1977 Danish general election

none 1977 Danish general election Kingdom of Denmark 1975 1979 All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority 15 February 1977 Social Democrats (Denmark) Anker Jørgensen 53 65 37.03 Progress Party (Denmark) Mogens Glistrup 24 26 14.61 Venstre (Denmark) Poul Hartling 42 21 11.97 Conservative People's Party (Denmark) Poul Schlüter 10 15 8.48 Centre Democrats (Denmark) Erhard Jakobsen 4 11 6.45 Socialist People's Party (Denmark) Gert Petersen 9 7 3.87 Communist Party of Denmark Knud Jespersen 7 7 3.67 Danish Social Liberal Party Svend Haugaard 13 6 3.65 KrF Jens Møller 9 6 3.42 Justice Party of Denmark Ib Christensen 0 6 3.29 Left Socialists Collective leadership 4 5 2.69 Elected in the Faroe Islands Union Party (Faroe Islands) Pauli Ellefsen 0 1 31.71 Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) Atli Dam 1 1 22.52 Elected in Greenland Independents – 2 2 100 Government Jørgensen II Social Democrats (Denmark) Government after election Jørgensen II Social Democrats (Denmark) 88.70% 300px Largest party within each nomination district and constituency. 300px Distribution of constituency and levelling seats. General elections were held in Denmark on 15 February 1977.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 65 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 89% in Denmark proper, 63% in the Faroe Islands and 70% in Greenland.Nohlen & Stöver, p545 Results File:1977 Danish general election Result.svg Denmark proper Social Democrats 1150355 65 +12 Progress Party 453792 26 +2 Venstre 371728 21 –21 Conservative People's Party 263262 15 +5 Centre Democrats 200347 11 +7 Socialist People's Party 120357 7 –2 Communist Party of Denmark 114022 7 0 Danish Social Liberal Party 113330 6 –7 Christian People's Party 106082 6 –3 Justice Party of Denmark 102149 6 +6 Left Socialists 83667 5 +1 Pensioners' Party 26889 0 New Independents 317 0 0 18670 3522904 0 y Faroe Islands Union Party 5183 1 +1 Social Democratic Party 3681 1 0 Republican Party 3057 0 –1 People's Party 2773 0 0 Self-Government 551 0 New Progress Party 207 0 New Independents 891 0 New 43 26040 0 y Greenland Independents 17605 2 0 384 25691 0 Nohlen & Stöver References General election Danish general election Category:Folketing elections