Danish parliamentary election, 1984

Danish parliamentary election, 1984
Danish parliamentary election, 1984
Denmark
1981 ←
10 January 1984
→ 1987

All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Anker-jørgensen.jpg
Leader Poul Schlüter Anker Jørgensen
Party Conservative People's Party Social Democrats
Last election 26 seats, 14.5% 59 seats, 32.9%
Seats won 42 56
Seat change +16 -3
Popular vote 788,224 1,062,561
Percentage 23.4% 31.6%

Prime Minister before election

Poul Schlüter
Conservative People's Party

Prime Minister-elect

Poul Schlüter
Conservative People's Party

The Danish parliamentary election of 1984 was held on 10 January 1984 when the Social Democrats and the Progress Party together with the rest of the opposition voted against the government's state budget bill. In the election the Conservative Party got its best result in all its history, when it gained 16 seats and increased its percentage from 14,5 to 23,4. The coalition partners Venstre and Christian People's Party also increased their seats with respectively 2 and 1 seat. The fourth government party, the Centre Democrats, however lost 10 of their 16 seats. Overall the government's number of seats was increased with 3 seats, and Poul Schlüter could continue as Prime Minister.

Party Leader Total votes Percentage of ballots cast Seats won Gain/Loss
Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet) (A) Anker Jørgensen 1,062,561 31.6 56 -3
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) Poul Schlüter 788,224 23.4 42 +16
Venstre (Liberals) (V) Henning Christophersen 405,737 12.1 22 +2
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) Gert Petersen 387,122 11.5 21 -
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B) Niels Helveg Petersen 184,642 5.5 10 +1
Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M) Erhard Jakobsen 154,553 4.6 8 -7
Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z) Mogens Glistrup 120,461 3.6 6 -10
Christian People's Party (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q) Christian Christensen 91,623 2.7 5 +1
Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) 89,356 2.7 5 -
Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund) (E) 50,381 1.5 0 -
Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K) 23,085 0.7 0 -
Socialist Workers Party (Socialistisk Arbejderparti) (I) 2,151 0.1 0 0
Marxist-Leninist Party (Marxistisk-Leninistisk Parti) (L) 978 0 0 0
Voter turnout 88.4%
Source Folketinget.dk



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