Danish parliamentary election, 1981
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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 | |
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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.
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