General elections were held in Denmark on 8 February 2005.[1]Prime MinisterAnders Fogh Rasmussen's Venstre remained the largest party in the Folketing and his governing coalition with the Conservative People's Party remained intact, with the Danish People's Party providing the parliamentary support needed for the minority government. The Danish Social Liberal Party made the biggest gains of any party, although it remained outside the governing group of parties. The elections marked the second time in a row that the Social Democrats were not the largest party in parliament, a change from most of the 20th century. The Social Democrats lost five seats and leader Mogens Lykketoft resigned immediately after the elections. Voter turnout was 85% in Denmark proper, 73% in the Faroe Islands and 59% in Greenland.[2]
Prior to the SARS pandemic in 2003 and with Boxing Day tsunami in December 2004, Prime Minister Rasmussen called the elections on 18 January. Rasmussen still had almost a year left in his term, but he said that the country wanted to call the election before municipal elections in November. His reasoning was that he wanted a clear mandate for the municipal and county government restructuring that his government was implementing.
In the previous elections in 2001, the governing coalition of Venstre and the Conservative People's Party had won 94 of the 175 seats together with the supporting Danish People's Party.
Electoral systemedit
This was the last election in which the counties were used as constituencies.
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Venstre campaigned on their municipal restructuring plan, as well as a continuation of the "tax-freeze" and tight immigration requirements. They also promised to see 60,000 jobs created during a second term.
The largest opposition party, the Social Democrats focused on employment, which they claim has decreased under the current government.
The Danish People's Party, which supported the Venstre–Conservative coalition, criticized the "tax-freeze" but agreed, conditionally, to support it for another parliamentary term. They also wanted increasingly tough immigration restrictions.
Resultsedit
63 out of the 179 members of the new Folketing were newly elected. Although women made up 38% of the total, several women held prominent positions, notably Pia Kjærsgaard, leader of the third largest party, the Danish People's Party. Marianne Jelved (leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party), Connie Hedegaard (Minister of the Environment), Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (front figure of Enhedslisten) and Helle Thorning-Schmidt (later elected as leader of Social Democrats) were other important woman in the parliament. A couple of parties, including the Social Democrats were holding leadership races, which might have been won by women. 9 of the top 20 candidates, in terms of personal votes, were women.
Pedersen, Karina (November 2005). "The 2005 Danish general election: A phase of consolidation". West European Politics. 28 (5): 1101–1108. doi:10.1080/01402380500311848. S2CID 153566223.
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General elections were held in Denmark on 8 February 2005 1 Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen s Venstre remained the largest party in the Folketing and his governing coalition with the Conservative People s Party remained intact with the Danish People s Party providing the parliamentary support needed for the minority government The Danish Social Liberal Party made the biggest gains of any party although it remained outside the governing group of parties The elections marked the second time in a row that the Social Democrats were not the largest party in parliament a change from most of the 20th century The Social Democrats lost five seats and leader Mogens Lykketoft resigned immediately after the elections Voter turnout was 85 in Denmark proper 73 in the Faroe Islands and 59 in Greenland 2 2005 Danish general election 2001 8 February 2005 2007 All 179 seats in the Folketing90 seats needed for a majorityTurnout84 54 Party Leader Seats Venstre Anders Fogh Rasmussen 29 03 52 4 Social Democrats Mogens Lykketoft 25 84 47 5 DPP Pia Kjaersgaard 13 25 24 2 Conservatives Bendt Bendtsen 10 27 18 2 Social Liberals Marianne Jelved 9 18 17 8 SF Holger K Nielsen 5 99 11 1 Red Green Collective leadership 3 40 6 2 Elected in the Faroe Islands Republican Hogni Hoydal 25 36 1 0 People s Anfinn Kallsberg 24 02 1 1 Elected in Greenland Siumut Hans Enoksen 33 66 1 0 Inuit Ataqatigiit Josef Motzfeldt 25 04 1 0 This lists