All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
83.26%
Party
Leader
%
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]
^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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