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Results of Danish General Elections 1953-2022

Description

Results of Danish General Elections 1953-2022 including number of votes and number of seats in parliament. Election results from Greenland and the Faroe Islands are not included.

Parties

	Party name in Danish	Party name in English
S	Socialdemokratiet	The Social Democratic Party
RV	Det Radikale Venstre	The Social Liberal Party
K	Det Konservative Folkeparti	The Conservative People's Party
CD	Centrum-Demokraterne	The Centre Democrats
NB	Nye Borgerlige	The New Right
Rfb	Retsforbundet	The Justice Party
KRP	Klaus Riskær Pedersen	Klaus Riskær Pedersen
SF	Socialistisk Folkeparti	Socialist People's Party
G	De Grønne	The Greens
DHP	Det Humanistiske Parti	The Humanist Party
LA	Liberal Alliance	Liberal Alliance
SAP	Socialistisk Arbejderparti	The Socialist Workers Party
KD	Kristendemokraterne	The Christian Democrats
DKP	Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti	Communist Party of Denmark
DKP/ml	Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti/Marxister-Leninister	Communist Party of Denmark/Marxists-Leninists
LC	Liberalt Centrum	Liberal Centre
M	Moderaterne	The Moderates
Min	Minoritetspartiet	The Minority Party
FF	Fredspolitisk Folkeparti	Peace Politics People's Party
DF	Dansk Folkparti	Danish People's Party
SK	Stram Kurs	Hard Line Party
FK	Fælles Kurs	Common Course
P	Pensionistpartiet	The Pensionist Party
FG	Frie Grønne	Independent Greens
KAP	Kommunistisk Arbejderparti	The Communist Workers Party
DS	Dansk Samling	Danish Unity
SP	Slesvigsk Parti	Schleswig Party
U	De Uafhængige	The Independents
DemF	Demokratisk Fornyelse	Democratic Renewal
V	Venstre	The Liberal Party
VS	Venstresocialisterne	The Left Socialists
FP	Fremskridtspartiet	The Progress Party
DD	Danmarksdemokraterne	The Denmark Democrats
EL	Enhedslisten	The Red-Green Alliance
Alt	Alternativet	The Alternativ

Repository content

The votes.csv data file consists of the following variables:

year = The year of the election
date = The date of the election
party_s = Number of votes for the Social Democratic Party
party_rv = Number of votes for the Social Liberal Party
party_k = Number of votes for the Conservative People's Party
party_cd = Number of votes for the Centre Democrats
party_nb = Number of votes for the New Right
party_rfb = Number of votes for the Justice Party
party_krp = Number of votes for Klaus Riskær Pedersen
party_sf = Number of votes for the Socialist People's Party
party_g = Number of votes for the Greens
party_h = Number of votes for Humanist Party
party_la = Number of votes for the Liberal Alliance
party_sap = Number of votes for the Socialist Workers Party
party_kd = Number of votes for the Christian Democrats
party_dkp = Number of votes for the Communist Party of Denmark
party_ml = Number of votes for the Communist Party of Denmark/Marxists-Leninists
party_lc = Number of votes for Liberal Centre
party_m = Number of votes for the Moderates
party_min = Number of votes for Minority Party
party_ff = Number of votes for the Peace Politics People's Party
party_df = Number of votes for the Danish People's Party
party_sk = Number of votes for the Hard Line Party
party_fk = Number of votes for Common Course
party_p = Number of votes for the Pensionist Party
party_fg = Number of votes for the Independent Greens
party_kap = Number of votes for the Communist Workers Party
party_ds = Number of votes for Danish Unity
party_sp = Number of votes for the Schleswig Party
party_u = Number of votes for the Independents
party_demf = Number of votes for Democratic Renewal
party_v = Number of votes for the Liberal Party
party_vs = Number of votes for the Left Socialists
party_fp = Number of votes for the Progress Party
party_dd = Number of votes for the Denmark Democrats
party_el = Number of votes for the Red-Green Alliance
party_alt = Number of votes for the Alternative-
independents = Number of votes for independent candidates
total_valid = Total number of valid votes
blank = Number of blank votes
other_invalid = Number of invalide votes besides blank votes
total_invalid = Total number of invalid votes
total_votes = Total number of votes cast
electorate = Size of electorate

The seats.csv data file consists of the following variables:

year = The year of the election
date = The date of the election
party_s = Number of seats for the Social Democratic Party
party_rv = Number of seats for the Social Liberal Party
party_k = Number of seats for the Conservative People's Party
party_cd = Number of seats for the Centre Democrats
party_nb = Number of seats for the New Right
party_rfb = Number of seats for the Justice Party
party_krp = Number of seats for Klaus Riskær Pedersen
party_sf = Number of seats for the Socialist People's Party
party_g = Number of seats for the Greens
party_h = Number of seats for Humanist Party
party_la = Number of seats for the Liberal Alliance
party_sap = Number of seats for the Socialist Workers Party
party_kd = Number of seats for the Christian Democrats
party_dkp = Number of seats for the Communist Party of Denmark
party_ml = Number of seats for the Communist Party of Denmark/Marxists-Leninists
party_lc = Number of seats for Liberal Centre
party_m = Number of seats for the Moderates
party_min = Number of seats for Minority Party
party_ff = Number of seats for the Peace Politics People's Party
party_df = Number of seats for the Danish People's Party
party_sk = Number of seats for the Hard Line Party
party_fk = Number of seats for Common Course
party_p = Number of seats for the Pensionist Party
party_fg = Number of seats for the Independent Greens
party_kap = Number of seats for the Communist Workers Party
party_ds = Number of seats for Danish Unity
party_sp = Number of seats for the Schleswig Party
party_u = Number of seats for the Independents
party_demf = Number of seats for Democratic Renewal
party_v = Number of seats for the Liberal Party
party_vs = Number of seats for the Left Socialists
party_fp = Number of seats for the Progress Party
party_dd = Number of seats for the Denmark Democrats
party_el = Number of seats for the Red-Green Alliance
party_alt = Number of seats for the Alternative-
independents = Number of seats for independent candidates
total = Total number of seats in parliament

The following commands will load the data into R:

# votes dataset
read.csv(url("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Straubinger/folketingsvalg/master/votes.csv"))
# seats dataset
read.csv(url("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Straubinger/folketingsvalg/master/seats.csv"))

Sources

<a href="http://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/Publikationer/VisPub?pid=1696">Danmarks Statistik Publikationer 1953-2007</a>
<a href="http://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/Publikationer/VisPub?pid=1532">Danmarks Statistik Publikationer 2011-2015</a>
<a href="https://www.dst.dk/valg/index.htm">Danmarks Statistik Valghjemmeside 2011-2019</a>