1979 Danish general election

1979 Danish general election
Danish Realm
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All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.62%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 38.27 68 +3
Venstre Henning Christophersen 12.50 22 +1
Conservatives Poul Schlüter 12.48 22 +7
Progress Mogens Glistrup 11.01 20 −6
SF Gert Petersen 5.91 11 +4
Social Liberals Niels Helveg Petersen 5.44 10 +4
Left Socialists Collective leadership 3.66 6 +1
Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 3.22 6 −5
Justice Lars Fredsted Kristensen 2.62 5
KrF Jens Møller 2.59 5 −1
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Union Pauli Ellefsen 30.48 1 0
Social Democratic Atli Dam 23.72 1
Elected in Greenland
Atassut Lars Chemnitz 44.89 1 New
Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt 44.07 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Largest party within each nomination district and constituency.
Distribution of constituency and levelling seats.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Anker Jørgensen
Social Democrats
Anker Jørgensen
Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 23 October 1979.[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 68 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 86% in Denmark proper, 65% in the Faroe Islands and 50% in Greenland.[2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Denmark proper
Social Democrats1,213,45638.2768+3
Venstre396,48412.5022+1
Conservative People's Party395,65312.4822+7
Progress Party349,24311.0120–6
Socialist People's Party187,2845.9111+4
Danish Social Liberal Party172,3655.4410+4
Left Socialists116,0473.666+1
Centre Democrats102,1323.226–5
Justice Party of Denmark83,2382.625–1
Christian People's Party82,1332.595–1
Communist Party of Denmark58,9011.860–7
Communist Workers Party13,0700.410New
Independents9960.0300
Total3,171,002100.001750
Valid votes3,171,00299.27
Invalid/blank votes23,3430.73
Total votes3,194,345100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,730,65085.62
Faroe Islands
Union Party5,70030.4810
Social Democratic Party4,43523.7210
Republican Party3,88620.7800
People's Party3,00516.0700
Progress and Fisheries Party8784.690New
Self-Government7974.260New
Total18,701100.0020
Valid votes18,70199.57
Invalid/blank votes800.43
Total votes18,781100.00
Registered voters/turnout28,70265.43
Greenland
Atassut6,39044.891New
Siumut6,27344.071New
Labour Party1,57211.040New
Total14,235100.0020
Valid votes14,23593.70
Invalid/blank votes9576.30
Total votes15,192100.00
Registered voters/turnout30,19150.32
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Danmarks Statistik

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p545
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