Danish parliamentary election, 1981

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Denmark

This article is part of the series:
Politics and government of
Denmark


2001 · 2005 · 2007

See also


Other countries · Atlas
 Politics Portal
view  talk  edit

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.



Languages