2007 Danish general election

2007 Danish general election
Danish Realm
← 2005 13 November 2007 2011 →
All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout86.59%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Elected in Denmark
Venstre Anders Fogh Rasmussen 26.26 46 −6
Social Democrats Helle Thorning-Schmidt 25.47 45 −2
DPP Pia Kjærsgaard 13.86 25 +1
SF Villy Søvndal 13.04 23 +12
Conservatives Bendt Bendtsen 10.39 18 0
Social Liberals Margrethe Vestager 5.12 9 −8
New Alliance Naser Khader 2.81 5 New
Red–Green Collective leadership 2.17 4 −2
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Republic Høgni Hoydal 25.36 1 0
Union Kaj Leo Johannesen 23.47 1 +1
Elected in Greenland
Inuit Ataqatigiit Josef Motzfeldt 33.25 1 0
Siumut Hans Enoksen 32.16 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before PM-elect
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Venstre		 Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Venstre
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Election posters in Copenhagen.

General elections were held in Denmark on 13 November 2007.[1][2] The elections allowed prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to continue for a third term in a coalition government consisting of Venstre and the Conservative People's Party with parliamentary support from the Danish People's Party.[3] They were the first elections held using the current constituencies.

Electoral system

The 179 members of the Folketing were elected by party-list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies, with levelling seats filled using overall party vote shares. The districts were re-drawn prior to the elections, reducing the number to 12, which elected between two and 20 members.

Contesting parties

Party Leader
Denmark proper
Christian Democrats Bodil Kornbek
Conservative People's Party Bendt Bendtsen
Danish People's Party Pia Kjærsgaard
Danish Social Liberal Party Margrethe Vestager
New Alliance Naser Khader
Red-Green Alliance Collective leadership
Social Democrats Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Socialist People's Party Villy Søvndal
Venstre Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Faroe Islands
Centre Party Álvur Kirke
People's Party Jørgen Niclasen
Republic Høgni Hoydal
Self-Government Party Kári P. Højgaard
Social Democratic Party Jóannes Eidesgaard
Union Party Kaj Leo Johannesen
Greenland
Atassut Finn Karlsen
Democrats Per Berthelsen
Inuit Ataqatigiit Josef Motzfeldt
Siumut Hans Enoksen

Coalitions

According to the Constitution of Denmark, Denmark is governed according to the principle of negative parliamentarism, meaning that while a government doesn't need the majority of seats in parliament, it must never have a majority of seats against it in a vote of no confidence. Before the ongoing elections, this was relevant since the government, consisting of the Conservative People's Party and the Liberals did not have a majority of seats, but depended on the support of the Danish People's Party. Early opinion polls showed that neither a right-wing or a left-wing government could gather enough seats to be in government without the support of the newly established New Alliance.[4][5] This caused a lot of interest, since New Alliance had stated that they would first give the government the opportunity to propose a programme for government, but that they would not definitely support a right-wing government prior to seeing how many of their political agendas they could work together on.[6] Many people were unsure how this would be possible, since New Alliance was originally formed to limit the influence of the Danish People's Party, without whom a right-wing government did not seem possible in opinion polls.[7][8][9] After the elections, however, it was clear that New Alliance did not get enough seats in parliament to break the previous right-wing majority.[3]

The opposition

Shortly after the elections were called, the Social Liberal Party stated that they supported a government led by the Social Democrats.[10] The Red-Green Alliance support a left-wing government almost by default.[11] The Socialist People's Party also support a left-wing government, and have stated that they wish to not only support such a government but to be a part of it.[12] In spite of a dramatic increase in support of the Socialist People's Party in opinion polls, these four parties never stood to get enough seats in parliament to head a government.[4][5] Consequently, prior to the election, Helle Thorning-Schmidt (the leader of the Social Democrats) invited both New Alliance and the Conservative People's Party to participate in a centre-left government, but both parties refused.[13][14]

Early election

Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced this election date on 24 October 2007. The election was held ahead of time in the sense that by law, the election needed to be held before 8 February 2009, four years after the previous election.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen explained that the elections were called early to allow the parliament to work on important upcoming topics without being distracted by a future election. Referring specifically to welfare reform, he said rival parties would then try to outdo each other with expensive reforms which would damage the Danish economy.[2]

Parties that had previously declared their intention to run

The Centre Democrats lacked about 2,000 - 3,000 of the required 20,000 signatures in order to run in the 2007 election when Anders Fogh Rasmussen called it on 24 October, meaning that they won't be able to run.[15] The Liberalists had reached 5,000 signatures.[16] The Danish Ministry of Welfare has registered more than 70 parties that had not handed in the required number of signatures.[17]

Campaign

Several topics have been mentioned as central to the election. These include welfare, taxes, immigration, and the health system.[18] The election also clears the Rasmussen government from having a potentially unpopular parliamentary debate on the European Union Treaty of Lisbon,[19] as it will become a topic in the election instead.[20]

Results

For full results by constituency, see Results of the 2007 Danish general election.

The Socialist People's Party had the election's largest gain, securing 23 seats in the new parliament compared to 11 in the 2005 elections. The Danish People's Party gained one additional seat, leaving it at 25. The New Alliance secured five seats in its first election, a result lower than projected in earlier opinion polls.

