Danish general election, 1979

Danish general election, 1979
Denmark
23 October 1979

All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 85.2%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Anker Jørgensen Henning Christophersen
Party Social Democrats Venstre
Last election 65 seats, 37.0% 21 seats, 12.0%
Seats won 68 22
Seat change Increase3 Increase1
Popular vote 1,213,456 396,484
Percentage 38.3% 12.5%

Prime Minister before election

Anker Jørgensen
Social Democrats

Prime Minister-elect

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 85.6% in Denmark proper, 65.4% in the Faroe Islands and 50.3% in Greenland.[2]

Results

Denmark
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party1,213,45638.368+3
Venstre396,48412.522+1
Conservative People's Party395,65312.522+7
Progress Party349,24311.020–6
Socialist People's Party187,2845.911+4
Danish Social Liberal Party172,3655.410+4
Left Socialists116,0473.76+1
Centre Democrats102,1323.26–5
Justice Party of Denmark83,2382.65–1
Christian People's Party82,1332.65–1
Communist Party of Denmark58,9011.90–7
Communist Workers Party13,0700.40New
Independents9960.000
Invalid/blank votes23,343
Total3,194,3451001750
Faroe Islands
Union Party5,70030.510
Social Democratic Party4,43523.710
Republican Party3,38618.100
People's Party3,00516.100
Progress and Fisheries Party8784.70New
Self-Government Party7974.30New
Invalid/blank votes80
Total18,78110020
Greenland
Solidarity6,39044.91New
Siumut6,27344.11New
Labour Party1,57211.00New
Invalid/blank votes957
Total15,19210020
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
 
38.27%
V
 
12.50%
C
 
12.48%
Z
 
11.01%
F
 
5.91%
B
 
5.44%
Y
 
3.66%
M
 
3.22%
E
 
2.62%
Q
 
2.59%
K
 
1.86%
Others
 
0.44%

References

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


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