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
Turnout	85.2%
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 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
Atassut	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

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