1989 European Parliament election in Denmark

The European Parliament election of 1989 in Denmark was the election of the delegation representing the Denmark constituency for the 1989-94 term of the European Parliament and was part of the wider 1989 European Parliament election. The vote took place on 15 June.

European Parliament election in Denmark, 1989

15 June 1989
16 seats to the European Parliament

Results

 Summary of the results of Denmark's 1989 election to the European Parliament

← 1984 • 1989 • 1994 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Social Democrats (A)			417,076	23.3	+3.8	4	+1
	People's Movement against the EEC (N)			338,953	18.9	-1.9	4	0
	Venstre (V)			297,565	16.6	+4.2	3	+1
	Conservative People's Party (C)			238,760	13.3	-7.5	2	-2
	Socialist People's Party (F)			162,902	9.1	-0.1	1	0
	Centre Democrats (D)			142,190	8.0	+1.4	2	+1
	Progress Party (Z)			93,985	5.3	+1.8	0	0
	Danish Social Liberal Party (B)			50,196	2.8	-0.3	0	0
	Christian People's Party (Q)			47,768	2.7	-0.1	0	0
Valid votes				1,789,395	98.78
Blank and invalid votes				22,163	1.22
Totals				1,811,558	100.00	—	16	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				3,923,549	46.17	5.83
References	[1]

Note - seats are allocated first by the D'Hondt method to Electoral coalitions, which were (A + B), (C + V), (F + N) and (D + Q) and the remaining parties by themselves; then subsequently between the parties in each coalition.

Popular vote A   23.31% N   18.94% V   16.63% C   13.34% F   9.10% D   7.95% Z   5.25% B   2.81% Q   2.67%

References

1. Sørensen, Jens Adser (ed.) (1989). Folketingstidende. Årborg og registre. Folketingsåret 1988-89 (in Danish). Copenhagen, J. H. Schultz forlag, pp. 27-28. ISBN 87-569-6641-5.