THE 2011 ELECTION TO THE DANISH FOLKETING

Author: Hutcheson Derek S.  

Publisher: Routledge Ltd

ISSN: 0034-4893

Source: Representation, Vol.48, Iss.3, 2012-09, pp. : 335-349

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Abstract

The September 2011 Danish parliamentary election led to a change of government as the centre-right coalition of the previous ten years was replaced by a centre-left one headed by the leader of the Social Democrats, Helle Thorning-Schmidt. The victory was very narrow, however, and Thorning-Schmidt's own party endured its worst result for more than a century. The new government is moreover reliant on parties with very different policy agendas to pass its legislative programme.