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Denmark 1987 general election

What was the result of the 1987 general election in Denmark?

Social Democrats won 54 of 179 seats with 29.3% of the vote. 86.7% 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 54 of 179 seats with 29.3% of the vote; 86.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.7 points on 1984.

  • Social Democrats 54 −2 seats 29.3% −2.3 points
  • Conservative People's Party 38 −4 seats 20.8% −2.6 points
  • Socialist Peoples Party 27 +6 seats 14.6% +3.1 points
  • Venstre 19 −3 seats 10.5% −1.6 points
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 11 +1 seat 6.2% +0.7 points
  • Centre Democrats 9 +1 seat 4.8% +0.2 points
  • Progress Party 9 +3 seats 4.8% +1.2 points
  • Christian Democrats 4 −1 seat 2.4% −0.3 points
  • Common Course 4 2.2%
  • Forward (Greenland) 1 0 seats
  • People's Party (Faroe Islands) 1 0 seats
  • Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) 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 1984 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 29.3%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democrats

    Social Democrats won 54 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +6 seats

    Seats gained by Socialist Peoples Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1984. Left Socialists lost 5 seats.

  3. 86.7%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.7 points on 1984.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats54−229.3−2.3985,906
Conservative People's Party38−420.8−2.6700,866
Socialist Peoples Party27+614.6+3.1490,176
Venstre19−310.5−1.6354,291
Danish Social Liberal Party11+16.2+0.7209,086
Centre Democrats9+14.8+0.2161,070
Progress Party9+34.8+1.2160,461
Christian Democrats4−12.4−0.379,664
Common Course42.272,631
Left Socialists0−51.4−1.346,141
The Greens01.345,076
Forward (Greenland)10
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
People's Party (Faroe Islands)10
Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)1
Solidarity (Greenland)10

± is the change against the Denmark 1984 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 985,906
  • Conservative People's Party 700,866
  • Socialist Peoples Party 490,176
  • Venstre 354,291
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 209,086
  • Centre Democrats 161,070
  • Progress Party 160,461
  • Christian Democrats 79,664
  • Common Course 72,631
  • Left Socialists 46,141
  • The Greens 45,076
  • Forward (Greenland)
  • People's Party (Faroe Islands)
  • Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)
  • Solidarity (Greenland)

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?

86.7% of the 3,907,454 registered voters cast a ballot (3,389,201 ballots), down 1.7 points on 1984. 3,362,557 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democrats29.3% of votes30.2% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party20.8% of votes21.2% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party14.6% of votes15.1% of seats
  • Venstre10.5% of votes10.6% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party6.2% of votes6.1% of seats
  • Centre Democrats4.8% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Progress Party4.8% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Christian Democrats2.4% of votes2.2% of seats
  • Common Course2.2% of votes2.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.8 by votes and 5.6 by seats; Social Democrats led Conservative People's Party by 8.5 points of the vote.

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