Denmark 1984 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 56 of 179 seats with 31.6% of the vote; 88.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 5.2 points on 1981.
- Denmark
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 56 | −3 | 31.6 | −1.3 | 1,062,561 |
| Conservative People's Party | 42 | +16 | 23.4 | +8.9 | 788,224 |
| Venstre | 22 | +2 | 12.1 | +0.8 | 405,737 |
| Socialist Peoples Party | 21 | 0 | 11.5 | +0.2 | 387,122 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 10 | +1 | 5.5 | +0.4 | 184,642 |
| Centre Democrats | 8 | −7 | 4.6 | −3.7 | 154,553 |
| Progress Party | 6 | −10 | 3.6 | −5.3 | 120,641 |
| Christian Democrats | 5 | +1 | 2.7 | +0.4 | 91,623 |
| Left Socialists | 5 | 0 | 2.7 | +0.1 | 89,356 |
| Justice Party of Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | +0.1 | 50,381 |
| Forward (Greenland) | 1 | ||||
| People's Party (Faroe Islands) | 1 | ||||
| Solidarity (Greenland) | 1 | ||||
| Union Party (Faroe Islands) | 1 |
± is the change against the Denmark 1981 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 1,062,561
- Conservative People's Party 788,224
- Venstre 405,737
- Socialist Peoples Party 387,122
- Danish Social Liberal Party 184,642
- Centre Democrats 154,553
- Progress Party 120,641
- Christian Democrats 91,623
- Left Socialists 89,356
- Justice Party of Denmark 50,381
- Forward (Greenland)
- People's Party (Faroe Islands)
- Solidarity (Greenland)
- Union Party (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
88.4% of the 3,829,600 registered voters cast a ballot (3,386,733 ballots), up 5.2 points on 1981. 3,362,010 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1973 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democrats31.6% of votes31.3% of seats
- Conservative People's Party23.4% of votes23.5% of seats
- Venstre12.1% of votes12.3% of seats
- Socialist Peoples Party11.5% of votes11.7% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party5.5% of votes5.6% of seats
- Centre Democrats4.6% of votes4.5% of seats
- Progress Party3.6% of votes3.4% of seats
- Christian Democrats2.7% of votes2.8% of seats
- Left Socialists2.7% of votes2.8% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.2 by votes and 5.3 by seats; Social Democrats led Conservative People's Party by 8.2 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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