1987 Danish general election

1987 Danish general election

8 September 1987
All 179 seats in the Folketing
Turnout	86.2%
Party Leader % Seats +/– Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 29.3% 54 −2 Conservatives Poul Schlüter 20.8% 38 −4 SF Gert Petersen 14.6% 27 +6 Venstre Uffe Ellemann-Jensen 10.5% 19 −3 Social Liberals Niels Helveg Petersen 6.2% 11 +1 Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 4.8% 9 +1 Progress Johannes Sørensen 4.8% 9 +3 scope="row" style="border-left: 4px solid Template:Christian Democrats (Denmark)/meta/color;" | KrF Christian Christensen 2.4% 4 −1 Common Course Preben Møller Hansen 2.2% 4 New Elected in the Faroe Islands People's Jógvan Sundstein 28.8% 1 0 Social Democratic Atli Dam 24.7% 1 +1 Elected in Greenland Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt 43.3% 1 0 Atassut Otto Steenholdt 41.3% 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Poul Schlüter Conservatives Poul Schlüter Conservatives

General elections were held in Denmark on 8 September 1987. Although the Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing with 54 of the 179 seats, the Conservative People's Party-led coalition government was able to continue. Voter turnout was 86.7% in Denmark proper, 68.9% in the Faroe Islands and 44.9% in Greenland.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Denmark
Social Democratic Party	985,906	29.3	54	–2
Conservative People's Party	700,886	20.8	38	–4
Socialist People's Party	490,176	14.6	27	+6
Venstre	354,291	10.5	19	–3
Danish Social Liberal Party	209,086	6.2	11	+1
Centre Democrats	161,070	4.8	9	+1
Progress Party	160,461	4.8	9	+3
Christian People's Party	79,664	2.4	4	–1
Common Course	72,631	2.2	4	New
Left Socialists	46,141	1.4	0	–5
De Grønne	45,076	1.3	0	New
Communist Party of Denmark	28,974	0.9	0	0
Justice Party of Denmark	16,359	0.5	0	0
Humanist Party	5,675	0.2	0	New
Socialist Workers Party	1,808	0.0	0	0
Communist Party of Denmark/Marxist–Leninists	987	0.0	0	0
Independents	3,366	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	26,644	–	–	–
Total	3,389,201	100	175	0
Faroe Islands
People's Party	6,411	28.8	1	0
Social Democratic Party	5,486	24.7	1	+1
Union Party	5,345	24.0	0	–1
Republican Party	3,478	15.6	0	0
Self-Government Party	1,070	4.8	0	0
Progress Party	438	2.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	157	–	–	–
Total	22,385	100	2	0
Greenland
Siumut	6,944	43.3	1	0
Atassut	6,627	41.3	1	0
Inuit Ataqatigiit	2,001	12.5	0	0
Polar Party	474	3.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	934	–	–	–
Total	16,980	100	2	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote A   29.32% C   20.84% F   14.58% V   10.54% B   6.22% D   4.79% Z   4.77% Q   2.37% P   2.16% Y   1.37% G   1.34% K   0.86% E   0.49% Others   0.35%