1981 Danish general election

none 1981 Danish general election Kingdom of Denmark no 1979 1984 All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 8 December 1981 Social Democrats (Denmark) Anker Jørgensen 68 59 32.87 Conservative People's Party (Denmark) Poul Schlüter 22 26 14.45 Socialist People's Party (Denmark) Gert Petersen 11 21 11.31 Venstre (Denmark) Henning Christophersen 22 20 11.31 Progress Party (Denmark) Mogens Glistrup 20 16 8.91 Centre Democrats (Denmark) Erhard Jakobsen 6 15 8.28 Danish Social Liberal Party Niels Helveg Petersen 10 9 5.12 Left Socialists Collective leadership 6 5 2.65 KrF Christian Christensen 5 4 2.31 Elected in the Faroe Islands Union Party (Faroe Islands) Pauli Ellefsen 1 1 26.44 Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) Atli Dam 1 1 24.49 Elected in Greenland Atassut Lars Chemnitz 1 1 48.86 Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt 1 1 37.75 Government Jørgensen IV Social Democrats (Denmark) Government after election Jørgensen V Social Democrats (Denmark) 83.26% 300px Most voted-for party by nomination district and constituency 300px Most voted-for party by municipality 300px Distribution of constituency and levelling seats General elections were held in Denmark on 8 December 1981.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 978-3-8329-5609-7 The election was followed by a two-week crisis over the formation of a new government before the Social Democratic Party resumed its minority government.Borre Ole 1982 The Danish parliamentary election of 1981 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379482900075 Electoral Studies 1 2 250–254 10.1016/0261-3794(82)90007-5 0261-3794 subscription The Social Democratic Party lost several seats but remained the largest party in the Folketing, with 59 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 83% in Denmark proper, 55% in the Faroe Islands and 61% in Greenland.Nohlen & Stöver, p545 Results File:1981 Danish general election Result.svg Denmark proper Social Democrats 1026726 59 –9 Conservative People's Party 451478 26 +4 Socialist People's Party 353373 21 +10 Venstre 353280 20 –2 Progress Party 278383 16 –4 Centre Democrats 258522 15 +9 Danish Social Liberal Party 160053 9 –1 Left Socialists 82711 5 –1 Christian People's Party 72174 4 –1 Justice Party of Denmark 45174 0 –5 Communist Party of Denmark 34625 0 0 Communist Workers Party 4223 0 0 Socialist Workers Party 2034 0 New Independents 807 0 0 19881 3775333 0 y Faroe Islands Union Party 4393 1 0 Social Democratic Party 4070 1 0 Republican Party 3441 0 0 People's Party 3073 0 0 Self-Government 867 0 0 Progress and Fisheries Party 773 0 0 79 30127 0 y Greenland Atassut 9223 1 0 Siumut 7126 1 0 Independents 2529 0 New 925 32466 0 Nohlen & Stöver References Category:1981 elections in Denmark Category:December 1981 in Europe Category:Folketing elections