General elections were held in
Denmark
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on 10 January 1984,
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p525 after the opposition voted against the government's state budget bill. Although the
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
For ...
remained the largest in the
Folketing
The Folketing ( da, Folketinget, ; ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark—Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands ...
with 56 of the 179 seats, the
Conservative People's Party achieved its best-ever result, gaining 16 seats. The coalition partners
Venstre and the
Christian People's Party also increased their representation, although the fourth government party, the
Centre Democrats, lost seven of their 15 seats. Overall the coalition won three more seats, and
Poul Schlüter
Poul Holmskov Schlüter (; 3 April 1929 – 27 May 2021) was a Danish politician who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993. He was the first member of the Conservative People's Party to become Prime Minister, as well as the first ...
continued as Prime Minister.
Voter turnout was 88% in Denmark proper, 61% in the
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
and 64% in
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...
.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p546]
Results
See also
*
List of members of the Folketing, 1984–1987
References
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Elections in Denmark
Denmark
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1984 elections in Denmark
January 1984 events in Europe