1979 European Parliament election in Denmark
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| country = Denmark
| type = parliamentary
| next_election = 1984 European Parliament election in Denmark
| next_year = 1984
| seats_for_election = 16 seats in the European Parliament
| election_date = 7–10 June 1979
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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.{{cite journal | last=Worre | first=Torben | title=The 1979 European Election in Denmark: An Analysis of Participation, Choice of Party, and Attitude Towards Europe | journal=Cooperation and Conflict | publisher=SAGE Publications | volume=16 | issue=2 | year=1981 | issn=0010-8367 | doi=10.1177/001083678101600202 | doi-access=free | pages=73–89}}{{cite journal | last=Worre | first=Torben | title=The 1979 European Election in Denmark: An Analysis of Participation, Choice of Party, and Attitude Towards Europe | journal=Cooperation and Conflict | publisher=Sage Publications, Ltd. | volume=16 | issue=2 | year=1981 | issn=00108367 | jstor=45083417 | pages=73–89 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/45083417 | access-date=25 Oct 2024}}
Results
{{Election results
|party1=Social Democrats|votes1=382487|seats1=3
|party2=People's Movement against the EEC|votes2=365760|seats2=4
|party3=Venstre|votes3=252767|seats3=3
|party4=Conservative People's Party|votes4=245309|seats4=2
|party5=Centre Democrats|votes5=107790|seats5=1
|party6=Progress Party|votes6=100702|seats6=1
|party7=Socialist People's Party|votes7=81991|seats7=1
|party8=Left Socialists|votes8=60964|seats9=0
|party9=Justice Party of Denmark|votes9=59379|seats8=0
|party10=Danish Social Liberal Party|votes10=56944|seats10=0
|party11=Christian People's Party|votes11=30985|seats11=0
|invalid=36426
|electorate=3725235
|source=[https://www.folketingstidende.dk/ebog/19781R?s=57 Folketingsårbog]
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= Seat apportionment =
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! colspan="5" |Main apportionment |
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!Electoral alliance/party outside of electoral alliance !Votes !Quotients !Seats |
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| style="text-align:left;" |A
| style="text-align:left;" |Social Democrats | style="text-align:right;" |382,487 | style="text-align:right;" |3.82 | style="text-align:right;" |3 |
| style="text-align:left;" |B
| style="text-align:left;" |Danish Social Liberal Party | style="text-align:right;" |56,944 | style="text-align:right;" |0.57 | style="text-align:right;" |0 |
| style="text-align:left;" |CMQV
| style="text-align:left;" |Conservative People's Party/Centre Democrats/Christian People's Party/Venstre | style="text-align:right;" |636,851 | style="text-align:right;" |6.37 | style="text-align:right;" |6 |
| style="text-align:left;" |EFNY
| style="text-align:left;" |Justice Party/Socialist People's Party/People's Movement against the EEC/Left Socialists | style="text-align:right;" |568,094 | style="text-align:right;" |5.68 | style="text-align:right;" |5 |
| style="text-align:left;" |Z
| style="text-align:left;" |Progress Party | style="text-align:right;" |100,702 | style="text-align:right;" |1.01 | style="text-align:right;" |1 |
| style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |Divisor: 100,000 |
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! colspan="5" |Alliance 1 |
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!Party !Votes !Quotients !Seats |
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| style="text-align:left;" |C
| style="text-align:left;" |Conservative People's Party | style="text-align:right;" |245,309 | style="text-align:right;" |2.96 | style="text-align:right;" |2 |
| style="text-align:left;" |M
| style="text-align:left;" |Centre Democrats | style="text-align:right;" |107,790 | style="text-align:right;" |1.30 | style="text-align:right;" |1 |
| style="text-align:left;" |Q
| style="text-align:left;" |Christian People's Party | style="text-align:right;" |30,985 | style="text-align:right;" |0.37 | style="text-align:right;" |0 |
| style="text-align:left;" |V
| style="text-align:left;" |Venstre | style="text-align:right;" |252,767 | style="text-align:right;" |3.05 | style="text-align:right;" |3 |
| style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |Divisor: 83,000 |
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! colspan="5" |Alliance 2 |
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!Party !Votes !Quotients !Seats |
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| style="text-align:left;" |E
| style="text-align:left;" |Justice Party | style="text-align:right;" |59,379 | style="text-align:right;" |0.74 | style="text-align:right;" |0 |
| style="text-align:left;" |F
| style="text-align:left;" |Socialist People's Party | style="text-align:right;" |81,991 | style="text-align:right;" |1.02 | style="text-align:right;" |1 |
| style="text-align:left;" |N
| style="text-align:left;" |People's Movement against the EEC | style="text-align:right;" |365,760 | style="text-align:right;" |4.57 | style="text-align:right;" |4 |
| style="text-align:left;" |Y
| style="text-align:left;" |Left Socialists | style="text-align:right;" |60,964 | style="text-align:right;" |0.76 | style="text-align:right;" |0 |
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| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |Divisor: 80,000 |
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