Danish general election, 1979

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	3	1
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 Party	1,213,456	38.3	68	+3
Venstre	396,484	12.5	22	+1
Conservative People's Party	395,653	12.5	22	+7
Progress Party	349,243	11.0	20	–6
Socialist People's Party	187,284	5.9	11	+4
Danish Social Liberal Party	172,365	5.4	10	+4
Left Socialists	116,047	3.7	6	+1
Centre Democrats	102,132	3.2	6	–5
Justice Party of Denmark	83,238	2.6	5	–1
Christian People's Party	82,133	2.6	5	–1
Communist Party of Denmark	58,901	1.9	0	–7
Communist Workers Party	13,070	0.4	0	New
Independents	996	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	23,343	–	–	–
Total	3,194,345	100	175	0
Faroe Islands
Union Party	5,700	30.5	1	0
Social Democratic Party	4,435	23.7	1	0
Republican Party	3,386	18.1	0	0
People's Party	3,005	16.1	0	0
Progress and Fisheries Party	878	4.7	0	New
Self-Government Party	797	4.3	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	80	–	–	–
Total	18,781	100	2	0
Greenland
Solidarity	6,390	44.9	1	New
Siumut	6,273	44.1	1	New
Labour Party	1,572	11.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	957	–	–	–
Total	15,192	100	2	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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

Elections and referendums in Denmark

Folketing elections	1849 1852 1853 (Feb) 1853 (May) 1854 1855 1858 1861 1864 1866 (Jun) 1866 (Oct) 1869 1872 1873 1876 1879 1881 (May) 1881 (Jul) 1884 1887 1890 1892 1895 1898 1901 1903 1906 1909 1910 1913 1915 1918 1920 (Apr) 1920 (Jul) 1920 (Sep) 1924 1926 1929 1932 1935 1939 1943 1945 1947 1950 1953 (Apr) 1953 (Sep) 1957 1960 1964 1966 1968 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1984 1987 1988 1990 1994 1998 2001 2005 2007 2011 2015 Next

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See also: Elections and referendums in the Faroe Islands Elections and referendums in Greenland

Elections and referendums in the Faroe Islands

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See also: Elections and referendums in Denmark Elections and referendums in the Faroe Islands

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