2015 Danish general election

Next Danish parliamentary election

On or before 14 September 2015
All 179 seats to the Folketing
Leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen Helle Thorning-Schmidt Party Venstre Social Democrats Last election 47 seats, 26.7% 44 seats, 24.9%
Incumbent Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt Social Democrats

The Next Danish parliamentary election will be held on or before 14 September 2015. It will elect 179 members to the Danish Parliament. Of those 179, 175 members will be elected in Denmark, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland.

It will be the first election since the selection of the SRSF-coalition.

Date

According to the Danish Constitution, the election must take place no later than 14 September 2015, since the last election was held on 15 September 2011. The prime minister can call the election at any date, provided it is no later than four years from the previous election.

Opinion polls

Source	Date	Social Democrats (A)	Social Liberal Party (B)	Conser-vative People's Party (C)	Socialist People's Party (F)	Liberal Alliance (I)	Christian Democrats (K)	Danish People's Party (O)	Venstre (V)	Red-Green Alliance (Ø)	Government (+ Red-Green Alliance)	Opposition
2011 Election	15 September 2011	24.8%	9.5%	4.9%	9.2%	5.0%	0.8%	12.3%	26.7%	6.7%	50.2%	49.7%
Megafon	6 October 2011	24.1%	10.5%	4.0%	7.8%	5.4%	0.6%	12.4%	28.2%	6.9%	49.3%	50.7%
Megafon	26 October 2011	22.9%	9.7%	4.0%	7.9%	4.1%	0.8%	10.5%	33.1%	7.1%	47.6%	52.4%
DR	3 November 2011	20.9%	9.6%	4.4%	8.7%	4.8%	0.4%	11.8%	31.9%	7.4%	46.5%	53.5%
Megafon	24 November 2011	23.0%	10.5%	3.3%	7.0%	4.7%	0.5%	11.4%	32.2%	7.5%	48.0%	52.0%
Megafon	14 December 2011	22.8%	10.5%	3.9%	7.4%	4.6%	0.3%	10.4%	32.9%	7.3%	48.0%	52.0%
DR	21 December 2011	22.1%	9.0%	3.5%	8.1%	4.8%	0.8%	11.4%	32.5%	7.8%	47.0%	53.0%
DR	10 January 2012	22.0%	10.2%	3.1%	8.3%	4.5%	0.6%	11.8%	32.4%	7.2%	47.6%	52.4%
Megafon	26 January 2012	22.6%	8.8%	4.0%	7.4%	4.9%	0.5%	11.8%	32.8%	7.3%	46.1%	53.9%
DR	15 February 2012	22.4%	9.5%	4.1%	7.2%	5.1%	0.4%	12.2%	32.4%	6.7%	45.9%	54.1%
Megafon	22 February 2012	20.2%	10.0%	3.2%	8.1%	4.6%	0.6%	11.9%	34.3%	7.2%	45.5%	54.5%
DR	22 March 2012	20.6%	9.4%	3.5%	7.9%	4.4%	0.3%	13.3%	32.1%	8.4%	46.3%	53.7%
Megafon	29 March 2012	19.8%	9.3%	3.4%	5.9%	6.5%	0.3%	13.3%	32.2%	9.2%	44.2%	55.8%
DR	11 April 2012	20.8%	9.0%	3.3%	6.6%	4.7%	0.9%	13.4%	33.4%	7.8%	44.2%	55.8%
Megafon	13 April 2012	21.5%	9.6%	3.9%	5.6%	5.8%	0.1%	12.6%	31.4%	9.4%	46.1%	53.9%
Megafon	25 April 2012	20.2%	10.6%	3.4%	7.7%	4.6%	0.6%	12.7%	32.5%	7.6%	46.1%	53.9%
DR	25 May 2012	20.5%	8.6%	3.9%	6.2%	5.5%	0.6%	12.9%	32.9%	8.7%	44.1%	55.9%
Megafon	31 May 2012	16.9%	9.2%	3.5%	5.7%	5.0%	0.5%	13.7%	34.0%	11.3%	43.1%	56.9%
DR	13 June 2012	17.5%	7.4%	5.0%	6.6%	5.0%	0.4%	13.3%	34.0%	10.8%	42.3%	57.7%
Megafon	27 June 2012	17.3%	7.8%	4.4%	5.2%	4.7%	0.7%	12.4%	33.4%	13.9%	44.2%	55.8%
DR	27 June 2012	16.3%	8.3%	4.5%	5.8%	4.1%	0.9%	12.8%	33.6%	13.6%	44.0%	56.0%
Megafon	10 August 2012	19.8%	9.3%	3.7%	5.8%	5.4%	0.2%	13.9%	31.1%	10.8%	45.7%	54.3%
DR	10 August 2012	17.4%	9.2%	4.1%	6%	3.7%	0.6%	14.1%	34.4%	10.5%	43.2%	56.8%
Megafon	29 August 2012	19.3%	8.5%	4.7%	6.5%	4.3%	1.2%	13.1%	33.0%	9.4%	43.7%	56.3%
DR	11 September 2012	19.0%	7.5%	3.5%	5.7%	4.9%	0.9%	15.1%	33.5%	9.9%	42.1%	57.9%
Megafon	20 September 2012	20.2%	8.3%	4.2%	6.6%	4.7%	0.8%	14.5%	30.7%	10.0%	45.1%	54.9%
DR	22 October 2012	19.9%	7.8%	4.2%	6.8%	5.1%	0.8%	14.7%	31.6%	9.1%	43.6%	56.4%
Megafon	22 October 2012	20.4%	9.4%	4.1%	5.8%	5.1%	0.7%	13.2%	31.8%	9.4%	45.0%	55.0%
DR	16 November 2012	19.1%	8.1%	4.0%	7.5%	4.8%	0.6%	15.2%	32.3%	8.4%	43.1%	56.9%
Megafon	29 November 2012	19.8%	9.4%	2.7%	6.2%	5.9%	0.7%	14.3%	29.6%	11.3%	46.7%	53.3%

See also

• Elections in Denmark

External links

• Election polling and trends on politiken.dk