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The Danish parliamentary election of 1979 was held on 1979-10-23.
|
Party |
Leader |
Total votes |
Percentage of ballots cast |
Seats won |
Gain/Loss |
 |
Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet) (A) |
Anker Jørgensen |
1,213,456 |
38.3 |
68 |
+3 |
 |
Venstre (Liberals) (V) |
Henning Christophersen |
396,484 |
12.5 |
22 |
+1 |
 |
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) |
Poul Schlüter |
395,653 |
12.5 |
22 |
+7 |
 |
Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z) |
Mogens Glistrup |
349,243 |
11.0 |
20 |
-6 |
 |
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) |
Gert Petersen |
187,284 |
5.9 |
11 |
+4 |
 |
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B) |
Niels Helveg Petersen |
172,365 |
5.4 |
10 |
+4 |
|
Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) |
|
116,047 |
3.7 |
6 |
+1 |
 |
Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M) |
Erhard Jakobsen |
102,132 |
3.2 |
6 |
-5 |
|
Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund) (E) |
|
83,238 |
2.6 |
5 |
-1 |
 |
Christian People's Party (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q) |
Jens Møller |
82,133 |
2.6 |
5 |
-1 |
|
Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K) |
|
58,901 |
1.9 |
0 |
-7 |
|
Communist Workers Party (Kommunistisk Arbejderparti) (R) |
|
13,070 |
0.4 |
0 |
0 |
| Voter turnout |
85.6% |
| Source |
Folketinget.dk |
