1981 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 8 December 1981.[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 59 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 83.3% in Denmark proper, 55.4% in the Faroe Islands and 61.0% in Greenland.[2]

1981 Danish general election

8 December 1981
All 179 seats in the Folketing
Turnout	82.8%
Party Leader % Seats ± Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 32.9% 59 -9 Conservative Poul Schlüter 14.5% 26 +4 SF Gert Petersen 11.3% 21 +10 Venstre Henning Christophersen 11.3% 20 -2 Progress Mogens Glistrup 8.9% 16 -4 Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 8.3% 15 +9 Social Liberals Niels Helveg Petersen 5.1% 9 -1 Left Socialists Collective leadership 2.7% 5 -1 KrF Christian Christensen 2.3% 4 -1 Elected in the Faroe Islands Union Pauli Ellefsen 26.4% 1 0 Social Democratic Atli Dam 24.5% 1 0 Elected in Greenland Atassut Lars Chemnitz 48.9% 1 0 Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt 37.7% 1 0 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	1,026,726	32.9	59	–9
Conservative People's Party	451,478	14.5	26	+4
Socialist People's Party	353,373	11.3	21	+10
Venstre	353,280	11.3	20	–2
Progress Party	278,383	8.9	16	–4
Centre Democrats	258,522	8.3	15	+9
Danish Social Liberal Party	160,053	5.1	9	–1
Left Socialists	82,711	2.7	5	–1
Christian People's Party	72,174	2.3	4	–1
Justice Party of Denmark	45,174	1.4	0	–5
Communist Party of Denmark	34,625	1.1	0	0
Communist Workers Party	4,223	0.1	0	0
Socialist Workers Party	2,034	0.1	0	New
Independents	807	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	19,881	–	–	–
Total	3,143,444	100	175	0
Faroe Islands
Union Party	4,393	26.4	1	0
Social Democratic Party	4,070	24.5	1	0
Republican Party	3,441	20.7	0	0
People's Party	3,073	18.5	0	0
Self-Government Party	867	5.2	0	0
Progress and Fisheries Party	773	4.7	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	79	–	–	–
Total	16,696	100	2	0
Greenland
Atassut	9,223	48.9	1	0
Siumut	7,126	37.7	1	0
Independents	2,529	13.4	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	925	–	–	–
Total	19,803	100	2	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote A   32.87% C   14.45% F   11.31% V   11.31% Z   8.91% M   8.28% B   5.12% Y   2.65% Q   2.31% E   1.45% K   1.11% Others   0.23%

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p545