1987 Danish general election
General elections were held in Denmark on 8 September 1987.[1] Although the Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing with 54 of the 179 seats, the Conservative People's Party-led coalition government was able to continue. Voter turnout was 86.7% in Denmark proper, 68.9% in the Faroe Islands and 44.9% in Greenland.[2]
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| Turnout | 86.2% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
| Denmark | ||||||
| Social Democratic Party | 985,906 | 29.3 | 54 | –2 | ||
| Conservative People's Party | 700,886 | 20.8 | 38 | –4 | ||
| Socialist People's Party | 490,176 | 14.6 | 27 | +6 | ||
| Venstre | 354,291 | 10.5 | 19 | –3 | ||
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 209,086 | 6.2 | 11 | +1 | ||
| Centre Democrats | 161,070 | 4.8 | 9 | +1 | ||
| Progress Party | 160,461 | 4.8 | 9 | +3 | ||
| Christian People's Party | 79,664 | 2.4 | 4 | –1 | ||
| Common Course | 72,631 | 2.2 | 4 | New | ||
| Left Socialists | 46,141 | 1.4 | 0 | –5 | ||
| De Grønne | 45,076 | 1.3 | 0 | New | ||
| Communist Party of Denmark | 28,974 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Justice Party of Denmark | 16,359 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Humanist Party | 5,675 | 0.2 | 0 | New | ||
| Socialist Workers Party | 1,808 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Communist Party of Denmark/Marxist–Leninists | 987 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Independents | 3,366 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 26,644 | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 3,389,201 | 100 | 175 | 0 | ||
| Faroe Islands | ||||||
| People's Party | 6,411 | 28.8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Social Democratic Party | 5,486 | 24.7 | 1 | +1 | ||
| Union Party | 5,345 | 24.0 | 0 | –1 | ||
| Republican Party | 3,478 | 15.6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Self-Government Party | 1,070 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Progress Party | 438 | 2.0 | 0 | New | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 157 | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 22,385 | 100 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Greenland | ||||||
| Siumut | 6,944 | 43.3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Atassut | 6,627 | 41.3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Inuit Ataqatigiit | 2,001 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Polar Party | 474 | 3.0 | 0 | New | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 934 | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 16,980 | 100 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 525 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p547
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