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 |
| Rfb | Retsforbundet | The Justice Party |
| SF | Socialistisk Folkeparti | Socialist People's Party |
| DKP | Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti | Communist Party of Denmark |
| DF | Dansk Folkparti | Danish People's Party |
| FK | Fælles Kurs | Common Course |
| LC | Liberalt Centrum | Liberal Centre |
| KD | Kristendemokraterne | The Christian Democrats |
| SP | Slesvigsk Parti | Schleswig Party |
| U | De Uafhængige | The Independents |
| V | Venstre | The Liberal Party |
| VS | Venstresocialisterne | The Left Socialists |
| FP | Fremskridtspartiet | The Progress Party |
| EL | Enhedslisten | The Red-Green Alliance |
| LA | Liberal Alliance | Liberal Alliance |
| Alt | Alternativet | The Alternativ |
| NB | Nye Borgerlige | The New Right |
| KRP | Klaus Riskær Pedersen | Klaus Riskær Pedersen |
| SK | Stram Kurs | Hard Line Party |
| M | Moderaterne | The Moderates |
| FG | Frie Grønne | Independent Greens |
| DD | Danmarksdemokraterne | The Denmark Democrats |
Repository content
The votes.csv data file consists of the following variables:
year= The year of the electiondate= The date of the electionparty_s= Number of votes for the Social Democratic Partyparty_rv= Number of votes for the Social Liberal Partyparty_k= Number of votes for the Conservative People's Partyparty_cd= Number of votes for the Centre Democratsparty_rfb= Number of votes for the Justice Partyparty_sf= Number of votes for the Socialist People's Partyparty_dkp= Number of votes for the Communist Party of Denmarkparty_df= Number of votes for the Danish People's Partyparty_fk= Number of votes for Common Courseparty_lc= Number of votes for Liberal Centreparty_kd= Number of votes for the Christian Democratsparty_sp= Number of votes for the Schleswig Partyparty_u= Number of votes for the Independentsparty_v= Number of votes for the Liberal Partyparty_vs= Number of votes for the Left Socialistsparty_fp= Number of votes for the Progress Partyparty_el= Number of votes for the Red-Green Allianceparty_la= Number of votes for the Liberal Allianceparty_alt= Number of votes for the Alternativeparty_nb= Number of votes for the New Rightparty_krp= Number of votes for Klaus Riskær Pedersenparty_sk= Number of votes for the Hard Line Partyparty_m= Number of votes for the Moderatesparty_fg= Number of votes for the Independent Greensparty_dd= Number of votes for the Denmark Democratsother_valid= Number of votes for other parties and independentstotal_valid= Total number of valid votesblank= Number of blank votesother_invalid= Number of invalide votes besides blank votestotal_invalid= Total number of invalid votestotal_votes= Total number of votes castelectorate= Size of electorate
The seats.csv data file consists of the following variables:
year= The year of the electionparty_s= Number of seats won by for the Social Democratic Partyparty_rv= Number of seats won by for the Social Liberal Partyparty_k= Number of seats won by for the Conservative People's Partyparty_cd= Number of seats won by for the Centre Democratsparty_rfb= Number of seats won by for the Justice Partyparty_sf= Number of seats won by for the Socialist People's Partyparty_dkp= Number of seats won by for the Communist Party of Denmarkparty_df= Number of seats won by for the Danish People's Partyparty_fk= Number of seats won by for Common Courseparty_lc= Number of seats won by for Liberal Centreparty_kd= Number of seats won by for the Christian Democratsparty_sp= Number of seats won by for the Schleswig Partyparty_u= Number of seats won by for the Independentsparty_v= Number of seats won by for the Liberal Partyparty_vs= Number of seats won by for the Left Socialistsparty_fp= Number of seats won by for the Progress Partyparty_el= Number of seats won by for the Red-Green Allianceparty_la= Number of seats won by for the Liberal Allianceparty_alt= Number of seats won by for the Alternativeparty_nb= Number of seats won by the New Rightparty_krp= Number of seats won by Klaus Riskær Pedersenparty_sk= Number of seats won by the Hard Line Partyparty_m= Number of seats won by the Moderatesparty_fg= Number of seats won by the Independent Greensparty_dd= Number of seats won by the Denmark Democratsother= Number of seats won by other parties and independentstotal= Total number of seats in parliament
The following commands will load the data into R:
# seats dataset
read.csv(url("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Straubinger/folketingsvalg/master/seats.csv"))
# votes dataset
read.csv(url("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Straubinger/folketingsvalg/master/votes.csv"))