Denmark 1979 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 68 of 179 seats with 38.3% of the vote; 85.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.3 points on 1977.
- Denmark
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 68 | +3 | 38.3 | +1.3 | 1,213,456 |
| Venstre | 22 | +1 | 12.5 | +0.5 | 396,484 |
| Conservative People's Party | 22 | +7 | 12.5 | +4.0 | 395,653 |
| Progress Party | 20 | −6 | 11.0 | −3.6 | 349,243 |
| Socialist Peoples Party | 11 | +4 | 5.9 | +2.0 | 187,284 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 10 | +4 | 5.4 | +1.8 | 172,365 |
| Left Socialists | 6 | +1 | 3.7 | +1.0 | 116,047 |
| Centre Democrats | 6 | −4 | 3.2 | −3.2 | 102,132 |
| Justice Party of Denmark | 5 | −1 | 2.6 | −0.7 | 83,238 |
| Christian Democrats | 5 | −1 | 2.6 | −0.8 | 82,133 |
| Communist Party of Denmark | 0 | −7 | 1.9 | −1.8 | 58,901 |
| Greenland and Faroe Islands | 4 | 0 |
± is the change against the Denmark 1977 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 1,213,456
- Venstre 396,484
- Conservative People's Party 395,653
- Progress Party 349,243
- Socialist Peoples Party 187,284
- Danish Social Liberal Party 172,365
- Left Socialists 116,047
- Centre Democrats 102,132
- Justice Party of Denmark 83,238
- Christian Democrats 82,133
- Communist Party of Denmark 58,901
- Greenland and Faroe Islands
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
85.6% of the 3,730,650 registered voters cast a ballot (3,194,345 ballots), down 2.3 points on 1977. 3,171,002 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1964 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democrats38.3% of votes38.0% of seats
- Conservative People's Party12.5% of votes12.3% of seats
- Venstre12.5% of votes12.3% of seats
- Progress Party11.0% of votes11.2% of seats
- Socialist Peoples Party5.9% of votes6.1% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party5.4% of votes5.6% of seats
- Left Socialists3.7% of votes3.4% of seats
- Centre Democrats3.2% of votes3.4% of seats
- Christian Democrats2.6% of votes2.8% of seats
- Justice Party of Denmark2.6% of votes2.8% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.0 by votes and 5.0 by seats; Social Democrats led Conservative People's Party by 25.8 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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