1977 Danish general election

1977 Danish general election
Danish Realm
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All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout88.70%
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.
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]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p545