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Conservative People's Party (Denmark)

{{short description|Danish political party}}

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{{Infobox political party

| country = Denmark

| logo_size = 260px

| colorcode = {{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}

| chairperson = Mona Juul

| abbreviation = K
C{{efn|Official party letter on voting ballot}}

| name = Conservative People's Party

| native_name = Det Konservative Folkeparti

| logo = Det Konservative Folkepartis logo.svg

| predecessor = Højre{{cite book |title=Western Europe 2003 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M9QYndAPmuQC&pg=PA133 |access-date=8 May 2016 |date=30 November 2002 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-1-85743-152-0 |page=133}}
Free Conservatives
Moderate faction of Venstre

| foundation = {{start date and age|1916|2|22|df=y}}

| headquarters = Christiansborg
1240 København K

| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|

| Conservatism{{refn|{{cite book |author=Christina Bergqvist|title=Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8bfrJvsfJ8C&pg=PA318 |date=1 January 1999 |publisher=Nordic Council of Ministers |isbn=978-82-00-12799-4 |page=318}}{{Cite book |last=Bale |first=Tim |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1256593260 |title=Riding the populist wave: Europe's mainstream right in crisis |date=2021 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |others=Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser |isbn=978-1-009-00686-6 |location=Cambridge, United Kingdom |pages=34 |oclc=1256593260}}}}

| Liberal conservatism{{cite web |url=http://parties-and-elections.eu/denmark.html |title=Denmark |last=Nordsieck |first=Wolfram |date=2019 |website=Parties and Elections in Europe}}

| Social conservatism{{Cite web|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Det_Konservative_Folkeparti|title=Det Konservative Folkeparti|date=4 November 2022 |publisher=Lex.dk}}

}}

| membership = {{increase}} 13,600{{Cite web |last1=Hoffmann-Hansen |first1=Henrik |last2=Nilsson |first2=Simone |last3=Jespersen |first3=Johan Storgaard |last4=Krasnik |first4=Benjamin |last5=Fabricius |first5=Kitte |last6=Schmidt |first6=Mara Malene Raun |last7=Gosmann |first7=Mie Borggreen Winther og Sara Mathilde |date=2022-10-03 |title=Overblik: Partierne i Danmark |url=https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/politik-begyndere/overblik-partierne-i-danmark |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Kristeligt Dagblad |language=da}}

| membership_year = 2022

| position = Centre-right{{cite book |author-link1=Josep Colomer |author=Josep M. Colomer |title=Political Institutions in Europe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TZF8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA260 |date=25 July 2008 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-07354-2 |page=260}}

| international = International Democracy Union

| european = European People's Party

| europarl = European People's Party Group

| affiliation1_title = Nordic affiliation

| affiliation1 = Conservative Group

| youth_wing = Young Conservatives

| wing1_title = Student wing

| wing1 = Conservative Students

| colours = {{ublist

| {{colour box|#00583C}} Dark green (official)

| {{colour box|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}} Green{{Cite web |title=Oversigt over Folketingssalen |url=https://www.ft.dk/da/folketingssalen/salsoversigten |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Folketinget |language=da}} (customary)

}}

| website = {{url|www.konservative.dk}}

| symbol = 50px

| seats1_title = Folketing

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|10|179|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}|ref={{Efn|Only 175 of the 179 seats in the Danish Parliament, the Folketing, are obtainable by Danish political parties as Greenland and the Faroe Islands are assigned two seats each due to their status as territories in the Kingdom of Denmark.}}}}

| seats2_title = European Parliament

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|1|14|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| seats3_title = Regions{{cite web |url=http://www.statistikbanken.dk/akva3 |work=Statistics Denmark |title=AKVA3: Valg til regions råd efter område, parti og stemmer/kandidater/køn |access-date=13 June 2010}}

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|31|205|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| seats4_title = Municipalities{{cite web|url=http://www.statistikbanken.dk/valgk3 |work=Statistics Denmark|title=VALGK3: Valg til kommunale råd efter område, parti og stemmer/kandidater/køn|access-date=13 June 2010}}

| seats4 = {{Composition bar|399|2436|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| seats5_title = Mayors

| seats5 = {{Composition bar|14|98|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

}}

The Conservative People's Party ({{langx|da|Det Konservative Folkeparti}}, DKF), also known as The Conservatives ({{lang|da|De Konservative}}) is a centre-right political party in Denmark. The party is a member of the International Democracy Union and the European People's Party.

