Danish parliamentary election, 1981

Danish parliamentary election, 1981

1979 ← 8 December 1981 → 1984

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Anker Jørgensen Poul Schlüter Party Social Democrats Conservative People's Party Last election 68 seats, 38.3% 22 seats, 12.5% Seats won 59 26 Seat change -9 +4 Popular vote 1,026,726 451,478 Percentage 32.9% 14.5%

Prime Minister before election Anker Jørgensen Social Democrats Prime Minister-elect Anker Jørgensen Social Democrats

The Danish parliamentary election of 1981 was held on 8 December 1981.

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.