European Parliament elections were held in Denmark on 7 June 2009 to elect the 13 Danish members of the European Parliament. The election was held simultaneously with a referendum on changing the Danish Act of Succession.
Contesting parties All Danish parties which were represented in the European Parliament announced they would take part in the election. These were the Social Democrats, Venstre (Liberal Party), Conservative People's Party, June Movement, Socialist People's Party, Danish People's Party, Social Liberal Party and the People's Movement against the EU.
As in the last election, several electoral coalitions were agreed to before the vote. The Social Democrats sided with the Social Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party, while Venstre teamed up with the Conservative People's Party and Liberal Alliance. EU-critics JuniBevægelsen and the People's Movement against the EU were also in a coalition, meaning that the only party not in a coalition was the Danish People's Party.
Electoral system Under the Danish electoral code for European Parliament elections, parties that surpassed the 2% threshold in the last Folketing elections may also take part in the European elections, should they wish so.
Opinion polls SourceDateSDVSFKDFFM EURVJBLAUndecided26–1 March April 200926.4%22%17.4%12.1%12%4%3.9%2.2%––22 May 200927.9%24.4%13.4%11.8%8.6%6.3%4.4%3.2%––29 May 200926.5%23.5%12.1%13.6%10.2%5.3%4.5%3.8%0.5%–, 5 June 200924.1%23.3%15.8%? 12%11.8%5.2%3.7%3.5%?–6 June 200922.6%22.4%15.5%12.3%6.7%6.5%3.8%2.9%0.6%–
Results
Seat apportionment Main apportionmentLetterElectoral alliance/party outside of electoral allianceVotesQuotientsSeatsABFSocial Democrats/Danish Social Liberal Party/Socialist People's Party975,1366.096CIVConservative People's Party/Liberal Alliance/Venstre785,0364.914JNJune Movement/People's Movement against the EU224,0141.401ODanish People's Party357,9422.242Divisor: 160,000 Alliance 1LetterPartyVotesQuotientsSeatsASocial Democrats503,4394.034BDanish Social Liberal Party100,0940.800FSocialist People's Party371,6032.972Divisor: 125,000 Alliance 2LetterPartyVotesQuotientsSeatsCConservative People's Party297,1991.981ILiberal Alliance13,7960.090VVenstre474,0413.163Divisor: 150,000 Alliance 3LetterPartyVotesQuotientsSeatsJJune Movement55,4590.550NPeople's Movement against the EU168,5551.691Divisor: 100,000
Elected members The final list of MEP were determined by a recount of votes on individual politicians:
Social Democrats (4 seats) Dan Jørgensen (233,266 votes) Christel Schaldemose (43,855) Britta Thomsen (32,569) Ole Christensen (20,597) Conservative People's Party (1 seat) Bendt Bendtsen (176,786 votes) Socialist People's Party (2 seats) Margrete Auken (204,111 votes) Emilie Turunen (37,330) People's Movement against the EU (1 seat) Søren Søndergaard (107,429 votes) Danish People's Party (2 seats) Morten Messerschmidt (284,500 votes) Anna Rosbach Andersen (3,592) Venstre (3 seats) Jens Rohde (171,205 votes) Morten Løkkegaard (57,175) Anne Elisabet Jensen (47,906)
Aftermath After the election, both head of the June Movement Keld Albrechtsen and lead candidate Hanne Dahl announced that they intended to disband the movement after obtaining no seats at the election.
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