1979 Danish general election

none 1979 Danish general election Kingdom of Denmark no 1977 1981 All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 23 October 1979 Anker Jørgensen Social Democrats (Denmark) 65 68 38.27 Venstre (Denmark) Henning Christophersen 21 22 12.50 Poul Schlüter Conservative People's Party (Denmark) 15 22 12.48 Progress Party (Denmark) Mogens Glistrup 26 20 11.01 Socialist People's Party (Denmark) Gert Petersen 7 11 5.91 Danish Social Liberal Party Niels Helveg Petersen 6 10 5.44 Left Socialists Collective leadership 5 6 3.66 Centre Democrats (Denmark) Erhard Jakobsen 11 6 3.22 Justice Party of Denmark Lars Fredsted Kristensen 6 5 2.62 KrF Jens Møller 6 5 2.59 Elected in the Faroe Islands Union Party (Faroe Islands) Pauli Ellefsen 1 1 30.48 Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) Atli Dam 1 1 23.72 Elected in Greenland Atassut Lars Chemnitz new 1 44.89 Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt new 1 44.07 Government Jørgensen III S–V Government after election Jørgensen IV Social Democrats (Denmark) 85.62% 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 23 October 1979.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 68 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 86% in Denmark proper, 65% in the Faroe Islands and 50% in Greenland.Nohlen & Stöver, p545 Results File:1979 Danish general election Result.svg Denmark proper Social Democrats 1213456 68 +3 Venstre 396484 22 +1 Conservative People's Party 395653 22 +7 Progress Party 349243 20 –6 Socialist People's Party 187284 11 +4 Danish Social Liberal Party 172365 10 +4 Left Socialists 116047 6 +1 Centre Democrats 102132 6 –5 Justice Party of Denmark 83238 5 –1 Christian People's Party 82133 5 –1 Communist Party of Denmark 58901 0 –7 Communist Workers Party 13070 0 New Independents 996 0 0 23343 3730650 0 y Faroe Islands Union Party 5700 1 0 Social Democratic Party 4435 1 0 Republican Party 3886 0 0 People's Party 3005 0 0 Progress and Fisheries Party 878 0 New Self-Government 797 0 New 80 28702 0 y Greenland Atassut 6390 1 New Siumut 6273 1 New Labour Party 1572 0 New 957 30191 0 Nohlen & Stöver, Danmarks Statistik References Category:1979 elections in Denmark Category:October 1979 in Europe Category:Folketing elections