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The Danish parliamentary election of 1981 was held on 1981-12-08.
|
Party |
Leader |
Total votes |
Percentage of ballots cast |
Seats won |
Gain/Loss |
 |
Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet) (A) |
Anker Jørgensen |
1,026,726 |
32.9 |
59 |
-9 |
 |
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) |
Poul Schlüter |
451,478 |
14.5 |
26 |
+4 |
 |
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) |
Gert Petersen |
353,373 |
11.3 |
21 |
+10 |
 |
Venstre* (Liberals) (V) |
Henning Christophersen |
353,280 |
11.3 |
20 |
-2 |
 |
Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z) |
Mogens Glistrup |
278,383 |
8.9 |
16 |
-4 |
 |
Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M) |
Erhard Jakobsen |
258,522 |
8.3 |
15 |
+9 |
 |
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B) |
Niels Helveg Petersen |
160,053 |
5.1 |
9 |
-1 |
|
Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) |
|
82,711 |
2.7 |
5 |
-1 |
 |
Christian People's Party (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q) |
Christian Christensen |
72,174 |
2.3 |
4 |
-1 |
|
Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund) (E) |
|
45,174 |
1.4 |
0 |
-5 |
|
Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K) |
|
34,625 |
1.1 |
0 |
- |
|
Communist Workers Party (Kommunistisk Arbejderparti) (R) |
|
4,223 |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Socialist Workers Party (Socialistisk Arbejderparti) (I) |
|
2,034 |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
| Voter turnout |
83.2% |
| Source |
Folketinget.dk |
- Note on terminology: The party name Venstre is officially not translated into any other language.
