Stronger core, weaker fringes:the Danish general election 2019
The 2015–2019 election period was long; hence, the election campaign had already begun when the Prime Minister called the election for 5 June 2019, just 10 days after the EP election. Nine already established parties, one old yet unrepresented party and three new parties, two of which are (very) opp...
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ftcopenhagenunip:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/6272bf4f-92c9-452d-9924-332b89dffb82 2024-06-09T07:45:51+00:00 Stronger core, weaker fringes:the Danish general election 2019 Kosiara-Pedersen, Karina 2020 https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/stronger-core-weaker-fringes(6272bf4f-92c9-452d-9924-332b89dffb82).html https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2019.1655920 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Kosiara-Pedersen , K 2020 , ' Stronger core, weaker fringes : the Danish general election 2019 ' , West European Politics , vol. 43 , no. 4 , 12 , pp. 1011-1022 . https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2019.1655920 /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/FacultyOfSocialSciences Faculty of Social Sciences Denmark election political party party leader new parties article 2020 ftcopenhagenunip https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2019.1655920 2024-05-16T11:29:17Z The 2015–2019 election period was long; hence, the election campaign had already begun when the Prime Minister called the election for 5 June 2019, just 10 days after the EP election. Nine already established parties, one old yet unrepresented party and three new parties, two of which are (very) opposed to immigration, fielded candidates across the 10 electoral districts for the 175 seats in parliament (excluding the four MPs elected in Greenland and the Faroe Islands). The overlapping EP election, climate and immigration characterised the campaign agenda. One of the new (anti-immigration) parties made it into parliament, and among the established parties, some were (more than) halved, others were (more than) doubled and some remained stable. In particular, the two government (supporting) parties, Liberal Alliance and Danish People’s Party, received a slap in the face from the electorate. While the Prime Minister’s party, the Liberals, did well, the majority shifted to left of centre, which resulted in a minority Social Democratic government headed by Mette Frederiksen, supported by the Red–Green Alliance, Socialist People’s Party and Social Liberals. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Greenland University of Copenhagen: Research Faroe Islands Greenland West European Politics 43 4 1011 1022 |
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The 2015–2019 election period was long; hence, the election campaign had already begun when the Prime Minister called the election for 5 June 2019, just 10 days after the EP election. Nine already established parties, one old yet unrepresented party and three new parties, two of which are (very) opposed to immigration, fielded candidates across the 10 electoral districts for the 175 seats in parliament (excluding the four MPs elected in Greenland and the Faroe Islands). The overlapping EP election, climate and immigration characterised the campaign agenda. One of the new (anti-immigration) parties made it into parliament, and among the established parties, some were (more than) halved, others were (more than) doubled and some remained stable. In particular, the two government (supporting) parties, Liberal Alliance and Danish People’s Party, received a slap in the face from the electorate. While the Prime Minister’s party, the Liberals, did well, the majority shifted to left of centre, which resulted in a minority Social Democratic government headed by Mette Frederiksen, supported by the Red–Green Alliance, Socialist People’s Party and Social Liberals. |
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