1979 Danish general election

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23 October 1979

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All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

85.62%

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.

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



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Denmark proper
	Social Democrats	1,213,456	38.27	68	+3
	Venstre	396,484	12.50	22	+1
	Conservative People's Party	395,653	12.48	22	+7
	Progress Party	349,243	11.01	20	–6
	Socialist People's Party	187,284	5.91	11	+4
	Danish Social Liberal Party	172,365	5.44	10	+4
	Left Socialists	116,047	3.66	6	+1
	Centre Democrats	102,132	3.22	6	–5
	Justice Party of Denmark	83,238	2.62	5	–1
	Christian People's Party	82,133	2.59	5	–1
	Communist Party of Denmark	58,901	1.86	0	–7
	Communist Workers Party	13,070	0.41	0	New
	Independents	996	0.03	0	0
Total		3,171,002	100.00	175	0

Valid votes		3,171,002	99.27
Invalid/blank votes		23,343	0.73
Total votes		3,194,345	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,730,650	85.62
Faroe Islands
	Union Party	5,700	30.48	1	0
	Social Democratic Party	4,435	23.72	1	0
	Republican Party	3,886	20.78	0	0
	People's Party	3,005	16.07	0	0
	Progress and Fisheries Party	878	4.69	0	New
	Self-Government	797	4.26	0	New
Total		18,701	100.00	2	0

Valid votes		18,701	99.57
Invalid/blank votes		80	0.43
Total votes		18,781	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		28,702	65.43
Greenland
	Atassut	6,390	44.89	1	New
	Siumut	6,273	44.07	1	New
	Labour Party	1,572	11.04	0	New
Total		14,235	100.00	2	0

Valid votes		14,235	93.70
Invalid/blank votes		957	6.30
Total votes		15,192	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		30,191	50.32
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Danmarks Statistik

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

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