1984 Danish general election

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10 January 1984

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All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

88.01%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
	Social Democrats	Anker Jørgensen	31.60	56	−3
	Conservatives	Poul Schlüter	23.45	42	+16
	Venstre	Henning Christophersen	12.07	22	+2
	SF	Gert Petersen	11.51	21	0
	Social Liberals	Niels Helveg Petersen	5.49	10	+1
	Centre Democrats	Erhard Jakobsen	4.60	8	−7
	Progress	Mogens Glistrup	3.59	6	−10
	KrF	Christian Christensen	2.73	5	+1
	Left Socialists	Collective leadership	2.73	5	0
Elected in the Faroe Islands
	Union	Pauli Ellefsen	25.86	1	0
	People's	Jógvan Sundstein	25.10	1	+1
Elected in Greenland
	Atassut	Lars Chemnitz	43.51	1	0
	Siumut	Jonathan Motzfeldt	42.76	1	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Most voted-for party by nomination district and constituency

Most voted-for party by municipality

Distribution of constituency and levelling seats

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister-elect
Poul Schlüter Conservatives	Poul Schlüter Conservatives

General elections were held in Denmark on 10 January 1984, after the opposition voted against the centre-right four-party government's state budget bill. Although the Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing with 56 of the 179 seats, the Conservative People's Party achieved its best-ever result, gaining 16 seats. The coalition partners Venstre and the Christian People's Party also increased their representation, although the fourth government party, the Centre Democrats, lost seven of their 15 seats. Overall the coalition government won three more seats, and Poul Schlüter continued as prime minister.

Voter turnout was 88% in Denmark proper, 61% in the Faroe Islands and 64% in Greenland.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Denmark proper
	Social Democrats	1,062,561	31.60	56	–3
	Conservative People's Party	788,224	23.45	42	+16
	Venstre	405,737	12.07	22	+2
	Socialist People's Party	387,122	11.51	21	0
	Danish Social Liberal Party	184,642	5.49	10	+1
	Centre Democrats	154,553	4.60	8	–7
	Progress Party	120,641	3.59	6	–10
	Christian People's Party	91,623	2.73	5	+1
	Left Socialists	89,356	2.66	5	0
	Justice Party of Denmark	50,381	1.50	0	0
	Communist Party of Denmark	23,085	0.69	0	0
	Socialist Workers Party	2,151	0.06	0	0
	Communist Party of Denmark/Marxist–Leninists	978	0.03	0	New
	Independents	956	0.03	0	0
Total		3,362,010	100.00	175	0

Valid votes		3,362,010	99.27
Invalid/blank votes		24,723	0.73
Total votes		3,386,733	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,829,604	88.44
Faroe Islands
	Union Party	4,744	25.86	1	0
	People's Party	4,605	25.10	1	+1
	Social Democratic Party	4,317	23.53	0	–1
	Republican Party	3,646	19.87	0	0
	Self-Government	1,033	5.63	0	0
Total		18,345	100.00	2	0

Valid votes		18,345	99.60
Invalid/blank votes		73	0.40
Total votes		18,418	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		30,207	60.97
Greenland
	Atassut	9,308	43.51	1	0
	Siumut	9,148	42.76	1	0
	Inuit Ataqatigiit	2,939	13.74	0	New
Total		21,395	100.00	2	0

Valid votes		21,395	97.13
Invalid/blank votes		633	2.87
Total votes		22,028	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		34,448	63.95
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Danmarks Statistik

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Borre, Ole (1984). "The Danish parliamentary election of 10 January 1984". Electoral Studies. 3 (2): 190–194. doi:10.1016/0261-3794(84)90034-9. ISSN 0261-3794.
Nohlen & Stöver, p546

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