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The European Parliament election of 2009 in Denmark was the election of the delegation from Denmark to the European Parliament on June 7, 2009. The number of Danish MEPs elected was 13 (previously it was 14). The election was held simultaneously with a referendum on changing the Danish Act of Succession.
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Parties
All Danish parties which were represented in the European Parliament announced they would take part in the election. These were the Social Democrats, Venstre (Liberal Party), Conservative People's Party, June Movement, Socialist People's Party, Danish People's Party, Social Liberal Party and the People's Movement against the EU.
As in the last election, several electoral coalitions were agreed to before the vote. The Social Democrats sided with the Social Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party, while Venstre teamed up with the Conservative People's Party and Liberal Alliance. EU-critics JuniBevægelsen and the People's Movement against the EU were also in a coalition, meaning that the only party not in a coalition was the Danish People's Party.
Under the Danish electoral code for European Parliament elections, parties that surpassed the 2% threshold in the last Folketing elections may also take part in the European elections, should they wish so.
Results
Turnout figure includes blank and invalid votes, but these are excluded from the total.
The final list of MEP were determined by a recount of votes on individual politicians:
- Dan Jørgensen (233,266 votes)
- Christel Schaldemose (43,855)
- Britta Thomsen (32,569)
- Ole Christensen (20,597)
- Bendt Bendtsen (176,786 votes)
- Margrete Auken (204,111 votes)
- Emilie Turunen (37,330)
- Søren Søndergaard (107,429 votes)
- Morten Messerschmidt (284,500 votes)
- Anna Rosbach Andersen (3,592)
- Jens Rohde (171,205 votes)
- Morten Løkkegaard (57,175)
- Anne Elisabet Jensen (47,906)
After the election, both head of the June Movement Keld Albrechtsen and lead kandidate Hanne Dahl announced that they intended to disband the movement after failing to obtain a seat at the election.