Danish parliamentary election, 1979

Danish parliamentary election, 1979

1977 ← 23 October 1979 → 1981

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority   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

Parliamentary elections were held in Denmark on 23 October 1979. 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.

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 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
Feeling of Community	6,390	44.9	1	New
Forward	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