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1977 Danish general election

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Field	Value
election_name	1977 Danish general election
country	Kingdom of Denmark
previous_election	[1975](1975-danish-general-election)
next_election	[1979](1979-danish-general-election)
seats_for_election	All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
election_date	15 February 1977
party1	Social Democrats (Denmark)	leader1 = Anker Jørgensen	last_election1 = 53	seats1 = 65	percentage1 = 37.03
party2	Progress Party (Denmark)	leader2 = Mogens Glistrup	last_election2 = 24	seats2 = 26	percentage2 = 14.61
party3	Venstre (Denmark)	leader3 = Poul Hartling	last_election3 = 42	seats3 = 21	percentage3 = 11.97
party4	Conservative People's Party (Denmark)	leader4 = Poul Schlüter	last_election4 = 10	seats4 = 15	percentage4 = 8.48
party5	Centre Democrats (Denmark)	leader5 = Erhard Jakobsen	last_election5 = 4	seats5 = 11	percentage5 = 6.45
party6	Socialist People's Party (Denmark)	leader6 = Gert Petersen	last_election6 = 9	seats6 = 7	percentage6 = 3.87
party7	Communist Party of Denmark	leader7 = Knud Jespersen	last_election7 = 7	seats7 = 7	percentage7 = 3.67
party8	Danish Social Liberal Party	leader8 = Svend Haugaard	last_election8 = 13	seats8 = 6	percentage8 = 3.65
party9	KrF	leader9 = Jens Møller	last_election9 = 9	seats9 = 6	percentage9 = 3.42
party10	Justice Party of Denmark	leader10 = Ib Christensen	last_election10 = 0	seats10 = 6	percentage10 = 3.29
party11	Left Socialists	leader11 = Collective leadership	last_election11 = 4	seats11 = 5	percentage11 = 2.69
heading12	Elected in the Faroe Islands
party12	Union Party (Faroe Islands)	leader12 = Pauli Ellefsen	last_election12 = 0	seats12 = 1	percentage12 = 31.71
party13	Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)	leader13 = Atli Dam	last_election13 = 1	seats13 = 1	percentage13 = 22.52
heading14	Elected in Greenland
party14	Independents	leader14 = –	last_election14 = 2	seats14 = 2	percentage14 = 100
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister-elect
before_election	Anker Jørgensen
before_party	Social Democrats (Denmark)
after_election	Anker Jørgensen
after_party	Social Democrats (Denmark)
turnout	88.70%
map	{{Switcher

90 seats needed for a majority

| [[File:Folketingsvalget 1977 - Opstillingskredse.svg|300px]] | Largest party within each nomination district and constituency. | [[File:Folketing1977.svg|300px]] | Distribution of constituency and levelling seats.}}

General elections were held in Denmark on 15 February 1977. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 65 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 89% in Denmark proper, 63% in the Faroe Islands and 70% in Greenland.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p545

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