Denmark 1981 Legislative Election
|
Chamber
|
Parliament
|
|
Date
of Election
|
December
8, 1981
|
|
Type
of Electoral System
|
Proportional
|
|
Number
of Seats Available
|
179
*
|
| Length
of Legislative Term |
2
years
|
|
|
Number
of Seats
|
Percentage
of Votes #
|
| Social
Democratic Party (S) |
59
|
32.9%
|
| Conservative
People's Party (KF) |
26
|
14.5%
|
| Liberal
Party (V) |
21
|
11.3%
|
| Socialist
People's Party (SF) |
20
|
11.3%
|
| Progress
Party (FP) |
16
|
8.9%
|
|
Center Democrats (CD) |
15
|
8.3%
|
| Radical
Liberal Party (RV) |
9
|
5.1%
|
| Left
Socialist Party (VS) |
5
|
2.6%
|
| Christian
People's Party (KrF) |
4
|
2.3%
|
| Social
Democratic Party (S) (Faroe Islands) |
1
|
-
|
| Union
Party (Faroe Islands) |
1
|
-
|
| Feeling
of Community (Attasut 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.
Source: Political
Handbook of the World 1982-83, Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, 1983.
# Source: T. Thomas Mackie
and Richard Rose. The International Almanac of Electoral History. (3rd edition)
Basingstoke: Hampshire Macmillan, 1991.
| Population
Size |
5
122 000
|
| Registered
Voters |
3
776 333
|
|
Total
Votes
|
3
314 424
|
|
Vote/Registered
Voter
|
87.8%
|
|
Spoilt
Ballots
|
0.6%
|
Source: Voter
Turnout: Denmark. [Internet]. International IDEA. 7 November 2001.
|
