List of members of the Folketing, 2015–2019
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| 70th Folketing | |
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| Term | 18 June 2015 — 5 June 2019 |
| Speaker | O Pia Kjærsgaard |
| Prime Minister | V Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| Cabinet | Løkke Rasmussen II Løkke Rasmussen III |
| Previous | 2011-2015 |
| Next | 2019-2022 |
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This is a list of the 179 members of the Folketing, in the 2015 to 2019 session. They were elected at the 2015 general election.
Election results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Denmark proper | |||||
| Social Democrats | 924,940 | 26.3 | 47 | +3 | |
| Danish People's Party | 741,746 | 21.1 | 37 | +15 | |
| Venstre | 685,188 | 19.5 | 34 | –13 | |
| Red–Green Alliance | 274,463 | 7.8 | 14 | +2 | |
| Liberal Alliance | 265,129 | 7.5 | 13 | +4 | |
| The Alternative | 168,788 | 4.8 | 9 | New | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 161,009 | 4.6 | 8 | –9 | |
| Socialist People's Party | 147,578 | 4.2 | 7 | –9 | |
| Conservative People's Party | 118,003 | 3.4 | 6 | –2 | |
| Christian Democrats | 29,077 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 3,066 | 0.1 | 0 | – | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 41,073 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 3,560,060 | 100 | 175 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,145,105 | 85.9 | – | – | |
| Faroe Islands | |||||
| Republic | 5,730 | 24.5 | 1 | +1 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 5,666 | 24.3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Union Party | 5,500 | 23.5 | 0 | –1 | |
| People's Party | 4,368 | 18.7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Progress | 749 | 3.2 | 0 | New | |
| Centre Party | 605 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Self-Government Party | 403 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 345 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 23,366 | 100 | 2 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 65.6 | – | – | ||
| Greenland | |||||
| Inuit Ataqatigiit | 7,904 | 38.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Siumut | 7,831 | 38.2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Atassut | 1,526 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democrats | 1,753 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Partii Naleraq | 962 | 4.7 | 0 | New | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 538 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 20,514 | 100 | 2 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 41,048 | 50.0 | – | – | |
| Source: DST, KVF, Qinersineq | |||||
Seat distribution
[edit]Below is the distribution of the 179 seats as it appeared after the 2015 election, as well at the distribution at the end of the term.[1]
| Party | Party leader | Elected seats |
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| A Social Democrats | Mette Frederiksen | 47 | 46 |  1
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| B Social Liberal Party | Morten Østergaard | 8 | 8 | 
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| C Conservatives | Søren Pape Poulsen | 6 | 6 |
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| F Socialist People's Party | Pia Olsen Dyhr | 7 | 7 |
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| I Liberal Alliance | Anders Samuelsen | 13 | 13 |
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| O Danish People's Party | Kristian Thulesen Dahl | 37 | 37 |
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| V Liberals | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | 34 | 34 |
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| Ø Red-Green Alliance | Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen[a] | 14 | 14 |
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| Å The Alternative | Uffe Elbæk | 9 | 10 |  1
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| TJ Republic | Høgni Hoydal | 1 | 1 |
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| JF Social Democratic Party | Aksel V. Johannesen | 1 | 1 |
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| IA Community of the People | Múte Bourup Egede | 1 | 1 |
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| SI Forward | Kim Kielsen | 1 | - | 1
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| NQ Descendants of our Country | Vittus Qujaukitsoq | - | 1 | 1
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Parliament members elected at the June 2015 election
[edit]Party and member changes after the June 2015 elections
[edit]Party changes
[edit]Below are all parliament members that have joined another party or become independent during the term.
| Name | Old party | Constituency | New party | Date |
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| Pernille Schnoor | A Social Democrats | North Zealand | Å The Alternative | 23 April 2016 |
| Aleqa Hammond | SI Forward | Greenland | . Independent | 22 August 2016 |
| . Independent | NQ Descendants of our Country | 24 April 2018 |
Lasting member changes
[edit]Below are member changes that lasted through the entire term.
| Replacement | Birth year | Party | Constituency | Replaced MP | Date | Reason |
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| Troels Ravn | 1961 | A Social Democrats | South Jutland | Bjarne Corydon | 12 Januar 2016 | Corydon resigned his seat. |
| Jakob Engel-Schmidt | 1983 | V Liberals | Greater Copenhagen | Morten Løkkegaard | 3 March 2016 | Løkkegaard resigned his seat. |
| Lars Aslan Rasmussen | 1978 | A Social Democrats | Copenhagen | Helle Thorning-Schmidt | 4 April 2016 | Thorning-Schmidt resigned her seat. |
| Kirsten N. Andersen | 1962 | F Socialist People's Party | East Jutland | Jonas Dahl | 8 August 2016 | Dahl resigned his seat. |
| Magni Arge | 1959 | TJ Republic | Faroe Islands | Høgni Hoydal | 11 December 2017 | Hoydal resigned his seat. |
| Øjvind Vilsholm | 1967 | Ø Red-Green Alliance | North Zealand | Maria R. Gjerding | 9 April 2018 | Gjerding resigned her seat. |
| Martin Geertsen | 1970 | V Liberals | Copenhagen | Søren Pind | 4 May 2018 | Pind resigned his seat. |
| Brigitte Klintskov Jerkel | 1969 | C Conservatives | Zealand | Brian Mikkelsen | 22 June 2018 | Mikkelsen resigned his seat. |
| Malou Lunderød | 1986 | A Social Democrats | North Zealand | Christine Antorini | 6 September 2018 | Antorini resigned her seat. |
| Carsten Kissmeyer | 1953 | V Liberals | West Jutland | Esben Lunde Larsen | 2 October 2018 | Larsen resigned his seat. |
| Julius Graakjær Grantzau | 1983 | Å The Alternative | East Jutland | Josephine Fock | 1 November 2018 | Fock resigned her seat. |
Temporary member changes
[edit]Below are temporary member replacements during the term.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Formally, the Red-Green Alliance have collective leadership, but Schmidt-Nielsen was their political spokesperson, and de facto leader of the party.
References
[edit]| Folketing |
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| Landsting (1849–1953) | ||