{{Short description|none}} {{Infobox legislative election | election_name = 1994 Danish general election | country = Kingdom of Denmark | previous_election = 1990 | next_election = 1998 | seats_for_election = All 179 seats in the Folketing | majority_seats = 90 | election_date = 21 September 1994
| party1 = Social Democrats (Denmark) | leader1 = {{nowrap|Poul Nyrup Rasmussen}} | last_election1 = 69 | seats1 = 62 | percentage1 = 34.56 | party2 = Venstre (Denmark) | leader2 = Uffe Ellemann-Jensen | last_election2 = 29 | seats2 = 42 | percentage2 = 23.30 | party3 = Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | leader3 = Hans Engell | last_election3 = 30 | seats3 = 27 | percentage3 = 15.02 | party4 = Socialist People's Party (Denmark) | leader4 = Holger K. Nielsen | last_election4 = 15 | seats4 = 13 | percentage4 = 7.28 | party5 = Progress Party (Denmark) | leader5 = Pia Kjærsgaard | last_election5 = 12 | seats5 = 11 | percentage5 = 6.43 | party6 = Danish Social Liberal Party | leader6 = Marianne Jelved | last_election6 = 7 | seats6 = 8 | percentage6 = 4.59 | party7 = Red–Green Alliance (Denmark) | leader7 = Collective leadership | last_election7 = 0 | seats7 = 6 | percentage7 = 3.15 | party8 = Centre Democrats (Denmark) | leader8 = Mimi Jakobsen | last_election8 = 9 | seats8 = 5 | percentage8 = 2.84 | party9 = Independents | leader9 = Jacob Haugaard | last_election9 = 0 | seats9 = 1 | percentage9 = 0.98 | heading10 = Elected in the Faroe Islands | party10 = Union Party (Faroe Islands) | leader10 = Edmund Joensen | last_election10 = 0 | seats10 = 1 | percentage10 = 22.45 | party11 = People's Party (Faroe Islands) | leader11 = Anfinn Kallsberg | last_election11 = 1 | seats11 = 1 | percentage11 = 21.69 | heading12 = Elected in Greenland | party12 = Atassut | leader12 = Daniel Skifte | last_election12 = 1 | seats12 = 1 | percentage12 = 34.73 | party13 = Independents | leader13 = – | last_election13 = 0 | seats13 = 1 | percentage13 = 57.83
| title = Government | before_election = Nyrup Rasmussen I | before_party = S–CD–R–KrF | posttitle = Government after election | after_election = Nyrup Rasmussen II | after_party = S–R–CD | turnout = 84.25% | map = {{Switcher | 300px | Most voted-for party by nomination district and constituency | 300px | Most voted-for party by municipality | 300px | Distribution of constituency and levelling seats}}}}
General elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1994.<ref name=DN>Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p525 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> The coalition of the Social Democratic Party, the Danish Social Liberal Party and the Centre Democrats led by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen 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. Voter turnout was 84.3% in Denmark proper, 62.3% in the Faroe Islands and 56.7% in Greenland.<ref name=NS>Nohlen & Stöver, p548</ref>
==Results== The sole elected independent MP in Denmark proper was Jacob Haugaard, who was associated with the Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements. As of 2023, this is the only time an independent candidate has been elected to parliament under the current constitution. The re-election of the prime minister was also notable for being a rare example of Condorcet paradox observed on a country scale, discovered through prior opinion polls.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kurrild-Klitgaard|first=Peter|date=2014|title=An empirical example of the Condorcet paradox of voting in a large electorate|journal=Public Choice|language=en|volume=107|pages=135–145|doi=10.1023/A:1010304729545|s2cid=152300013|issn=0048-5829}}</ref>{{explain|date=December 2023}}
{{Election results |image=File:1994 Danish general election Result.svg |header1=Denmark proper |party2=Social Democrats|votes2=1150048|seats2=62|sc2=–7 |party3=Venstre|votes3=775176|seats3=42|sc3=+13 |party4=Conservative People's Party|votes4=499845|seats4=27|sc4=–3 |party5=Socialist People's Party|votes5=242398|seats5=13|sc5=–2 |party6=Progress Party|votes6=214057|seats6=11|sc6=–1 |party7=Danish Social Liberal Party|votes7=152701|seats7=8|sc7=+1 |party8=Red–Green Alliance|votes8=104701|seats8=6|sc8=+6 |party9=Centre Democrats|votes9=94496|seats9=5|sc9=–4 |party10=Christian People's Party|votes10=61507|seats10=0|sc10=–4 |party11=Independents|votes11=32668|seats11=1|sc11=+1 |invalid=33040 |electorate=3988787 |total_sc=0 |embedded = {{Election results|embed=y|header1=Faroe Islands |party2=Union Party|votes2=4304|seats2=1|sc2=+1 |party3=People's Party|votes3=4159|seats3=1|sc3=0 |party4=Social Democratic Party|votes4=3729|seats4=0|sc4=–1 |party5=Workers' Union|votes5=3118|seats5=0|sc5=New |party6=Republican Party|votes6=1798|seats6=0|sc6=0 |party7=Self-Government|votes7=469|seats7=0|sc7=0 |party8=Christian People's Party|votes8=467|seats8=0|sc8=0 |party9=Independents|votes9=1131|seats9=0|sc9=New |invalid=103 |electorate=30949 |total_sc=0 |embedded = {{Election results|embed=y|header1=Greenland |party2=Atassut|votes2=7501|seats2=1|sc2=0 |party3=Centre Party|votes3=1605|seats3=0|sc3=New |party4=Independents|votes4=12489|seats4=1|sc4=+1 |invalid=765 |electorate=38113 |total_sc=0 |source=Nohlen & Stöver }}}}}}
==See also== *List of members of the Folketing, 1994–1998
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Danish Elections}}
Category:1994 elections in Denmark Category:September 1994 in Europe Category:Folketing elections