Country: | Denmark |
Independent Party | |
Native Name: | De Uafhængige |
Founder: | Knud Kristensen |
Foundation: | 1953 |
Headquarters: | Gerå Engvej 55 9340 Asaa |
Ideology: | Classical liberalism Anti-elitism |
Position: | Centre-right |
Seats1 Title: | Folketing |
Website: | deuafhaengige.dk |
The Independent Party (Danish: De Uafhængige) is a classical liberal and anti-elitist political party in Denmark. It was formed in 1953 as a breakaway party from as a protest against the established centre-right parties' cooperation with the Social Democrats. The Independent Party later got an anti-elitist character.
Date | Votes | Seats | ||||
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% | ± pp | ± | ||||
1953 (Sep) | 58,573 | 2.7% | +2.7 | New | ||
1957 | 53,061 | 2.3% | -0.4 | 0 | ||
1960 | 81,134 | 3.3% | +1.0 | 6 | ||
1964 | 65,756 | 2.5% | -0.8 | 1 | ||
1966 | 44,994 | 1.6% | -0.9 | 5 | ||
1968 | 14,360 | 0.5% | -1.1 | 0 | ||
1971– | Did not run. |
Date | Seats | |||||
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± | ||||||
2005 | 0 | |||||
2009–2013 | Did not run. |