The number of blank and invalid votes was much higher in big cities, especially Copenhagen.

Voter turnout was 84.3% and there were 533 invalid votes (0.7% of the total).

Among other inconsistencies he noted "I could not understand then and still now how invalid votes can become valid."

If however they are forced to go to the polling place, they can still use a blank or invalid vote.

The figures and percentages do not include blank and invalid votes.

This was partly responsible for the high number of invalid votes compared to the 2000 election.

Second, invalid votes were now included in the calculation of the 5.0 percent threshold.

There were 1.19% invalid votes and 4.36% of voters chose to vote "Against all" (candidates).

The remaining 1.63 million were divided among two other contenders and invalid votes.

There were 27 abstentions, one invalid vote, and three absent deputies in the 669-seat lower house.