History

File:Conservative People's Party election poster (1939).jpg

The party was founded in 1916 based mostly on its predecessor, Højre ("Right") after its downfall, but also on the Free Conservatives and a moderate faction of the liberal party Venstre ("Left"). The party was a part of the coalition government during World War II, where the leader John Christmas Møller provided the voice for BBC London's daily radio to Denmark. However, while a number of conservatives participated in the resistance movement, some conservatives were sympathetic to fascist ideology, and the youth wing of the party praised several fascist movements in Europe during the 1930s.Knud Holt Nielsen (Information), 29 January 2004: [https://www.information.dk/debat/2004/01/danske-konservative-fascineret-fascismen "Danske konservative var fascineret af fascismen"]

Since World War II, the party has participated in several coalition governments, but only one Prime Minister of Denmark, Poul Schlüter, has come from this party; he served as prime minister from 1982 to 1993. His government had to resign after the Tamil Case, when the Justice Minister, Erik Ninn-Hansen (himself a former Conservative leader), was impeached.Thi kendes for ret. Dokument. Rigsrettens dom over forhenværende justitsminister Erik Ninn- Hansen afsagt 22. juni 1995. Weekendavisen, 23 June 1995, 1._sektion, Side 3

The party used its first logo in 1950, consisting of the serif-letter "C" coloured green. On 24 August 2000, the Conservative People's Party rebranded itself as the Conservatives, and at the same time retired its 50-year-old green serif-letter "C" logo, thus launching a new logo for the first time since 1950. The new logo was a circle which contains a chartreuse circle with the letter "C".

From the 2001 parliament elections until 2011, the Conservative People's Party was the junior partner in a coalition government led by Venstre. In the 2004 European parliament elections, the party won a seat. Four months later, on 23 October 2004, it adopted a logo consisting of a green circle-squared box that contains a dark-green screen with the letter "C" that is coloured green; the "Konservative" wordmark is placed below the symbol, though it too is also coloured green. The member is currently Bendt Bendtsen, who is a member of the EPP Group in the European Parliament. In the 2014 European election, the party garnered 9.1% of the national vote, retaining Bendtsen's seat as MEP.

In the 2011 parliamentary election for the Folketing (Danish national parliament), the Conservative People's Party won eight seats, 10 fewer than it had won in the previous election in 2007, and it received 4.9% of the vote, placing the party in eighth place nationally. On 27 September 2013, the Conservative People's Party received the current version of its logo: the colour of the letter "C" was changed to white, the circle-square retained its dark-green colour, and the circle-squared line was removed from it. At the same time, the party gave up being known as the Conservatives, reverting to its former name as the Conservative People's Party.