The biggest setback was suffered by the Danish Social Liberal Party which was reduced from 17 seats to 9. The Liberals lost six seats leaving it at 46, and the party remains the biggest party for the third consecutive election. The Social Democrats lost two seats, leaving it at 45. The Red-Green Alliance lost two seats leaving it at four seats, just above the 2% threshold.

The Conservative People's Party ensured marginal gains, but no additional seats, leaving it at 18 seats. The Christian Democrats did not ensure representation.

Greenland's vote resulted in one seat for Siumut and one for Inuit Ataqatigiit. The Faroe Islands returned Høgni Hoydal representing the Republican Party, its second seat went to the Union Party, a seat gained from the People's Party which did not achieve representation.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Denmark proper
Venstre908,47226.2646–6
Social Democrats881,03725.4745–2
Danish People's Party479,53213.8625+1
Socialist People's Party450,97513.0423+12
Conservative People's Party359,40410.39180
Danish Social Liberal Party177,1615.129–8
New Alliance97,2952.815New
Red–Green Alliance74,9822.174–2
Christian Democrats30,0130.8700
Independents5490.0200
Total3,459,420100.001750
Valid votes3,459,42099.31
Invalid/blank votes24,1130.69
Total votes3,483,533100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,022,92086.59
Faroe Islands
Republic5,84925.3610
Union Party5,41423.471+1
People's Party4,72820.500–1
Social Democratic Party4,70220.3900
Centre Party1,5736.8200
Self-Government7993.4600
Total23,065100.0020
Valid votes23,06599.36
Invalid/blank votes1490.64
Total votes23,214100.00
Registered voters/turnout34,52967.23
Greenland
Inuit Ataqatigiit8,34333.2510
Siumut8,06832.1610
Democrats4,58418.2700
Atassut4,09416.3200
Total25,089100.0020
Valid votes25,08998.05
Invalid/blank votes5001.95
Total votes25,589100.00
Registered voters/turnout39,63464.56
Source: Danmarks Statistik, Nohen & Stöver[21]

Aftermath

The ruling Liberal-Conservative coalition secured 64 seats. The support of the Danish People's Party (DPP), with 25 seats, left the coalition needing one more seat. Finally, the coalition-friendly Union Party of former Faroese prime minister Edmund Joensen won the needed seat in the Faroese elections.

Parties backing Helle Thorning-Schmidt, in opposition, won 84 seats. (This includes the remaining three seats of the overseas territories.)

The New Alliance won the remaining five seats.

Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced that the party composition of the cabinet would remain as before, but that parties not in a cabinet that support his premiership will have influence over policy. This statement was aimed at the New Alliance. Rasmussen's capacity to accommodate both the New Alliance and the Danish People's Party going forward is not assured – the New Alliance was established, in part, to limit the Danish Peoples' Party's influence. With the DPP in the coalition, Rasmussen can govern: a New Alliance-supported opposition would be short of a majority by one vote. Edmund Joensen's pledge to abstain on matters related to internal affairs of Denmark would alter this, giving the New Alliance the balance of power and risking conflict with the DPP,[22] but Joensen has also pledged that if doing so would risk giving the opposition a majority, he would not abstain, but instead vote with the government.

After the last election, where Rasmussen also secured continuing power, there was some shuffling of minister posts in the cabinet. The resulting Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III was presented a few days after the election.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Danish Premier Calls Early Elections". Associated Press. 2007-10-24.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b "Fogh: Luften skal renses med valg" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  3. ^ a b "Færøerne sikrer Fogh nyt VKO-flertal" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-11-14. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
  4. ^ a b "Opinion" (in Danish). TV 2. 2007-10-25. Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
  5. ^ a b "Opinion". Politiken. 2007-10-24. Archived from the original on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  6. ^ "Ny Alliance udelukker at pege på Fogh inden valget" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-28. Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  7. ^ "Pia K. forudser nyvalg om et halvt år" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-25. Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  8. ^ "Den ustabile koalition med DF og NA". Archived from the original on 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  9. ^ "Fogh hæmmes af bred koalition". TV 2. Archived from the original on 2008-02-17. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  10. ^ "R peger på Helle Thorning" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-24. Archived from the original on 2007-10-29. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  11. ^ "EL peger på Helle Thorning-Schmidt" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-26. Archived from the original on 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  12. ^ "Søvndal: "Der skal bare flyttes fem mandater"" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-25. Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  13. ^ "Khader: Vi er ikke til fals for ministerposter" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-29. Archived from the original on 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  14. ^ "Thorning bejler til de konservative" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-28. Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  15. ^ "CD ude af valgkampen på forhånd" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-24. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  16. ^ "Liberalister når ikke at opstille" (in Danish). TV 2. 2007-10-24. Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  17. ^ "Lists of other registered parties" (in Danish). Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health. 2007-10-04. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  18. ^ "Valgets hovedtemaer er klar" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-10-24. Archived from the original on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  19. ^ "Rasmussen Calls Early Danish Election for Nov. 13". Bloomberg. 2007-10-24.
  20. ^ "Moving the Majority". The Copenhagen Post. 2007-10-26.[permanent dead link‍]
  21. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  22. ^ "Færing stemmer ikke indenrigspolitisk" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-11-14. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2007-11-14.

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