The voter turnout for the EU Parliamentary election has dropped to 58.2 percent. According to the official numbers from the IT company KMD, which has been responsible for counting the Danish votes, the recent election saw a turnout of 58.2 percent. While this election marks the third highest in Danish history for EU elections, it still falls short of the record of 66.1 percent set in 2019. Election researcher Kasper Møller Hansen from the University of Copenhagen notes that although the decrease in voter turnout from 2019 is unfortunate, it is still better than expected and compares well with other years. His comments were shared on the social platform X.
Historically, voter turnout in Denmark for EU Parliamentary elections has been around 50 percent for the first six elections. However, in 2009, there was a spike to 59.5 percent, and in 2014, participation was at 56.3 percent. It is noteworthy that both of these elections were held simultaneously with referendums on important national issues: the Act of Succession in 2009 and Denmark’s accession to the European Patent Court in 2014. With a turnout of 58.2 percent this year, Denmark still remains above the average for voter turnout in EU Parliamentary elections, but below the impressive level from 2019.