New (Types) of Parties and Government: The Danish general election 2022
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New (Types) of Parties and Government : The Danish general election 2022. / Kosiara-Pedersen, Karina.
In: West European Politics, Vol. 46, No. 6, 2023, p. 1222-1233.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - New (Types) of Parties and Government
T2 - The Danish general election 2022
AU - Kosiara-Pedersen, Karina
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - During the Covid-19 crisis, there was a high level of rallying around the flag for the Social Democratic government. However, support waned with the sense of crisis, and some ‘scandals’ surfaced. The ‘mink scandal’ caused an early election to be called. A high number of parties, 14, competed in the election, and after the election 12 parties are now represented in parliament – a new record number. When comparing the election results of 2019 and 2022, two overall results stand out. First, only one of the two traditional large parties has maintained this status and fragmentation is increased. Second, two new parties made it into the ‘top-5’ in 2022, both formed by former prominent Liberals. The election yielded a narrow victory to the red bloc. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was able to stay in office after the election but exchanged her red bloc parliamentary majority for a coalition government with the Liberals and Moderates. Thus, a new type of coalition has emerged: a majority government spanning the usual two blocs, but challenged by opposition from both the right and left.
AB - During the Covid-19 crisis, there was a high level of rallying around the flag for the Social Democratic government. However, support waned with the sense of crisis, and some ‘scandals’ surfaced. The ‘mink scandal’ caused an early election to be called. A high number of parties, 14, competed in the election, and after the election 12 parties are now represented in parliament – a new record number. When comparing the election results of 2019 and 2022, two overall results stand out. First, only one of the two traditional large parties has maintained this status and fragmentation is increased. Second, two new parties made it into the ‘top-5’ in 2022, both formed by former prominent Liberals. The election yielded a narrow victory to the red bloc. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was able to stay in office after the election but exchanged her red bloc parliamentary majority for a coalition government with the Liberals and Moderates. Thus, a new type of coalition has emerged: a majority government spanning the usual two blocs, but challenged by opposition from both the right and left.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - New parties
KW - scandals
KW - coalition government
KW - Denmark
KW - election
U2 - 10.1080/01402382.2023.2174742
DO - 10.1080/01402382.2023.2174742
M3 - Journal article
VL - 46
SP - 1222
EP - 1233
JO - West European Politics
JF - West European Politics
SN - 0140-2382
IS - 6
ER -
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