Danish general election, 1984
Danish general election, 1984
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General elections were held in Denmark on 10 January 1984,[1] after the opposition voted against the 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 won three more seats, and Poul Schlüter continued as Prime Minister
Voter turnout was 88.4% in Denmark proper, 61.0% in the Faroe Islands and 63.9% in Greenland.[2]
Results
| Denmark |
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| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
| Social Democratic Party | 1,062,561 | 31.6 | 56 | –3 |
| Conservative People's Party | 788,224 | 23.4 | 42 | +16 |
| Venstre | 405,737 | 12.1 | 22 | +2 |
| Socialist People's Party | 387,122 | 11.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 184,642 | 5.5 | 10 | +1 |
| Centre Democrats | 154,553 | 4.6 | 8 | –7 |
| Progress Party | 120,641 | 3.6 | 6 | –10 |
| Christian People's Party | 91,623 | 2.7 | 5 | +1 |
| Left Socialists | 89,356 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Justice Party of Denmark | 50,381 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Communist Party of Denmark | 23,085 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Socialist Workers Party | 2,151 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Communist Party of Denmark/Marxist–Leninists | 978 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 956 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 24,723 | – | – | – |
| Total | 3,386,733 | 100 | 175 | 0 |
| Faroe Islands |
| Union Party | 4,744 | 25.9 | 1 | 0 |
| People's Party | 4,605 | 25.1 | 1 | +1 |
| Social Democratic Party | 4,317 | 23.5 | 0 | –1 |
| Republican Party | 3,646 | 19.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Self-Government Party | 1,033 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 73 | – | – | – |
| Total | 18,418 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
| Greenland |
| Feeling of Community | 9,308 | 43.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Forward | 9,148 | 42.6 | 1 | 0 |
| Inuit Ataqatigiit | 2,972 | 13.9 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 633 | – | – | – |
| Total | 22,028 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
| Popular vote |
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| A |
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31.60% |
| C |
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23.45% |
| V |
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12.07% |
| F |
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11.51% |
| B |
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5.49% |
| M |
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4.60% |
| Z |
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3.59% |
| Q |
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2.73% |
| Y |
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2.66% |
| E |
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1.50% |
| K |
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0.69% |
| Others |
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0.12% |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p546