At the 2015 election, the party did badly and was reduced to a mere six seats, which made it the smallest party in the Folketing. But Søren Pape Poulsen (who had taken over as leader the previous year) managed to double the party's seats to 12 in the 2019 election with 6.6% of the vote.[http://politiken.dk/indland/politik/ECE2360131/konservativ-folketingsgruppe-nikker-ja-til-pape/ Konservativ folketingsgruppe nikker ja til Pape], Politiken, 7 August 2014 After that election, several opinion polls indicated that the party enjoyed wider popular support than Venstre,{{cite web |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2021-01-21-nu-er-det-konservative-folkeparti-stoerst-i-blaa-blok-vaelgerne-flygter-fra |title=Nu er Det Konservative Folkeparti størst i blå blok – vælgerne flygter fra Venstre |publisher=TV 2 / Nyheder |date=21 January 2021 |author=Anne Sofie Møller Petersen |access-date=March 16, 2022}}{{cite news |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/aarets-foerste-gallup-venstre-dykker-til-laveste-niveau-i-mere-end-tre |work=Berlingske |date=30 January 2021 |author=Thue Ahrenkilde Holm |title=Gallup: Venstre ligger lavere end i tre årtier |pages=10}}Politiken (20 January 2022). [https://politiken.dk/indland/politik/art7158336/Se-den-nyeste-samt-%C3%A5rtiers-Megafon-m%C3%A5linger-i-grafik "Grafik: Se den nyeste samt årtiers Megafon-målinger i grafik"] but at the 2022 election gained just 5.5%, following an election campaign significantly influenced by affairs concerning Pape Poulsen's personal life.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-21 |title=Pape er blot et kapitel i historien om et parti plaget af selvbedrag og selvskadekultur |url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/der-skal-mirakler-til-for-at-sikre-pape-en-god-fremtid-og-k-har-saa-daarlige-erfaringer-med-mirakler |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Altinget.dk}} Poulsen died suddenly at the age of 52 on 2 March 2024, leaving the party leadership vacant.{{cite news |last1=Ørbæk |first1=Kristian Skovby |title=Søren Pape Poulsen er død |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2024-03-02-soeren-pape-poulsen-er-doed?fbclid=IwAR04cdca-bPut-gfyVqngYhtPrQUx-tUtXjRXEaX_35_-HF5zmU4WpcxJUk |access-date=2 March 2024 |work=nyheder.tv2.dk |agency=Ritzau |language=da}}

Organization

The youth branch of the Conservative People's Party, albeit an independent organisation, is Young Conservatives, the earliest formed youth organisation in Denmark, founded in December 1904, and believed to be one of the oldest in the world,{{Cite web|last=Kosiara-Pedersen|first=Karina|date=3 June 2020|title=Det Konservative Folkeparti|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Det_Konservative_Folkeparti|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=27 June 2020|website=Den Store Danske|language=da}} preceding the Conservative People's Party by 10 years. The student branch is Conservative Students, likewise an independent organisation, which has branches at all Danish Universities.

The party remains committed to a centre-right alliance, working most closely with the liberal Venstre and somewhat less closely with the right-wing populist Danish People's Party. The Conservative People's Party cooperated with the Social Liberal Party during its time in power in the 1980s, and also with the centre-left government under Poul Nyrup Rasmussen in the 1990s.

Ideology and policies

{{Conservatism in Denmark}}

The party's current purpose clause states: "The Conservative People's Party aims to gather everyone who joins the party's program and to work for the spread of conservative views."[http://www.konservative.dk/partiet/organisation/vedtaegter "Vedtægter"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821174503/http://www.konservative.dk/Partiet/Organisation/Vedtaegter |date=21. August 2016 }}. Det Konservative Folkeparti. The party has named Edmund Burke as one of its intellectual sources.{{Cite web |url=https://konservative.dk/partiet/historie/om-konservatisme/ |title=Om konservatisme |website=Det Konservative Folkeparti |language=da |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=31 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031221232/https://konservative.dk/partiet/historie/om-konservatisme/ |url-status=live}}

The Conservative People's Party presently advocates individual freedom and responsibility, a free market economy, respecting private property, the importance of community for the individual, modernization of the public sector, decentralization, ensuring up-to-date military defense, and an emphasis on protecting Denmark's national history and traditions.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} In foreign policy, the party supports economic cooperation with the European Union to aid Denmark's economic growth and keep peace in Europe, but maintains the EU must also respect the right to national identity and calls for a less centralized EU in which member states can maintain sovereignty over their national, regional and local decision making powers.{{Cite web|url=https://konservative.dk/politik/eu/|title = EU-program 2019–2024}} The party also highlights environmentalism as one of its core philosophies in accordance to green conservatism.{{Cite web|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Det_Konservative_Folkeparti|title=Det Konservative Folkeparti | lex.dk|date=4 November 2022 }}

List of leaders

=Political leaders=

class="wikitable"

|John Christmas Møller

1928–1947
Ole Bjørn Kraft1947–1955
Aksel Møller1955–1958
Poul Sørensen1958–1969
Poul Møller1969–1971
Erik Ninn-Hansen1971–1974
Poul Schlüter1974–1993
Henning Dyremose1993
Hans Engell1993–1997
Per Stig Møller1997–1998
Pia Christmas-Møller1998–1999
Bendt Bendtsen1999–2008
Lene Espersen2008–2011
Lars Barfoed2011–2014
Søren Pape Poulsen2014–2024
Mona Juul2024–present

