General elections were held in Denmark on 10 January 1984,^[1] after the opposition voted against the government's state budget bill. Although the Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing 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 continued as Prime Minister.

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1984 Danish general election

← 1981 10 January 1984 1987 →
All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	88.44%
Party Leader % Seats +/– Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 31.60 56 −3 Conservatives Poul Schlüter 23.45 42 +16 Venstre Henning Christophersen 12.07 22 +2 SF Gert Petersen 11.51 21 0 Social Liberals Niels Helveg Petersen 5.49 10 +1 Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 4.60 8 −7 Progress Mogens Glistrup 3.59 6 −10 KrF Christian Christensen 2.73 5 +1 Left Socialists Collective leadership 2.73 5 0 Elected in the Faroe Islands Union Pauli Ellefsen 25.86 1 0 People's Jógvan Sundstein 25.10 1 +1 Elected in Greenland Atassut Lars Chemnitz 43.51 1 0 Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt 42.76 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for party by nomination district and constituency Most voted-for party by municipality Distribution of constituency and levelling seats Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Poul Schlüter Conservatives Poul Schlüter Conservatives

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Voter turnout was 88% in Denmark proper, 61% in the Faroe Islands and 64% in Greenland.^[2]

• List of members of the Folketing, 1984–1987