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1979 Danish general election

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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 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]

Results

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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

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