1979 Danish general election

1979 Danish general election

← 1977 23 October 1979 1981 →
All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	85.62%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 38.27 68 +3 Venstre Henning Christophersen 12.50 22 +1 Conservatives Poul Schlüter 12.48 22 +7 Progress Mogens Glistrup 11.01 20 −6 SF Gert Petersen 5.91 11 +4 Social Liberals Niels Helveg Petersen 5.44 10 +4 Left Socialists Collective leadership 3.66 6 +1 Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 3.22 6 −5 Justice Lars Fredsted Kristensen 2.62 5 KrF Jens Møller 2.59 5 −1 Elected in the Faroe Islands Union Pauli Ellefsen 30.48 1 0 Social Democratic Atli Dam 23.72 1 Elected in Greenland Atassut Lars Chemnitz 44.89 1 New Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt 44.07 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for party by nomination district and constituency Most voted-for party by municipality 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 23 October 1979.^[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 68 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 86% in Denmark proper, 65% in the Faroe Islands and 50% in Greenland.^[2]