1979 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 23 October 1979.[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 68 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 85.6% in Denmark proper, 65.4% in the Faroe Islands and 50.3% in Greenland.[2]

1979 Danish general election

23 October 1979
All 179 seats in the Folketing
Turnout	85.2%
Party Leader % Seats ± Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 38.3% 68 +3 Venstre Henning Christophersen 12.5% 22 +1 Conservative Poul Schlüter 12.5% 22 +7 Progress Mogens Glistrup 11.0% 20 -6 SF Gert Petersen 5.9% 11 +4 Social Liberals Niels Helveg Petersen 5.4% 10 +4 Left Socialists Collective leadership 3.7% 6 +1 Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 3.2% 6 -5 Justice Lars Fredsted Kristensen 2.6% 5 -1 KrF Jens Møller 2.6% 5 -1 Elected in the Faroe Islands Union Pauli Ellefsen 30.5% 1 0 Social Democratic Atli Dam 23.74% 1 Elected in Greenland Atassut Lars Chemnitz 44.9% 1 New Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt 44.1% 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Anker Jørgensen Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen Social Democrats