1987 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 8 September 1987.[1] Although the Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing with 54 of the 179 seats, the Conservative People's Party-led coalition government was able to continue. Voter turnout was 87% in Denmark proper, 69% in the Faroe Islands and 45% in Greenland.[2]

1987 Danish general election
Danish Realm
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All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout86.74%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 29.32 54 −2
Conservatives Poul Schlüter 20.84 38 −4
SF Gert Petersen 14.58 27 +6
Venstre Uffe Ellemann-Jensen 10.54 19 −3
Social Liberals Niels Helveg Petersen 6.22 11 +1
Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 4.79 9 +1
Progress Johannes Sørensen 4.77 9 +3
KrF Christian Christensen 2.37 4 −1
Common Course Preben Møller Hansen 2.16 4 New
Elected in the Faroe Islands
People's Jógvan Sundstein 28.84 1 0
Social Democratic Atli Dam 24.68 1 +1
Elected in Greenland
Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt 43.28 1 0
Atassut Otto Steenholdt 41.30 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Poul Schlüter
Conservatives
Poul Schlüter
Conservatives

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Denmark proper
Social Democrats985,90629.3254–2
Conservative People's Party700,88620.8438–4
Socialist People's Party490,17614.5827+6
Venstre354,29110.5419–3
Danish Social Liberal Party209,0866.2211+1
Centre Democrats161,0704.799+1
Progress Party160,4614.779+3
Christian People's Party79,6642.374–1
Common Course72,6312.164New
Left Socialists46,1411.370–5
The Greens45,0761.340New
Communist Party of Denmark28,9740.8600
Justice Party of Denmark16,3590.4900
Humanist Party5,6750.170New
Socialist Workers Party1,8080.0500
Communist Party of Denmark/Marxist–Leninists9870.0300
Independents3,3660.1000
Total3,362,557100.001750
Valid votes3,362,55799.21
Invalid/blank votes26,6440.79
Total votes3,389,201100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,907,45486.74
Faroe Islands
People's Party6,41128.8410
Social Democratic Party5,48624.681+1
Union Party5,34524.050–1
Republican Party3,47815.6500
Self-Government1,0704.8100
Progress Party4381.970New
Total22,228100.0020
Valid votes22,22899.30
Invalid/blank votes1570.70
Total votes22,385100.00
Registered voters/turnout32,48468.91
Greenland
Siumut6,94443.2810
Atassut6,62741.3010
Inuit Ataqatigiit2,00112.4700
Polar Party4742.950New
Total16,046100.0020
Valid votes16,04694.50
Invalid/blank votes9345.50
Total votes16,980100.00
Registered voters/turnout37,80044.92
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 525 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p547