1981 Danish general election
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 83.3% in Denmark proper, 55.4% in the Faroe Islands and 61.0% in Greenland.[2]
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| Turnout | 82.8% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results
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| Denmark | ||||||
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
| Social Democratic Party | 1,026,726 | 32.9 | 59 | –9 | ||
| Conservative People's Party | 451,478 | 14.5 | 26 | +4 | ||
| Socialist People's Party | 353,373 | 11.3 | 21 | +10 | ||
| Venstre | 353,280 | 11.3 | 20 | –2 | ||
| Progress Party | 278,383 | 8.9 | 16 | –4 | ||
| Centre Democrats | 258,522 | 8.3 | 15 | +9 | ||
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 160,053 | 5.1 | 9 | –1 | ||
| Left Socialists | 82,711 | 2.7 | 5 | –1 | ||
| Christian People's Party | 72,174 | 2.3 | 4 | –1 | ||
| Justice Party of Denmark | 45,174 | 1.4 | 0 | –5 | ||
| Communist Party of Denmark | 34,625 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Communist Workers Party | 4,223 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Socialist Workers Party | 2,034 | 0.1 | 0 | New | ||
| Independents | 807 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 19,881 | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 3,143,444 | 100 | 175 | 0 | ||
| Faroe Islands | ||||||
| Union Party | 4,393 | 26.4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Social Democratic Party | 4,070 | 24.5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Republican Party | 3,441 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| People's Party | 3,073 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Self-Government Party | 867 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Progress and Fisheries Party | 773 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 79 | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 16,696 | 100 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Greenland | ||||||
| Atassut | 9,223 | 48.9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Siumut | 7,126 | 37.7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Independents | 2,529 | 13.4 | 0 | New | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 925 | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 19,803 | 100 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p545
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