- Danish parliamentary election, 1987
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Danish parliamentary election, 1987 
1984 ← 8 September 1987 → 1988 All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majorityFirst party Second party 
Leader Poul Schlüter Anker Jørgensen Party Conservative People's Party Social Democrats Last election 42 seats, 23.4% 56 seats, 31.6% Seats won 38 54 Seat change -4 -2 Popular vote 700,886 985,906 Percentage 20.8% 29.3%
Prime Minister before election
Prime Minister-elect
The Danish parliamentary election of 1987 was held on 8 September 1987. Although the Conservative-lead government had slight losses, the minority government could continue. In this election the new party Common Course got representation for its first and only time with 4 seats.
Party Leader Total votes Percentage of ballots cast Seats won Gain/Loss Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet) (A) Anker Jørgensen 985,906 29.3 54 -2 Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) Poul Schlüter 700,886 20.8 38 -4 Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) Gert Petersen 490,176 14.6 27 +6 Venstre (Liberals) (V) Uffe Ellemann-Jensen 354,291 10.5 19 -3 Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B) Niels Helveg Petersen 209,086 6.2 11 +1 Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M) Erhard Jakobsen 161,070 4.8 9 +1 Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z) Pia Kjærsgaard 160,461 4.8 9 +3 Christian People's Party (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q) Christian Christensen 79,664 2.4 4 -1 Common Course (Fælles Kurs) (P) 72,631 2.2 4 New Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) 46,141 1.4 0 -5 Greens (De Grønne) (G) 45,076 1.3 0 - Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K) 28,974 0.9 0 - Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund) (E) 16,359 0.5 0 - Humanistic Party (Det Humanistiske Parti) (H) 5,676 0.2 0 - Socialist Workers Party (Socialistisk Arbejderparti) (I) 1,808 0 0 - Marxist-Leninist Party (Marxistisk-Leninistisk Parti) (L) 987 0 0 - Voter turnout 86.7% Source Folketinget.dk 
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