Talk:2005 Danish general election

Where's the RV party in the table?
Something is screwy with the table on this page. The article says: "The Radical Left party made the biggest gains of any party, although it remains outside the governing group of parties." The preliminary results have the entry: "Radical Left (RV)                       307,306   09.2  +04.0     16 ". Yet in the spiffy table with the party logo, the Radical Left (RV) is nowhere to be found. What's the story? --Jfruh 15:02, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see now: the name of Det Radikale Venstre was being translated in two different ways. I changed the text to match the party's official translation. --Jfruh 15:12, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

It's a very important distinction. Even though the literal translation is the radical left the name is historical. They are not even a left wing party but a liberal party in the middle of the political spectrum between the social democrats and venstre from which they originally broke out in 1905. Just to make the sure there is no confusion about it. 195.249.184.249 00:18, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Faroe and Greenland
Which parties won the seats from Faroe and Greenland? Gangulf 11:46, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The Interior Ministry website gives no information on that. Perhaps they are elected on another date, or perhaps they are not directly elected but chosen by the local legislatures. Adam 12:29, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

They are directly elected on election day. From Greenland Lars Emil Johansen from Siumut won one seat and Kuupik Kleist from Inuit Ataqatigiit won the other. From the Faroe Islands Høgni Hoydal, Tjóðveldisflokkurin won a seat and Anfinn Kallsberg from Fólkaflokkurin won the last seat. Isfisk 10:43, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Danish electoral system
Has Denmark changed its electoral system? At the last election 135 members were elected at county level, and another 40 were elected by proportional representation at national level. At this election all 175 seats seem to have been allocated at county level, according to the figures at the Interior Ministry website. Adam 09:23, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

No, the danish electoral system is still a mix between county representation and proportional representation. The numbers you are talking about is the combined numbers divided among the counties. Isfisk 10:33, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Then why doesn't the Interior Ministry give separate figures for the proportional seats and the county-level seats? How do I know who was elected for a county and who was elected on the national list? Adam 14:36, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Later: Now I have found the place at the website where this is explained, although it doesn't tell me the names of the candidates elected at the higher level. It is possible to figure this out when only one candidate from each party is elected at the higher level, but not when there is more than one, as in Copenhagen County. Can you refer me to a list of the 40 members elected at the higher level? Adam 23:25, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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