=Party chairmen=

class="wikitable"

|Emil Piper

1916–1928
Charles Tvede1928–1932
John Christmas Møller1932–1939
Vilhelm Fibiger1939–1948
Halfdan Hendriksen1948–1957
Einar Foss1957–1965
Knud Thestrup1965–1972
Erik Haunstrup Clemmensen1972–1974
Poul Schlüter1974–1977
Ib Stetter1977–1981
Poul Schlüter1981–1993
Torben Rechendorff1993–1995
Hans Engell1995–1997
Per Stig Møller1997–1998
Poul Andreassen1998–2000
Bendt Bendtsen2000–2008
Lene Espersen2008–2011
Lars Barfoed2011–2014
Søren Pape Poulsen2014–2024
Mona Juul2024–present

Notable members

  • John Christmas Møller – World War II resistance figure in exile in England.
  • Poul Schlüter – The longest-serving Danish prime minister since Thorvald Stauning. Schlüter is the Conservative People's Party's only prime minister to date. He led the Conservative People's Party to its best-ever result at a national election, reaching 23.4% of the national vote. After his term as prime minister ended he was elected to the European Parliament in 1994, reaching a record breaking number of 247,956 personal votes.
  • Connie Hedegaard – Appointed as the European Union's first ever European Commissioner for Climate Action in February 2010, Hedegaard was elected to the Danish Parliament as a member for the Conservative People's Party in 1984 at the age of 23, becoming the youngest Danish MP ever at that time. In 1989, Hedegaard became first spokesperson for the Conservative People's Party, but left politics for journalism in 1990.{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/hedegaard/about/bio_en.htm |title=Dead link |access-date=18 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308165742/http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/hedegaard/about/bio_en.htm |archive-date=8 March 2011}}
  • Stefan G. Rasmussen (born 23 July 1947), a former Danish pilot who captained the crash-landing SAS flight 751 on 27 December 1991, in which there were no fatalities. He then entered politics, serving in the Danish Folketing from 1994 to 1996.

Electoral performance

=Parliament=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
Election

! Votes

! %

! Seats

! +/-

! Government

1918

| 167,865

| 18.3 (#4)

| {{Composition bar|22|140|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 14{{efn|Compared to Højre in the 1915 election}}

| {{no2|Opposition}}

1920
(Apr)

| 201,499

| 19.6 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|28|140|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 6

| style=background:#dcdcdc;text-align:center | Caretaker government

1920
(Jul)

| 180,293

| 18.9 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|26|140|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 2

| {{partial2|External support}}

Sep
1920

| 216,733

| 17.9 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|27|149|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 1

| {{partial2|External support}}

1924

| 242,955

| 18.9 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|28|149|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 1

| {{no2|Opposition}}

1926

| 275,793

| 20.6 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|30|149|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 2

| {{partial2|External support}}

1929

| 233,935

| 16.5 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|24|149|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 6

| {{no2|Opposition}}

1932

| 358,509

| 17.3 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|27|149|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 3

| {{no2|Opposition}}

1935

| 293,393

| 17.8 (#2)

| {{Composition bar|26|149|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 1

| {{no2|Opposition}}

rowspan="2"| 1939

| rowspan="2"| 301,625

| rowspan="2"| 17.8 (#3)

| rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|26|149|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| rowspan="2"| {{steady}}

| {{no2|Opposition}} {{small|(1939–1940)}}

{{yes2|Coalition}} {{small|(1940–1943)}}
1943

| 421,523

| 21.0 (#2)

| {{Composition bar|31|149|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 5

| {{yes2|Coalition}}

1945

| 373,688

| 18.2 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|26|149|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 5

| {{partial2|External support}}

1947

| 259,324

| 12.4 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|17|150|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 9

| {{no2|Opposition}}

1950

| 365,236

| 17.8 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|27|151|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 10

