Danish parliamentary election, 1979

Danish parliamentary election, 1979

1977 ← 23 October 1979 → 1981

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Anker Jørgensen Henning Christophersen Party Social Democrats Venstre Last election 65 seats, 37.0% 21 seats, 12.0% Seats won 68 22 Seat change +3 +1 Popular vote 1,213,456 396,484 Percentage 38.3% 12.5%

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

The Danish parliamentary election of 1979 was held on 23 October 1979.

Party	Leader	Total votes	Percentage of ballots cast	Seats won	Gain/Loss
Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet) (A)	Anker Jørgensen	1,213,456	38.3	68	+3
Venstre (Liberals) (V)	Henning Christophersen	396,484	12.5	22	+1
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	Poul Schlüter	395,653	12.5	22	+7
Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z)	Mogens Glistrup	349,243	11.0	20	-6
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	Gert Petersen	187,284	5.9	11	+4
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	Niels Helveg Petersen	172,365	5.4	10	+4
Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y)		116,047	3.7	6	+1
Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M)	Erhard Jakobsen	102,132	3.2	6	-5
Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund) (E)		83,238	2.6	5	-1
Christian People's Party (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q)	Jens Møller	82,133	2.6	5	-1
Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K)		58,901	1.9	0	-7
Communist Workers Party (Kommunistisk Arbejderparti) (R)		13,070	0.4	0	0
Voter turnout		85.6%
Source		Folketinget.dk