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Europea2n E0lecti1ons9 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT THE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS WHY VOTE? ENGLISH Denmark Results of the 26 May 2019 European elections Show 10 entries Search: Trend European Number of Percentage of Number of Political party compared affiliation votes votes seats with 2014 Liberal Party (V) Renew Europe 23.50 % 3 ↑ Social Democrats (SD) S&D 21.50 % 3 ↑ People’s Socialist Party Greens/EFA 13.20 % 2 ↑ - SF Social-liberal Party Renew Europe 10.10 % 2 ↑ Danish People’s Party ECR 10.70 % 1 ↓ (DF) Conservative People’s EPP 6.20 % 1 ↓ Party Unity List – Red-Green GUE/NGL 5.50 % 1 New Alliance Showing 1 to 7 of 7 entries Previous Next List of MEPs Pernille Weiss Conservative People's Party EPP Jeppe Kofod Social Democrats S&D Christel Schaldemose Social Democrats S&D Niels Fuglsang Social Democrats S&D Morten Løkkegaard Liberal Party Renew Europe Asger Christensen Liberal Party Renew Europe Søren Gade Liberal Party Renew Europe Morten Helveg Petersen Radical Left Renew Europe Karen Melchior Radical Left Renew Europe Margrete Auken People’s Socialist Party Greens/EFA Kira Marie Peter-Hansen People’s Socialist Party Greens/EFA Peter Kofod Danish People’s Party ID Nikolaj Villumsen Unity List – Red-Green Alliance GUE/NGL Lists for the elections on 26 May European Leading Name of party Translation Website Programme affiliation candidate Det Konservative Conservative People’s Party EPP Pernille Weiss konservative.dk Programme Folkeparti (KF) Socialdemokratiet (SD) Social Democrats (SD) S&D Jeppe Kofod socialdemokratiet.dk.da Programme Venstre, Danmarks Liberal Party (V) ALDE Morten venstre.dk Programme Liberale Parti (V) Løkkegaard European Leading Name of party Translation Website Programme affiliation candidate Radikale Venstre Radical Left ALDE Morten Helveg radikale.dk Programme Petersen Enhedslisten – de rød- Unity List – Red-Green GUE/NGL Nikolaj enhedslisten.dk Programme grønne Alliance Villumsen Socialistisk Folkeparti People’s Socialist Party - SF Greens/EFA Margrete sf.dk Programme (SF) Auken Dansk Folkeparti (DF) Danish People’s Party (DF) EFDD Peter Kofod danskfolkeparti.dk Programme Folkebevægelsen mod People’s Movement against / Rina Ronja Kari folkebevaegelsen.dk Programme EU the European Union Liberal Alliance Liberal Alliance / Mette Bock liberalalliance.dk Programme Alternativet (Diem25) The Alternative (DieM25) / Rasmus alternativet.dk Programme Nordqvist Electoral Procedures > Election Dates : 26 May 2019 > Number of MEPs : 13 > At what age can one vote? 18 years > At what age can one be elected? 18 years > Who can vote? European citizens living in Denmark Electoral rules > Voting method : Preferential vote > Means for attributing seats : D’Hondt Method > Can candidates be chosen from a list? Yes Institutions and political situation Constitutional monarchy, unicameral democratic parliament. – Head of State: the Queen Margrethe II since 1972 – Prime Minister: Mette Frederiksen Economy > Currency : Danish Crown (DKK) (exchange rate on December 2018: 1€ = 7.4673 DKK) > GDP : €297,633.6 billion (2018) > GDP per capita (PPS) : €51,400 (2018) > GDP Growth : 2.2% (T4 2018) > Unemployment: 5% (January 2019) > Inflation : 1.1% (February 2019) > Public Debt : 35.2% of GDP (T3 2018) Geography and population Surface Area: 43,094 km² Population: 5,781,190 inhabitants (January 2018) Printable version Download PDF file SHARE THIS PAGE ON Contact Archives 2004 Archives 2009 Archives 2014 Production : Digiplace © Robert Schuman Foundation.