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Denmark 1984 general election

What was the result of the 1984 general election in Denmark?

Social Democrats won 56 of 179 seats with 31.6% of the vote. 88.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Denmark
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 56 of 179 seats with 31.6% of the vote; 88.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 5.2 points on 1981.

  • Social Democrats 56 −3 seats 31.6% −1.3 points
  • Conservative People's Party 42 +16 seats 23.4% +8.9 points
  • Venstre 22 +2 seats 12.1% +0.8 points
  • Socialist Peoples Party 21 0 seats 11.5% +0.2 points
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 10 +1 seat 5.5% +0.4 points
  • Centre Democrats 8 −7 seats 4.6% −3.7 points
  • Progress Party 6 −10 seats 3.6% −5.3 points
  • Christian Democrats 5 +1 seat 2.7% +0.4 points
  • Left Socialists 5 0 seats 2.7% +0.1 points
  • Forward (Greenland) 1
  • People's Party (Faroe Islands) 1
  • Solidarity (Greenland) 1
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Denmark 1981 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 31.6%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democrats

    Social Democrats won 56 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +16 seats

    Seats gained by Conservative People's Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1981. Progress Party lost 10 seats.

  3. 88.4%

    Voter turnout

    Up 5.2 points on 1981.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats56−331.6−1.31,062,561
Conservative People's Party42+1623.4+8.9788,224
Venstre22+212.1+0.8405,737
Socialist Peoples Party21011.5+0.2387,122
Danish Social Liberal Party10+15.5+0.4184,642
Centre Democrats8−74.6−3.7154,553
Progress Party6−103.6−5.3120,641
Christian Democrats5+12.7+0.491,623
Left Socialists502.7+0.189,356
Justice Party of Denmark001.5+0.150,381
Forward (Greenland)1
People's Party (Faroe Islands)1
Solidarity (Greenland)1
Union Party (Faroe Islands)1

± is the change against the Denmark 1981 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 1,062,561
  • Conservative People's Party 788,224
  • Venstre 405,737
  • Socialist Peoples Party 387,122
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 184,642
  • Centre Democrats 154,553
  • Progress Party 120,641
  • Christian Democrats 91,623
  • Left Socialists 89,356
  • Justice Party of Denmark 50,381
  • Forward (Greenland)
  • People's Party (Faroe Islands)
  • Solidarity (Greenland)
  • Union Party (Faroe Islands)

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

88.4% of the 3,829,600 registered voters cast a ballot (3,386,733 ballots), up 5.2 points on 1981. 3,362,010 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1973 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democrats31.6% of votes31.3% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party23.4% of votes23.5% of seats
  • Venstre12.1% of votes12.3% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party11.5% of votes11.7% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party5.5% of votes5.6% of seats
  • Centre Democrats4.6% of votes4.5% of seats
  • Progress Party3.6% of votes3.4% of seats
  • Christian Democrats2.7% of votes2.8% of seats
  • Left Socialists2.7% of votes2.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.2 by votes and 5.3 by seats; Social Democrats led Conservative People's Party by 8.2 points of the vote.

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