Politics of Denmark

Political Parties and Leaders

These are all of the political parties that are represented in the Folketing as of the 2005 election. The parties are listed in decending order by percentage of votes received.

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• Venstre (Liberal Party¹): Anders Fogh Rasmussen
• Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne): Helle Thorning-Schmidt
• Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti): Pia Kjærsgaard
• Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti): Bendt Bendtsen
• Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre): Marianne Jelved
• Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti): Villy Søvndal
• Unity List (Enhedslisten): Collective leadership

1 The name of the political party Venstre is officially not translated. See e.g. the official party home page

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