Denmark 1979 Legislative Election
|
Chamber
|
Parliament
|
|
Date
of Election
|
October
23, 1979
|
|
Type
of Electoral System
|
Proportional
|
|
Number
of Seats Available
|
179
*
|
| Length
of Legislative Term |
4
years
|
|
|
Number
of Seats
|
Percentage
of Votes #
|
| Social
Democratic Party (S) |
69
**
|
38.3%
|
| Liberal
Party (V) |
23
**
|
12.5%
|
|
Conservative
People's Party
(KF)
|
22
|
12.5%
|
| Progress
Party (FP) |
20
|
11.0%
|
| Socialist
People's Party (SF) |
11
|
5.9%
|
| Radical
Liberal Party (RV) |
10
|
5.4%
|
|
Center Democrats (CD) |
6
|
3.2%
|
| Left
Socialist Party (VS) |
6
|
3.7%
|
| Christian
People's Party (KrF) |
5
|
2.6%
|
| Single-Tax
(Justice) Party |
5
|
2.6%
|
| Feeling
of Community (Atassut List) (Greenland) |
1
|
-
|
| Forward
(Siumut List) (Greenland) |
1
|
-
|
* 135 members were
elected in 17 districts, with 40 additional seats divided among parties
which had secured at least 2% of the vote but whose district representation
did not accord with their overall strength. There were 2 representatives
each for Faroe Islands and Greenland.
** Included one representative
for Faroe Islands.
Source: Political
Handbook of the World 1981, Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, 1981.
# Percentages excluded representatives for Faroe Islands and Greenland. Source: T. Thomas Mackie
and Richard Rose. The International Almanac of Electoral History. (3rd edition)
Basingstoke: Hampshire Macmillan, 1991.
| Population
Size |
5
117 000
|
| Registered
Voters |
3
552 904
|
|
Total
Votes
|
3
194 967
|
|
Vote/Registered
Voter
|
89.9%
|
|
Spoilt
Ballots
|
0.7%
|
Source: Voter
Turnout: Denmark. [Internet]. International IDEA. 7 November 2001.
|