| {{yes2|Coalition}}

1953
(Apr)

| 358,509

| 17.3 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|26|151|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 1

| {{yes2|Coalition}}

1953
(Sep)

| 383,843

| 16.6 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|30|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 4

| {{no2|Opposition}}

1957

| 383,843

| 16.6 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|30|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{steady}}

| {{no2|Opposition}}

1960

| 435,764

| 17.9 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|32|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 2

| {{no2|Opposition}}

1964

| 527,798

| 20.1 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|36|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 4

| {{no2|Opposition}}

1966

| 522,028

| 18.7 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|34|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 2

| {{no2|Opposition}}

1968

| 581,051

| 20.4 (#2)

| {{Composition bar|37|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 3

| {{yes2|Coalition}}

1971

| 481,335

| 16.7 (#2)

| {{Composition bar|31|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 6

| {{no2|Opposition}}

1973

| 279,391

| 9.2 (#5)

| {{Composition bar|16|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 15

| {{partial2|External support}}

1975

| 168,164

| 5.5 (#5)

| {{Composition bar|10|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 6

| {{no2|Opposition}}

1977

| 263,262

| 8.5 (#4)

| {{Composition bar|15|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 5

| {{no2|Opposition}}

1979

| 395,653

| 12.5 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|22|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 7

| {{no2|Opposition}}

rowspan="2"| 1981

| rowspan="2"| 451,478

| rowspan="2"| 14.5 (#2)

| rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|26|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| rowspan="2"| {{increase}} 4

| {{no2|Opposition}} {{small|(1981–1982)}}

{{yes2|Coalition}} {{small|(1982–1984)}}
1984

| 788,224

| 23.4 (#2)

| {{Composition bar|42|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 16

| {{yes2|Coalition}}

1987

| 700,886

| 20.8 (#2)

| {{Composition bar|38|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 4

| {{yes2|Coalition}}

1988

| 642,048

| 19.3 (#2)

| {{Composition bar|35|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 3

| {{Yes2|Coalition}}

rowspan="2"| 1990

| rowspan="2"| 517,293

| rowspan="2"| 16.0 (#2)

| rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|30|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| rowspan="2"| {{decrease}} 5

| {{yes2|Coalition}} {{small|(1990–1993)}}

{{no2|Opposition}} {{small|(1993–1994)}}
1994

| 499,845

| 15.0 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|27|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 3

| {{no2|Opposition}}

1998

| 303,965

| 8.9 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|16|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 11

| {{no2|Opposition}}

2001

| 312,770

| 9.1 (#4)

| {{Composition bar|16|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{steady}}

| {{yes2|Coalition}}

2005

| 344,886

| 10.3 (#4)

| {{Composition bar|18|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 2

| {{yes2|Coalition}}

2007

| 359,404

| 10.4 (#5)

| {{Composition bar|18|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{steady}}

| {{yes2|Coalition}}

2011

| 175,047

| 4.9 (#8)

| {{Composition bar|8|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 10

| {{no2|Opposition}}

rowspan="2"| 2015

| rowspan="2"| 118,015

| rowspan="2"| 3.4 (#9)

| rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|6|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| rowspan="2"| {{decrease}} 2

| {{partial2|External support}} {{small|(2015–2016)}}

{{yes2|Coalition}} {{small|(2016–2019)}}
2019

| 233,349

| 6.6 (#7)

| {{Composition bar|12|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 6

| {{no2|Opposition}}

2022

| 194,820

| 5.5 (#7)

| {{Composition bar|10|179|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 2

| {{no2|Opposition}}

=Local elections=

valign="top"|

;Municipal elections

{| class="wikitable" width="250px" style="text-align: center"

!rowspan="2"|Year

!colspan="2"|Seats

No.

