Social Democrats (Denmark)
Electoral performance
The Social Democrats governed Denmark for most of the 20th century, with a few intermissions, such as the Conservative-led government of Poul Schlüter in the 1980s.

Social Democrats (Denmark)

Section Title: Electoral performance
Table Section Text: The Social Democrats governed Denmark for most of the 20th century, with a few intermissions, such as the Conservative-led government of Poul Schlüter in the 1980s.

Folketing election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government

1884	7,000	4.9	2 / 102	2	in opposition

1887	8,000	3.5	1 / 102	1	in opposition

1890	17,000	7.3	3 / 102	2	in opposition

1892	20,000	8.9	2 / 102	1	in opposition

1895	24,510	11.3	8 / 114	6	in opposition

1898	31,870	14.2	12 / 114	4	in opposition

1901	38,398	17.8	14 / 114	2	in opposition

1903	48,117	21.0	16 / 114	2	in opposition

1906	76,612	25.4	24 / 114	8	in opposition

1909	93,079	29.0	24 / 114	0	external support

1910	98,718	28.3	24 / 114	0	in opposition

1913	107,365	29.6	32 / 114	8	external support

1915	N/A	N/A	32 / 114	0	external support

1918	262,796	28.7	39 / 140	7	external support

April 1920	300,345	29.2	42 / 140	3	in opposition

July 1920	285,166	29.8	42 / 140	0	in opposition

September 1920	389,653	32.2	48 / 149	6	in opposition

1924	469,949	36.6	55 / 149	7	in government

1926	497,106	37.2	53 / 149	2	in opposition

1929	593,191	41.8	61 / 149	8	in coalition

1932	660.839	42.7	62 / 149	1	in coalition

1935	759,102	46.4	68 / 149	6	in coalition

1939	729,619	42.9	64 / 149	4	in coalition

1943	894,632	44.5	66 / 149	2	in coalition

1945	671,755	32.8	48 / 149	18	in coalition

1947	836,231	41.2	57 / 150	9	in government

1950	813,224	39.6	59 / 151	2	in opposition

April 1953	836,507	40.4	61 / 151	2	in government

September 1953	894,913	41.3	74 / 179	13	in government

1957	910,170	39.4	70 / 179	4	in coalition

1960	1,023,794	42.1	76 / 179	6	in coalition

1964	1,103,667	41.9	76 / 179	0	in government

1966	1,068,911	38.2	69 / 179	7	in government

1968	974,833	34.2	62 / 179	7	in opposition

1971	1,074,777	37.3	70 / 179	8	in government

1973	783,145	25.6	46 / 179	24	in opposition

1975	913,155	29.9	53 / 179	7	in government

1977	1,150,355	37.0	65 / 179	12	in coalition

1979	1,213,456	38.3	68 / 179	3	in government

1981	1,026,726	32.9	59 / 179	9	in government

1984	1,062,561	31.6	56 / 179	3	in opposition

1987	985,906	29.3	54 / 179	2	in opposition

1988	992,682	29.8	55 / 179	1	in opposition

1990	1,221,121	37.4	69 / 179	14	in opposition

1994	1,150,048	34.6	62 / 179	7	in coalition

1998	1,223,620	35.9	63 / 179	1	in coalition

2001	1,003,023	29.1	52 / 179	11	in opposition

2005	867,350	25.8	47 / 179	5	in opposition

2007	881,037	25.5	45 / 179	2	in opposition

2011	879,615	24.8	44 / 179	1	in coalition

2015	925,288	26.3	47 / 179	3	in opposition

2019	TBD	TBD	0 / 179	0	TBD

Sentence(s)

In the 1924 elections the Social democratic party won with 36.6 percent of the vote, and its first government was in place.

final_sentence: In the 1924 elections the Social democratic party won with 36.6 percent of the vote, and its first government was in place.