1977 Danish general election

1977 Danish general election

← 1975 15 February 1977 1979 →
All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	88.70%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 37.03 65 +12 Progress Mogens Glistrup 14.61 26 +2 Venstre Poul Hartling 11.97 21 −21 Conservatives Poul Schlüter 8.48 15 +5 Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 6.45 11 +7 SF Gert Petersen 3.87 7 −2 Communists Knud Jespersen 3.67 7 0 Social Liberals Svend Haugaard 3.65 6 −7 KrF Jens Møller 3.42 6 −3 Justice Ib Christensen 3.29 6 +6 Left Socialists Collective leadership 2.69 5 +1 Elected in the Faroe Islands Union Pauli Ellefsen 31.71 1 +1 Social Democratic Atli Dam 22.52 1 0 Elected in Greenland Independents – 100 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Largest party within each nomination district and constituency. Distribution of constituency and levelling seats. Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Anker Jørgensen Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 15 February 1977.^[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 65 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 89% in Denmark proper, 63% in the Faroe Islands and 70% in Greenland.^[2]