Danish parliamentary election, 1994

Danish parliamentary election, 1994

1990 ← 21 September 1994 → 1998

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Uffe Ellemann-Jensen Party Social Democrats Venstre Last election 69 seats, 37.4% 29, 15.8% Seats won 62 42 Seat change -7 +13 Popular vote 1,150,048 775,176 Percentage 34.6% 23.3%

Prime Minister before election Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Social Democrats PM-elect Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Social Democrats

The Danish parliamentary election of 1994 was held on 21 September 1994. The Social Democratic / Social Liberal / Centre Democrats coalition of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen remained in power. The Christian People's Party, which up to the election had been a part of Poul Nyrup Rasmussens government, did just not make the 2 percent threshold and lost their 4 seats.

Party	Leader	Total votes	Percentage of ballots cast	Seats won	Gain/Loss
Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet) (A)	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen	1,150,048	34.6	62	-7
Venstre (Liberals) (V)	Uffe Ellemann-Jensen	775,176	23.3	42	+13
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	Hans Engell	499,845	15.0	27	-3
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	Holger K. Nielsen	242,398	7.3	13	-2
Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z)	Pia Kjærsgaard	214,057	6.4	11	-1
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	Marianne Jelved	152,701	4.6	8	+1
Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	None	104,701	3.1	6	+6
Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (D)	Mimi Jakobsen	94,496	2.8	5	-4
Christian People's Party (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q)	Jann Sjursen	61,507	1.9	0	-4
Other Parties	Inapplicable	32,668	1.0	1	+1
Voter turnout		84.3%
Source		Folketinget.dk

* One seat in parliament went to Jacob Haugaard, who ran without a party, with 23,253 votes.