Danish parliamentary election, 1977

Danish parliamentary election, 1977
Danish parliamentary election, 1977
Denmark
1975 ←
15 February 1977
→ 1979

All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Anker Jørgensen Mogens Glistrup
Party Social Democrats [[Progress Party (Denmark)|Template:Progress Party (Denmark)/meta/shortname]]
Last election 53 seats, 29.9% 24 seats, 13.6%
Seats won 65 26
Seat change +12 +2
Popular vote 1,150,355 453,792
Percentage 37.0% 14.6%

Prime Minister before election

Anker Jørgensen
Social Democrats

Prime Minister-elect

Anker Jørgensen
Social Democrats

The Danish parliamentary election of 1977 was held on 15 February 1977. The election was a disaster for the Social Liberal Party and Venstre, who both lost half of their seats. The election gave Anker Jørgensens Social Democratic government a good result, giving them a 12 seats gain, and he afterwards formed a new cabinet.

Party Leader Total votes Percentage of ballots cast Seats won Gain/Loss
Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet) (A) Anker Jørgensen 1,150,355 37.0 65 +12
Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z) Mogens Glistrup 453,792 14.6 26 +2
Venstre (Liberals) (V) Poul Hartling 371,728 12.0 21 -21
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) Poul Schlüter 263,262 8.5 15 +5
Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M) Erhard Jakobsen 200,347 6.4 11 +7
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) Gert Petersen 120,357 3.9 7 -2
Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K) 114,022 3.7 7 -
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B) Svend Haugaard 113,330 3.6 6 -7
Christian People's Party (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q) Jens Møller 106,082 3.4 6 -3
Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund) (E) 102,149 3.3 6 +6
Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) 83,667 2.7 5 +1
Senior Citizen's Party (Pensionistpartiet) (P) 26,889 0.9 0 0
Voter turnout 88.7%
Source Folketinget.dk



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