From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1981 Danish general election

none

Field	Value
election_name	1981 Danish general election
country	Kingdom of Denmark
ongoing	no
previous_election	[1979](1979-danish-general-election)
next_election	[1984](1984-danish-general-election)
seats_for_election	All 179 seats in the Folketing
majority_seats	90
election_date	8 December 1981
party1	Social Democrats (Denmark)	leader1 = Anker Jørgensen	last_election1 = 68	seats1 = 59
percentage1	32.87
party2	Conservative People's Party (Denmark)	leader2 = Poul Schlüter	last_election2 = 22	seats2 = 26	percentage2 = 14.45
party3	Socialist People's Party (Denmark)	leader3 = Gert Petersen	last_election3 = 11	seats3 = 21	percentage3 = 11.31
party4	Venstre (Denmark)	leader4 = Henning Christophersen	last_election4 = 22	seats4 = 20	percentage4 = 11.31
party5	Progress Party (Denmark)	leader5 = Mogens Glistrup	last_election5 = 20	seats5 = 16	percentage5 = 8.91
party6	Centre Democrats (Denmark)	leader6 = Erhard Jakobsen	last_election6 = 6	seats6 = 15	percentage6 = 8.28
party7	Danish Social Liberal Party	leader7 = Niels Helveg Petersen	last_election7 = 10	seats7 = 9	percentage7 = 5.12
party8	Left Socialists	leader8 = Collective leadership	last_election8 = 6	seats8 = 5	percentage8 = 2.65
party9	KrF	leader9 = Christian Christensen	last_election9 = 5	seats9 = 4	percentage9 = 2.31
heading10	Elected in the Faroe Islands
party10	Union Party (Faroe Islands)	leader10 = Pauli Ellefsen	last_election10 = 1	seats10 = 1	percentage10 = 26.44
party11	Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)	leader11 = Atli Dam	last_election11 = 1	seats11 = 1	percentage11 = 24.49
heading12	Elected in Greenland
party12	Atassut	leader12 = Lars Chemnitz	last_election12 = 1	seats12 = 1	percentage12 = 48.86
party13	Siumut	leader13 = Jonathan Motzfeldt	last_election13 = 1	seats13 = 1	percentage13 = 37.75
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	83.26%
map	{{Switcher

| [[File:Folketingsvalget 1981 - Opstillingskredse.svg|300px]] | Most voted-for party by nomination district and constituency | [[File:Folketingsvalget 1981 - Kommuner.svg|300px]] | Most voted-for party by municipality | [[File:Folketing1981.svg|300px]] | Distribution of constituency and levelling seats}}

General elections were held in Denmark on 8 December 1981. The election was followed by a two-week crisis over the formation of a new government before the Social Democratic Party resumed its minority government.

The Social Democratic Party lost several seats but remained the largest party 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.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p525 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Borre, Ole. (1982). "The Danish parliamentary election of 1981". Electoral Studies.
Nohlen & Stöver, p545

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1981-elections-in-denmark december-1981-in-europe folketing-elections

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1981 Danish general election — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report