Danish general election, 1987

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Danish general election, 1987

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All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 86.2%

  First party Second party
  Anker-jorgensen-cropped.jpg Poul Schluter portrait 2005.jpg
Leader Anker Jørgensen Poul Schlüter
Party Social Democrats Conservative People's
Last election 56 seats, 31.6% 42 seats, 23.4%
Seats won 54 38
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg4
Popular vote 985,906 700,886
Percentage 29.3% 20.8%
Prime Minister before election

Poul Schlüter
Conservative People's

Prime Minister-elect

Poul Schlüter
Conservative People's

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 86.7% in Denmark proper, 68.9% in the Faroe Islands and 44.9% in Greenland. [2]

Denmark constitutional monarchy in Europe

Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country and the southernmost of the Scandinavian nations. Denmark lies southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and is bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark proper consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate. Denmark has a total area of 42,924 km2 (16,573 sq mi), land area of 42,394 km2 (16,368 sq mi), and the total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is 2,210,579 km2 (853,509 sq mi), and a population of 5.8 million.

The Social Democrats, officially Social Democracy, is a social-democratic political party in Denmark. It was the major coalition partner in government from the 2011 parliamentary election, with then-party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt as Prime Minister. After the 2015 parliamentary election, the party is no longer in government, though it regained the position as the largest party in the Danish parliament, the Folketing, with 47 of 179 seats. Helle Thorning-Schmidt withdrew as party leader on the night of the election as a direct consequence of the loss of government control, and she was succeeded on 28 June 2015 by the former vice leader, Mette Frederiksen.

Folketing Parliament of Denmark

The Folketing, also known as the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national parliament (legislature) of Denmark. Established in 1849, until 1953 the Folketing was the lower house of a bicameral parliament, called the Rigsdag; the upper house was Landstinget. It meets in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen.

Results

Denmark
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party 985,90629.354–2
Conservative People's Party 700,88620.838–4
Socialist People's Party 490,17614.627+6
Venstre 354,29110.519–3
Danish Social Liberal Party 209,0866.211+1
Centre Democrats 161,0704.89+1
Progress Party 160,4614.89+3
Christian People's Party 79,6642.44–1
Common Course 72,6312.24New
Left Socialists 46,1411.40–5
De Grønne 45,0761.30New
Communist Party of Denmark 28,9740.900
Justice Party of Denmark 16,3590.500
Humanist Party 5,6750.20New
Socialist Workers Party 1,8080.000
Communist Party of Denmark/Marxist–Leninists 9870.000
Independents3,3660.100
Invalid/blank votes26,644–––
Total3,389,2011001750
Faroe Islands
People's Party 6,41128.810
Social Democratic Party 5,48624.71+1
Union Party 5,34524.00–1
Republican Party 3,47815.600
Self-Government Party 1,0704.800
Progress Party4382.00New
Invalid/blank votes157–––
Total22,38510020
Greenland
Siumut 6,94443.310
Atassut 6,62741.310
Inuit Ataqatigiit 2,00112.500
Polar Party 4743.00New
Invalid/blank votes934–––
Total16,98010020
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
 
29.32%
C
 
20.84%
F
 
14.58%
V
 
10.54%
B
 
6.22%
D
 
4.79%
Z
 
4.77%
Q
 
2.37%
P
 
2.16%
Y
 
1.37%
G
 
1.34%
K
 
0.86%
E
 
0.49%
Others
 
0.35%

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References

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