1981 Danish general election
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]
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| Turnout | 83.26% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Denmark proper | |||||
| Social Democrats | 1,026,726 | 32.87 | 59 | –9 | |
| Conservative People's Party | 451,478 | 14.45 | 26 | +4 | |
| Socialist People's Party | 353,373 | 11.31 | 21 | +10 | |
| Venstre | 353,280 | 11.31 | 20 | –2 | |
| Progress Party | 278,383 | 8.91 | 16 | –4 | |
| Centre Democrats | 258,522 | 8.28 | 15 | +9 | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 160,053 | 5.12 | 9 | –1 | |
| Left Socialists | 82,711 | 2.65 | 5 | –1 | |
| Christian People's Party | 72,174 | 2.31 | 4 | –1 | |
| Justice Party of Denmark | 45,174 | 1.45 | 0 | –5 | |
| Communist Party of Denmark | 34,625 | 1.11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist Workers Party | 4,223 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers Party | 2,034 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 807 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 3,123,563 | 100.00 | 175 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 3,123,563 | 99.37 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 19,881 | 0.63 | |||
| Total votes | 3,143,444 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,775,333 | 83.26 | |||
| Faroe Islands | |||||
| Union Party | 4,393 | 26.44 | 1 | 0 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 4,070 | 24.49 | 1 | 0 | |
| Republican Party | 3,441 | 20.71 | 0 | 0 | |
| People's Party | 3,073 | 18.49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Self-Government | 867 | 5.22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Progress and Fisheries Party | 773 | 4.65 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 16,617 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 16,617 | 99.53 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 79 | 0.47 | |||
| Total votes | 16,696 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 30,127 | 55.42 | |||
| Greenland | |||||
| Atassut | 9,223 | 48.86 | 1 | 0 | |
| Siumut | 7,126 | 37.75 | 1 | 0 | |
| Independents | 2,529 | 13.40 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 18,878 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 18,878 | 95.33 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 925 | 4.67 | |||
| Total votes | 19,803 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 32,466 | 61.00 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
References
- 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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