Denmark Referendum 2022 — Results
Election day: June 1, 2022
- Yes: 66.87%
- No: 33.13%
Turnout: 65.77%
About this election
At a glance
On 1 June 2022 Denmark held a referendum on abolishing its opt-out from the European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy. Voters approved abolition decisively, by 66.87% to 33.13% — the first time in history that Denmark had ever removed one of its EU opt-outs. The vote was a direct response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and marked a profound shift in Danish security policy.
Compiled and reviewed from official results by ElectioMap. See our data methodology.
In numbers
- 33.74 points separated Yes from No — 945,689 votes.
- Yes moved +19.98 points against the 2015 referendum (46.89% → 66.87%).
- Turnout of 65.77% is the lowest of the 2 referendums covered here since 2015.
Calculated from the official figures on this page and from the other elections of this type in our archive.
Understanding this election
- How Live Election Data Is Collected and Verified — from ballot box to published figure
- Why Official Results Sometimes Take Weeks — the stages between the count and the legal result
- When a Referendum Wins and Still Fails — how a turnout quorum voids a referendum that won the vote