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1994 Danish general election

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Field	Value
election_name	1994 Danish general election
country	Kingdom of Denmark
previous_election	[1990](1990-danish-general-election)
next_election	[1998](1998-danish-general-election)
seats_for_election	All 179 seats in the Folketing
majority_seats	90
election_date	21 September 1994
party1	Social Democrats (Denmark)	leader1 = Poul Nyrup Rasmussen	last_election1 = 69	seats1 = 62	percentage1 = 34.56
party2	Venstre (Denmark)	leader2 = Uffe Ellemann-Jensen	last_election2 = 29	seats2 = 42	percentage2 = 23.30
party3	Conservative People's Party (Denmark)	leader3 = Hans Engell	last_election3 = 30	seats3 = 27	percentage3 = 15.02
party4	Socialist People's Party (Denmark)	leader4 = Holger K. Nielsen	last_election4 = 15	seats4 = 13	percentage4 = 7.28
party5	Progress Party (Denmark)	leader5 = Pia Kjærsgaard	last_election5 = 12	seats5 = 11	percentage5 = 6.43
party6	Danish Social Liberal Party	leader6 = Marianne Jelved	last_election6 = 7	seats6 = 8	percentage6 = 4.59
party7	Red–Green Alliance (Denmark)	leader7 = Collective leadership	last_election7 = 0	seats7 = 6	percentage7 = 3.15
party8	Centre Democrats (Denmark)	leader8 = Mimi Jakobsen	last_election8 = 9	seats8 = 5	percentage8 = 2.84
party9	Independents	leader9 = Jacob Haugaard	last_election9 = 0	seats9 = 1	percentage9 = 0.98
heading10	Elected in the Faroe Islands
party10	Union Party (Faroe Islands)	leader10 = Edmund Joensen	last_election10 = 0	seats10 = 1	percentage10 = 22.45
party11	People's Party (Faroe Islands)	leader11 = Anfinn Kallsberg	last_election11 = 1	seats11 = 1	percentage11 = 21.69
heading12	Elected in Greenland
party12	Atassut	leader12 = Daniel Skifte	last_election12 = 1	seats12 = 1	percentage12 = 34.73
party13	Independents	leader13 = –	last_election13 = 0	seats13 = 1	percentage13 = 57.83
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	PM-elect
before_election	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
before_party	Social Democrats (Denmark)
after_election	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
after_party	Social Democrats (Denmark)
turnout	84.25%
map	{{Switcher

| [[File:Folketingsvalget 1994 - Opstillingskredse.svg|300px]] | Most voted-for party by nomination district and constituency | [[File:Folketingsvalget 1994 - Kommuner.svg|300px]] | Most voted-for party by municipality | [[File:Folketing1994.svg|300px]] | Distribution of constituency and levelling seats}}}}

General elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1994. The coalition of the Social Democratic Party, the Danish Social Liberal Party and the Centre Democrats led by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen remained in power despite the Christian People's Party, which had been part of the government, failing to cross the 2% threshold and losing all four seats. Voter turnout was 84.3% in Denmark proper, 62.3% in the Faroe Islands and 56.7% in Greenland.

Results

The sole elected independent MP in Denmark proper was Jacob Haugaard, who was associated with the Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements. As of 2023, this is the only time an independent candidate has been elected to parliament under the current constitution. The re-election of the prime minister was also notable for being a rare example of Condorcet paradox observed on a country scale, discovered through prior opinion polls.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p525 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p548
Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter. (2014). "An empirical example of the Condorcet paradox of voting in a large electorate". Public Choice.

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