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1979 Danish general election

1979 Danish general election
Danish Realm
← 1977 23 October 1979 1981 →

All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.62%
Party Leader Vote % 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.
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]

  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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