1979 Danish general election

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]

1979 Danish general election
23 October 1979
All 179 seats in the Folketing
Turnout85.2%
Party Leader % Seats ±
Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 38.3% 68 +3
Venstre Henning Christophersen 12.5% 22 +1
Conservative Poul Schlüter 12.5% 22 +7
Progress Mogens Glistrup 11.0% 20 -6
SF Gert Petersen 5.9% 11 +4
Social Liberals Niels Helveg Petersen 5.4% 10 +4
Left Socialists Collective leadership 3.7% 6 +1
Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 3.2% 6 -5
Justice Lars Fredsted Kristensen 2.6% 5 -1
KrF Jens Møller 2.6% 5 -1
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Union Pauli Ellefsen 30.5% 1 0
Social Democratic Atli Dam 23.74% 1
Elected in Greenland
Atassut Lars Chemnitz 44.9% 1 New
Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt 44.1% 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

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
Atassut6,39044.91New
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%
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References
  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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