1978 Danish local elections
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{{Politics of Denmark}}
Local elections were held in Denmark on 7 March 1978. 4759 municipal council members were elected to the 1 April 1978 – 31 December 1981 term of office in the 275 municipalities, as well as members of the 14 counties of Denmark. The municipal and county councils began their term of office 1 April 1978 and it ended 31 December 1981. This was the last election that followed the old financial year 1 April – 31 March in the public sector. From 1 January 1979 the financial year in the public sector followed the calendar year 1 January – 31 December.
Results of regional elections
=County Councils=
| class="wikitable"
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Seats |
| Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)
|align="right" | 144 |
| Liberals (Venstre) (V)
|align="right" | 90 |
| Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)
|align="right" | 52 |
| Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z)
|align="right" | 30 |
| Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)
|align="right" | 23 |
| Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)
|align="right" | 12 |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) (K)
|align="right" | 7 |
| Christian Democrats (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q)
|align="right" | 5 |
| Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y)
|align="right" | 3 |
| Justice Party of Denmark (Retsforbundet) (E)
|align="right" | 2 |
| Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M)
|align="right" | 1 |
| Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti) (S)
|align="right" | 1 |
| Others
|align="right" | 0 |
| style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total
|align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 370 |
=Municipal Councils=
| class="wikitable"
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Seats |
| Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)
|align="right" | 1704 |
| Liberals (Venstre) (V)
|align="right" | 1155 |
| Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)
|align="right" | 508 |
| Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z)
|align="right" | 348 |
| Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)
|align="right" | 192 |
| Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)
|align="right" | 80 |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) (K)
|align="right" | 52 |
| Christian Democrats (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q)
|align="right" | 28 |
| Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y)
|align="right" | 21 |
| Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti) (S)
|align="right" | 14 |
| Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M)
|align="right" | 13 |
| Justice Party of Denmark (Retsforbundet) (E)
|align="right" | 5 |
| Others
|align="right" | 639 |
| style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total
|align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 4759 |