Danish parliamentary election, 1984

Danish parliamentary election, 1984

1981 ← 10 January 1984 → 1987

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Poul Schlüter Anker Jørgensen Party Conservative People's Party Social Democrats Last election 26 seats, 14.5% 59 seats, 32.9% Seats won 42 56 Seat change +16 -3 Popular vote 788,224 1,062,561 Percentage 23.4% 31.6%

Prime Minister before election Poul Schlüter Conservative People's Party Prime Minister-elect Poul Schlüter Conservative People's Party

The Danish parliamentary election of 1984 was held on 10 January 1984 when the Social Democrats and the Progress Party together with the rest of the opposition voted against the government's state budget bill. In the election the Conservative Party got its best result in all its history, when it gained 16 seats and increased its percentage from 14,5 to 23,4. The coalition partners Venstre and Christian People's Party also increased their seats with respectively 2 and 1 seat. The fourth government party, the Centre Democrats, however lost 10 of their 16 seats. Overall the government's number of seats was increased with 3 seats, and Poul Schlüter could continue as Prime Minister.

Party	Leader	Total votes	Percentage of ballots cast	Seats won	Gain/Loss
Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet) (A)	Anker Jørgensen	1,062,561	31.6	56	-3
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	Poul Schlüter	788,224	23.4	42	+16
Venstre (Liberals) (V)	Henning Christophersen	405,737	12.1	22	+2
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	Gert Petersen	387,122	11.5	21	-
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	Niels Helveg Petersen	184,642	5.5	10	+1
Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M)	Erhard Jakobsen	154,553	4.6	8	-7
Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z)	Mogens Glistrup	120,461	3.6	6	-10
Christian People's Party (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q)	Christian Christensen	91,623	2.7	5	+1
Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y)		89,356	2.7	5	-
Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund) (E)		50,381	1.5	0	-
Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K)		23,085	0.7	0	-
Socialist Workers Party (Socialistisk Arbejderparti) (I)		2,151	0.1	0	0
Marxist-Leninist Party (Marxistisk-Leninistisk Parti) (L)		978	0	0	0
Voter turnout		88.4%
Source		Folketinget.dk