parties that won seats See the complete results below Most voted for bloc by municipalityMost voted for bloc by nomination district and constituencyDistribution of constituency and levelling seatsPrime Minister before Prime Minister electAnders Fogh RasmussenVenstre Anders Fogh RasmussenVenstre Contents 1 Background 2 Electoral system 3 Campaign 4 Results 4 1 Maps 5 Aftermath 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksBackground editPrior to the SARS pandemic in 2003 and with Boxing Day tsunami in December 2004 Prime Minister Rasmussen called the elections on 18 January Rasmussen still had almost a year left in his term but he said that the country wanted to call the election before municipal elections in November His reasoning was that he wanted a clear mandate for the municipal and county government restructuring that his government was implementing In the previous elections in 2001 the governing coalition of Venstre and the Conservative People s Party had won 94 of the 175 seats together with the supporting Danish People s Party Electoral system editThis was the last election in which the counties were used as constituencies Campaign editVenstre campaigned on their municipal restructuring plan as well as a continuation of the tax freeze and tight immigration requirements They also promised to see 60 000 jobs created during a second term The largest opposition party the Social Democrats focused on employment which they claim has decreased under the current government The Danish People s Party which supported the Venstre Conservative coalition criticized the tax freeze but agreed conditionally to support it for another parliamentary term They also wanted increasingly tough immigration restrictions Results edit63 out of the 179 members of the new Folketing were newly elected Although women made up 38 of the total several women held prominent positions notably Pia Kjaersgaard leader of the third largest party the Danish People s Party Marianne Jelved leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party Connie Hedegaard Minister of the Environment Pernille Rosenkrantz Theil front figure of Enhedslisten and Helle Thorning Schmidt later elected as leader of Social Democrats were other important woman in the parliament A couple of parties including the Social Democrats were holding leadership races which might have been won by women 9 of the top 20 candidates in terms of personal votes were women nbsp PartyVotes Seats Denmark properVenstre974 63629 0352 4Social Democrats867 34925 8447 5Danish People s Party444 94713 2524 2Conservative People s Party344 88610 2718 2Danish Social Liberal Party308 2129 1817 8Socialist People s Party201 0475 9911 1Red Green Alliance114 1233 406 2Christian Democrats58 0711 730 4Centre Democrats33 8801 0100Minority Party8 8500 260NewIndependents1 2110 0400Total3 357 212100 001750Valid votes3 357 21299 19Invalid blank votes27 3480 81Total votes3 384 560100 00Registered voters turnout4 003 61684 54Faroe IslandsRepublican Party6 30125 3610People s Party5 96724 021 1Social Democratic Party5 51822 2100Union Party5 33321 470 1Centre Party8293 340NewSelf Government5852 3500Independents3091 240NewTotal24 842100 0020Valid votes24 84299 62Invalid blank votes940 38Total votes24 936100 00Registered voters turnout34 16672 98GreenlandSiumut7 76133 6610Inuit Ataqatigiit5 77425 0410Democrats4 90921 290NewAtassut3 77416 3700Independents8413 6500Total23 059100 0020Valid votes23 05998 06Invalid blank votes4571 94Total votes23 516100 00Registered voters turnout39 58859 40Source Danmarks Statistik Nohlen amp Stover Maps edit nbsp Largest party within each nomination district and constituency nbsp Largest party within each municipality Aftermath editFollowing the elections Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen reformed his liberal conservative cabinet as the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II with parliamentary support from Danish People s Party See also editList of members of the Folketing 2005 2007References edit Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p525 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7 Nohlen amp Stover p550Further reading editPedersen Karina November 2005 The 2005 Danish general election A phase of consolidation West European Politics 28 5 1101 1108 doi 10 1080 01402380500311848 S2CID 153566223 External links editOfficial info from Folketinget website Angus Reid Consultants Election Tracker Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2005 Danish general election amp oldid 1216534899, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