!±

1925

|{{composition bar|332|11289|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|

1929

|{{composition bar|626|11329|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 294

1933

|{{composition bar|543|11424|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 83

1937

|{{composition bar|602|11425|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 59

1943

|{{composition bar|724|10569|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 122

1946

|{{composition bar|592|11488|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 132

1950

|{{composition bar|647|11499|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 55

1954

|{{composition bar|609|11505|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 38

1958

|{{composition bar|603|11529|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 6

1962

|{{composition bar|707|11414|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 104

1966

|{{composition bar|842|10005|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 135

colspan=3|Municipal reform
1970

|{{composition bar|650|4677|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 192

1974

|{{composition bar|439|4735|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 211

1978

|{{composition bar|508|4759|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 69

1981

|{{composition bar|640|4769|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 132

1985

|{{composition bar|824|4773|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 184

1989

|{{composition bar|602|4737|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 222

1993

|{{composition bar|493|4703|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 109

1997

|{{composition bar|481|4685|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 12

2001

|{{composition bar|444|4647|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 37

colspan=3|Municipal reform
2005

|{{composition bar|257|2522|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 187

2009

|{{composition bar|262|2468|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 5

2013

|{{composition bar|205|2444|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 57

2017

|{{composition bar|225|2432|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 20

2021

|{{composition bar|403|2436|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 178

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;Regional elections

class="wikitable" width="280px" style="text-align: center"
rowspan="2"|Year

!colspan="2"|Seats

No.

!±

1935

|{{composition bar|40|299|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|

1943

|{{composition bar|36|299|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 4

1946

|{{composition bar|31|299|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 5

1950

|{{composition bar|37|299|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 6

1954

|{{composition bar|36|299|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 1

1958

|{{composition bar|39|303|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 3

1962

|{{composition bar|47|301|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 8

1966

|{{composition bar|59|303|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 12

colspan=3|Municipal reform
1970

|{{composition bar|72|366|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 13

1974

|{{composition bar|45|370|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 27

1978

|{{composition bar|52|370|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 7

1981

|{{composition bar|60|370|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 8

1985

|{{composition bar|77|374|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 17

1989

|{{composition bar|53|374|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 24

1993

|{{composition bar|44|374|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 9

1997

|{{composition bar|40|374|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 4

2001

|{{composition bar|35|374|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 5

colspan=3|Municipal reform
2005

|{{composition bar|20|205|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 15

2009

|{{composition bar|20|205|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{steady}} 0

2013

|{{composition bar|15|205|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 5

2017

|{{composition bar|15|205|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{steady}} 0

2021

|{{composition bar|31|205|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 16

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|valign="top"|

;Mayors

class="wikitable" width="280px" style="text-align: center"
rowspan="2"|Year

!colspan="2"|Seats

No.

!±

2005

|{{composition bar|11|98|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|

2009

|{{composition bar|12|98|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 1

2013

|{{composition bar|13|98|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 1

2017

|{{composition bar|8|98|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 5

2021

|{{composition bar|14|98|{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

|{{increase}} 6

|}

=European Parliament=

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! Year

! List leader

! Votes

! %

! Seats

! +/–

! EP Group

1979

| rowspan=2| Poul Møller

| 245,309

| 14.06 (#4)

| {{Composition bar|2|15|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 2

| rowspan=3| ED

1984

| 414,177

| 20.81 (#1)

| {{Composition bar|4|15|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 2

1989

| Marie Jepsen

| 238,760

| 13.34 (#4)

| {{Composition bar|2|16|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 2

1994

| Poul Schlüter

| 368,890

| 17.74 (#2)

| {{Composition bar|3|16|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{increase}} 1

| EPP

1999

| Christian Rovsing

| 166,884

| 8.47 (#5)

| {{Composition bar|1|16|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 2

| rowspan=2| EPP-ED

2004

| Gitte Seeberg

| 214,972

| 11.35 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|1|14|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

2009

| rowspan=2| Bendt Bendtsen

| 297,199

| 12.69 (#5)

| {{Composition bar|1|13|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

| rowspan=4| EPP

2014

| 208,262

| 9.15 (#5)

| {{Composition bar|1|13|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

2019

| Pernille Weiss

| 170,544

| 6.18 (#6)

| {{Composition bar|1|14|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

2024

| Niels Flemming Hansen

| 216,357

| 8.84 (#4)

| {{Composition bar|1|15|hex={{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

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References

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