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.
| 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 |
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
editBelow 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 |
End seats |
Change |
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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
editParty and member changes after the June 2015 elections
editParty changes
editBelow are all parliament members that have joined another party or become independent during the term.
| Name | Old party | Constituency | New party | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
editBelow are member changes that lasted through the entire term.
| Replacement | Birth year | Party | Constituency | Replaced MP | Date | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
editBelow 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.