1981 Danish general election

1981 Danish general election

← 1979 8 December 1981 1984 →
All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	83.26%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 32.87 59 −9 Conservatives Poul Schlüter 14.45 26 +4 SF Gert Petersen 11.31 21 +10 Venstre Henning Christophersen 11.31 20 −2 Progress Mogens Glistrup 8.91 16 −4 Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 8.28 15 +9 Social Liberals Niels Helveg Petersen 5.12 9 −1 Left Socialists Collective leadership 2.65 5 −1 KrF Christian Christensen 2.31 4 −1 Elected in the Faroe Islands Union Pauli Ellefsen 26.44 1 0 Social Democratic Atli Dam 24.49 1 0 Elected in Greenland Atassut Lars Chemnitz 48.86 1 0 Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt 37.75 1 0 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 8 December 1981.^[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 59 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 83% in Denmark proper, 55% in the Faroe Islands and 61% in Greenland.^[2]