
| 1987 | 985,906 | 29.3 | 54 |
| 1988 | 992,682 | 29.8 | 55 |
| 1990 | 1,221,121 | 37.4 | 69 |
| 1994 | 1,150,048 | 34.6 | 62 |
| 1998 | 1,223,620 | 35.9 | 63 |
| 2001 | 1,003,023 | 29.1 | 52 |
| 2005 | 867,350 | 25.8 | 47 |
| 2007 | 881,037 | 25.5 | 45 |
| 2011 | 879,615 | 24.8 | 44 |
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