1984 Danish general election

1984 Danish general election
Danish Realm
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All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout88.44%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 31.60 56 −3
Conservatives Poul Schlüter 23.45 42 +16
Venstre Henning Christophersen 12.07 22 +2
SF Gert Petersen 11.51 21 0
Social Liberals Niels Helveg Petersen 5.49 10 +1
Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 4.60 8 −7
Progress Mogens Glistrup 3.59 6 −10
KrF Christian Christensen 2.73 5 +1
Left Socialists Collective leadership 2.73 5 0
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Union Pauli Ellefsen 25.86 1 0
People's Jógvan Sundstein 25.10 1 +1
Elected in Greenland
Atassut Lars Chemnitz 43.51 1 0
Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt 42.76 1 0
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
Poul Schlüter
Conservatives
Poul Schlüter
Conservatives

General elections were held in Denmark on 10 January 1984,[1] after the opposition voted against the government's state budget bill. Although the Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing with 56 of the 179 seats, the Conservative People's Party achieved its best-ever result, gaining 16 seats. The coalition partners Venstre and the Christian People's Party also increased their representation, although the fourth government party, the Centre Democrats, lost seven of their 15 seats. Overall the coalition won three more seats, and Poul Schlüter continued as Prime Minister.

Voter turnout was 88% in Denmark proper, 61% in the Faroe Islands and 64% in Greenland.[2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Denmark proper
Social Democrats1,062,56131.6056–3
Conservative People's Party788,22423.4542+16
Venstre405,73712.0722+2
Socialist People's Party387,12211.51210
Danish Social Liberal Party184,6425.4910+1
Centre Democrats154,5534.608–7
Progress Party120,6413.596–10
Christian People's Party91,6232.735+1
Left Socialists89,3562.6650
Justice Party of Denmark50,3811.5000
Communist Party of Denmark23,0850.6900
Socialist Workers Party2,1510.0600
Communist Party of Denmark/Marxist–Leninists9780.030New
Independents9560.0300
Total3,362,010100.001750
Valid votes3,362,01099.27
Invalid/blank votes24,7230.73
Total votes3,386,733100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,829,60488.44
Faroe Islands
Union Party4,74425.8610
People's Party4,60525.101+1
Social Democratic Party4,31723.530–1
Republican Party3,64619.8700
Self-Government1,0335.6300
Total18,345100.0020
Valid votes18,34599.60
Invalid/blank votes730.40
Total votes18,418100.00
Registered voters/turnout30,20760.97
Greenland
Atassut9,30843.5110
Siumut9,14842.7610
Inuit Ataqatigiit2,93913.740New
Total21,395100.0020
Valid votes21,39597.13
Invalid/blank votes6332.87
Total votes22,028100.00
Registered voters/turnout34,44863.95
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Danmarks Statistik

See also

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p546
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