Denmark 1981 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 59 of 179 seats with 32.9% of the vote; 83.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.4 points on 1979.
- Denmark
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 59 | −9 | 32.9 | −5.4 | 1,026,726 |
| Conservative People's Party | 26 | +4 | 14.5 | +2.0 | 451,478 |
| Socialist Peoples Party | 21 | +10 | 11.3 | +5.4 | 353,373 |
| Venstre | 20 | −2 | 11.3 | −1.2 | 353,280 |
| Progress Party | 16 | −4 | 8.9 | −2.1 | 278,383 |
| Centre Democrats | 15 | +9 | 8.3 | +5.1 | 258,522 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 9 | −1 | 5.1 | −0.3 | 160,053 |
| Left Socialists | 5 | −1 | 2.6 | −1.1 | 82,711 |
| Christian Democrats | 4 | −1 | 2.3 | −0.3 | 72,174 |
| Justice Party of Denmark | 0 | −5 | 1.4 | −1.2 | 45,174 |
| Communist Party of Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | −0.8 | 34,625 |
| Greenland and Faroe Islands | 4 | 0 |
± is the change against the Denmark 1979 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 1,026,726
- Conservative People's Party 451,478
- Socialist Peoples Party 353,373
- Venstre 353,280
- Progress Party 278,383
- Centre Democrats 258,522
- Danish Social Liberal Party 160,053
- Left Socialists 82,711
- Christian Democrats 72,174
- Justice Party of Denmark 45,174
- Communist Party of Denmark 34,625
- 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
83.2% of the 3,776,333 registered voters cast a ballot (3,143,424 ballots), down 2.4 points on 1979. 3,123,563 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1953 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democrats32.9% of votes33.0% of seats
- Conservative People's Party14.5% of votes14.5% of seats
- Socialist Peoples Party11.3% of votes11.7% of seats
- Venstre11.3% of votes11.2% of seats
- Progress Party8.9% of votes8.9% of seats
- Centre Democrats8.3% of votes8.4% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party5.1% of votes5.0% of seats
- Left Socialists2.6% of votes2.8% of seats
- Christian Democrats2.3% of votes2.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.8 by votes and 5.7 by seats; Social Democrats led Conservative People's Party by 18.4 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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