General elections were held in

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on 21 September 1994. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p525 The coalition of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

, the

Danish Social Liberal Party The Danish Social Liberal Party ( da, Radikale Venstre, , Radical Left) is a social-liberal political party in Denmark. The party was founded as a split from the Venstre Reform Party in 1905. Historically, the centrist party has played a cent ...

and the Centre Democrats led by

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Poul Oluf Nyrup Rasmussen (, informally Poul Nyrup, born 15 June 1943) is a retired Danish politician. Rasmussen was Prime Minister of Denmark from 25 January 1993 to 27 November 2001 and President of the Party of European Socialists (PES) from ...

remained in power despite the Christian People's Party, which had been part of the government, failing to cross the 2% threshold and losing all four seats.

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was 84.3% in Denmark proper, 62.3% in the

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and 56.7% in

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.Nohlen & Stöver, p548

Results

The sole elected independent MP in Denmark proper was

Jacob Haugaard Daniel Jacob Haugaard (born 12 May 1952) is a Danish-Faroese comedian, actor, musician, composer, writer, TV host and former representative in the Danish Parliament. Activities Jacob Haugaard has been a well-known performer in Denmark for man ...

, who was associated with the

Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements The Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements () was an unusually successful frivolous political party in Denmark. It was founded in Aarhus in 1979 by a comedian, Jacob Haugaard (born 1952), and a few friends. Haugaard stood as a candidate in Aar ...

. As of 2021, this is the only time an independent candidate has been elected to parliament under the current constitution.

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Results

See also

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