1979 European Parliament election in Denmark

1979 European Parliament election in Denmark

7–10 June 1979
16 seats in the European Parliament
Largest party within each Folketing nomination district and constituency. Largest party within each municipality.

European Parliament elections were held in Denmark between 7 and 10 June 1979 to elect the 15 Danish members of the European Parliament. Elections were held separately in Greenland to elect one Greenlandic member.^[1][2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democrats	382,487	21.92	3
	People's Movement against the EEC	365,760	20.96	4
	Venstre	252,767	14.48	3
	Conservative People's Party	245,309	14.06	2
	Centre Democrats	107,790	6.18	1
	Progress Party	100,702	5.77	1
	Socialist People's Party	81,991	4.70	1
	Left Socialists	60,964	3.49	0
	Justice Party of Denmark	59,379	3.40	0
	Danish Social Liberal Party	56,944	3.26	0
	Christian People's Party	30,985	1.78	0
Total		1,745,078	100.00	15
Valid votes		1,745,078	97.96
Invalid/blank votes		36,426	2.04
Total votes		1,781,504	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,725,235	47.82
Source: Folketingsårbog

Seat apportionment

Main apportionment
Letter	Electoral alliance/party outside of electoral alliance	Votes	Quotients	Seats
A	Social Democrats	382,487	3.82	3
B	Danish Social Liberal Party	56,944	0.57	0
CMQV	Conservative People's Party/Centre Democrats/Christian People's Party/Venstre	636,851	6.37	6
EFNY	Justice Party/Socialist People's Party/People's Movement against the EEC/Left Socialists	568,094	5.68	5
Z	Progress Party	100,702	1.01	1
Divisor: 100,000

Alliance 1
Letter	Party	Votes	Quotients	Seats
C	Conservative People's Party	245,309	2.96	2
M	Centre Democrats	107,790	1.30	1
Q	Christian People's Party	30,985	0.37	0
V	Venstre	252,767	3.05	3
Divisor: 83,000

Alliance 2
Letter	Party	Votes	Quotients	Seats
E	Justice Party	59,379	0.74	0
F	Socialist People's Party	81,991	1.02	1
N	People's Movement against the EEC	365,760	4.57	4
Y	Left Socialists	60,964	0.76	0
Divisor: 80,000

References

1. Worre, Torben (1981). "The 1979 European Election in Denmark: An Analysis of Participation, Choice of Party, and Attitude Towards Europe". Cooperation and Conflict. 16 (2). SAGE Publications: 73–89. doi:10.1177/001083678101600202. ISSN 0010-8367.
2. Worre, Torben (1981). "The 1979 European Election in Denmark: An Analysis of Participation, Choice of Party, and Attitude Towards Europe". Cooperation and Conflict. 16 (2). Sage Publications, Ltd.: 73–89. ISSN 0010-8367. JSTOR 45083417. Retrieved 25 Oct 2024.