1977 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 15 February 1977.^[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 65 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 89% in Denmark proper, 63% in the Faroe Islands and 70% in Greenland.^[2]

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1977 Danish general election

← 1975 15 February 1977 1979 →
All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	88.70%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 37.03 65 +12 Progress Mogens Glistrup 14.61 26 +2 Venstre Poul Hartling 11.97 21 −21 Conservatives Poul Schlüter 8.48 15 +5 Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 6.45 11 +7 SF Gert Petersen 3.87 7 −2 Communists Knud Jespersen 3.67 7 0 Social Liberals Svend Haugaard 3.65 6 −7 KrF Jens Møller 3.42 6 −3 Justice Ib Christensen 3.29 6 +6 Left Socialists Collective leadership 2.69 5 +1 Elected in the Faroe Islands Union Pauli Ellefsen 31.71 1 +1 Social Democratic Atli Dam 22.52 1 0 Elected in Greenland Independents – 100 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Largest party within each nomination district and constituency. Distribution of constituency and levelling seats. Government before Government after election Jørgensen II Social Democrats Jørgensen II Social Democrats

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